Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, 950 S. McAllister Ave, Tempe, AZ, 85287, USA.
Cardiff University, School of Computer Science & Informatics, 5 The Parade, Cardiff, CF24 3AA, UK.
Bioessays. 2020 Apr;42(4):e1800261. doi: 10.1002/bies.201800261. Epub 2020 Mar 4.
Smartphone use changes the landscape of social interactions, including introducing new social dilemmas to daily life. The challenge of putting down one's smartphone is an example of a classic coordination problem from game theory: the stag hunt game. In a stag hunt game, there are two possible coordination points, one that involves big payoffs for both partners (e.g., working together to hunt large game like stag) and one that involves smaller payoffs for both partners (e.g., individually hunting small game like rabbits) but is safer because it does not require that your partner choose that option as well. This is similar to the challenges of putting down smartphones to have a face-to-face interaction: you and your interaction partner might both prefer the higher payoff option of having a face-to-face interaction, but neither of you wants to put down your phone and risk not having anything to do in the meantime. It is also discussed how new technological innovations are changing the payoffs of face-to-face conversation versus side-by-side smartphone scrolling. Insights that come from applying game theory to this "social media dilemma" are discussed here and potential solutions that come out of a game theoretic analysis are offered. Also see the video abstract here https://youtu.be/9esL578zM-E.
智能手机的使用改变了社交互动的格局，包括给日常生活带来新的社交困境。放下智能手机的挑战是博弈论中一个经典协调问题的例子：猎鹿博弈。在猎鹿博弈中，有两个可能的协调点，一个涉及到双方的高收益（例如，共同努力猎取大型猎物，如鹿），另一个涉及到双方的较小收益（例如，各自猎取小型猎物，如兔子），但更安全，因为它不需要你的伙伴也选择这个选项。这类似于放下智能手机进行面对面互动的挑战：你和你的互动伙伴可能都更喜欢面对面互动的高收益选择，但你们谁也不想放下手机，同时冒着没有事情可做的风险。本文还讨论了新技术创新如何改变面对面交谈与并排刷手机的收益。本文从博弈论的角度探讨了这个“社交媒体困境”，并提出了博弈分析得出的潜在解决方案。也可在此处观看视频摘要：https://youtu.be/9esL578zM-E。
