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  • Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
  • Social Media Analysis
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Digital dementia describes cognitive decline, particularly memory loss, linked to excessive digital technology use.
  • Public discourse and media have increasingly discussed digital dementia, fueled by social media platforms like Twitter (X).
  • Understanding public perception and sentiment is crucial given the rise of digital device usage.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze content and sentiment of Twitter discussions on digital dementia using the #digitaldementia hashtag.
  • To identify key themes and public emotions associated with digital dementia.
  • To understand the public's perception of digital dementia and potential solutions.

Main Methods:

  • Extracted 26,290 English-language tweets from Twitter (X) using #digitaldementia from 2008-2022.
  • Conducted content analysis to identify major themes and sentiment analysis to gauge emotions.
  • Performed one-way ANOVA on tweets from influencers to analyze statistical differences among themes.

Main Results:

  • Four main themes emerged: cognitive decline, digital dependency, technology overload, and coping strategies.
  • Over 55% of tweets expressed negative sentiment (wretched or bad), while only 11.86% were positive (great or swell).
  • Significant differences in mean sentiment scores were found across themes (P<.001), with an overall negative mean sentiment score (-0.1072).

Conclusions:

  • Negative sentiment dominates discussions on digital dementia, highlighting concerns about cognitive decline from excessive digital device use.
  • Positive discussions suggest coping strategies, including digital detox, physical exercise, yoga, and meditation.
  • These strategies may help prevent cognitive decline associated with digital dependency.