Balance between Work and Social Media Use: Work Interference, Occupational Burnout and Tactical Games in Social Media Swings

Abstract

With the development of mobile technology, social media has experienced rapid growth. Through a one-month in-depth interview with 12 youth workers, it was found that social media and work activities interact with each other. Due to the use of social media such as multiple social media swings and social media multitasking, young professional groups generally feel that their work has been disrupted and there is a strong sense of burnout. Workers also report that they generally use "tactical games" tactics to balance social media use and work activities in the gap between work. Such "tactical games" can be seen as a ritual of passive resistance to labor exploitation, which can alleviate worker burnout in the short term, but in the long run, youth workers will still feel tired and distracted by social media habits. Therefore, the author suggests that the relationship between work and social media use needs more research, and that participants should organize their social media and work activities so that their relationship is positive, not negative, which can be called a balance between social media and work.