Four Reasons Why Zoom Can Be Exhausting
A new paper explains why videoconferencing exhausts the mind and body and how to protect yourself. By Vignesh Ramachandran | March 10, 2021
Even as more people are logging on to popular video chat platforms to connect with colleagues, family, and friends during the COVID-19 pandemic, Stanford researchers have a warning for you: Those video calls are likely tiring you out.
Prompted by the recent boom in videoconferencing, communication professor Jeremy Bailenson, founding director of the Stanford Virtual Human Interaction Lab (VHIL), examined the psychological consequences of spending hours per day on these platforms. Just as “Googling” is something akin to any web search, the term “Zooming” has become ubiquitous and a generic verb to replace videoconferencing. Virtual meetings have skyrocketed, with hundreds of millions happening daily, as social distancing protocols have kept people apart physically.
Researchers identify four causes for Zoom fatigue and their simple fixes
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