Yuxuan Li's blog

Research question How can 18 to 20 year old Chinese students who have FOMO (fear of missing out) anxiety effectively manage it in the age of social media and rapidly changing trends? Challenges Conclusion The rapidly changing trends in social media have led to information overload. China’s 18 to 20 year olds grew up in…

Feedback I placed a QR code for the survey next to each item to get feedback from the participants. More than 20 participants completed the feedback survey for this intervention. Of these, half reported a significant reduction in anxiety and more than 78% reported a greater awareness of self. All respondents agreed that if there…

I named my project ‘Beating FOMO Survival Guide’ based on the previous idea of the game. Intervention 4 I prepared 6 different objects to be placed in different areas of the CSM to subtly guide the participants to explore and develop self-awareness: Comic poster: advertising ways to relieve anxiety and gain energy Based on Harvard…

To this point, it is important to rethink what is the project trying to achieve and what I can provide. I narrowed down the stakeholders in the question from Chinese Gen Z to students, thus focusing more on the education system. I In preparation for the next intervention, I contacted Mr. Zhong, the counsellor who…

Report draft feedback My previous intervention focused more on the results of FOMO and I neglected the causes of FOMO and people’s understanding of FOMO. I should then focus on how to inspire students to turn their attention to developing self-awareness and personal interests and engaging more meaningfully in real-life experiences. Intervention 3 feedback So…

Dragon’s Den This Tuesday I attended the Dragon’s Den presentation where I shared my current state of not making much progress on my project and sought some advice. I think my next step is to narrow down my research anyway, and I also think that the education system is a better direction. Participation in interventions…

This week I continued to collect volunteers’ social media usage for October. Except for Li, Dong, Yang. Y, and Yang. Z all effectively reduced. Li indicated that because of the demands of her work, the time spent increased unconsciously. In my conversation with Yang. Y indicated that the beginning of her FOMO anxiety may have…

Current challenges Tutorial feedback Based on these suggestions, I dm influencers of fashion, beauty, and entertainment news on Chinese social media Xiaohongshu (Red) and Weibo, but only received one reply from a fashion influencer, and even got blackmailed by some. And those who don’t use mobile phones are currently out of reach for the time…

Progress I continued with my intervention 3, this is how the volunteers spent their social media time in September and some pictures of them going outdoors: Dong, 19 Most used social media: Douyin Average using hour: 4.6hrs per day Xu, 20 Most used social media: Douyin Average using hour: 5.2hrs per day Yang. Y, 20…