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ProjectEvaluating a Digital Empowerment Curriculum for College Students in India Study IDsspp-2024-0046-v1 Study Title
Evaluating a Digital Empowerment Curriculum for College Students in India AuthorsMridul Joshi, Jalnidh Kaur, Lena Song Completion Time10 Minutes Close Date (UTC)March 31, 2025 DisciplineEconomics FieldDevelopment Economics, Experimental Economics, Behavioral Economics CountryIndia Abstract Concerns about the negative impacts of smartphones and social media have risen alongside their surging use in developing countries. One potential solution is educational interventions to encourage users to optimize their interactions with digital technologies. We co-created a multi-week, evidence-based digital empowerment curriculum designed to expand students’ ability to exert deliberate control over their use of social media and smartphones. We implement this curriculum with college students in India as a classroom-based course and as a text message-based course. Using a randomized controlled trial, we evaluate both versions of the curriculum and estimate the effects of exposure to the curriculum on social media consumption, mental health, misinformation discernment, sleep and concentration, and academic outcomes.
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Joshi, Mridul, Kaur, Jalnidh, and Lena Song. 2024. "Evaluating a Digital Empowerment Curriculum for College Students in India." Social Science Prediction Platform. December 31. https://socialscienceprediction.org/s/fyxxxe