We both contributed equally to all aspects of this project.
This is a research project that spanned 4 months that aimed to look into how social media habits affect our friendships in person. We garnered various insights that concluded social media allows us to maintain more acquaintance-level relationships and gives the illusion of meaningful connection, but it does not compare to IRL bonding with our friends. In response, we created an Instagram-based prompt that urges people to take breaks from social media to spend time with friends offline.
