So-called "zoom fatigue" - the experience of physical and psychological exhaustion during and after video conferences - is becoming more and more widespread in times of the Corona pandemic. At least, that's how it's often experienced subjectively and also how it's often discussed in the mass media. But is it really true that online meetings are more exhausting than offline meetings? Empirically, this has not yet been sufficiently clarified. In order to support research on Zoom Fatigue, a theoretical framework on possible causes of "Videoconference Fatigue" was developed by an interdisciplinary team using the methodology of conceptual analysis in the current publication of the Research Group Media Psychology and Media Design.
The new four-dimensional model of the cause of videoconference fatigue includes 1) personal, 2) organizational, 3) technical, and 4) environmental factors. The work was published in the open access journal "International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health" (IJERPH) with an impact factor of 3.39.
Open Access Paper:
Döring, N., Moor, K. D., Fiedler, M., Schoenenberg, K., & Raake, A. (2022). Videoconference Fatigue: A Conceptual Analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(4), 2061. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19042061
Digitaler Annex, der speziell die technischen Ursachen von Videoconference Fatigue vertieft:
Raake, A., Fiedler, M., Schoenenberg, K., Moor, K. D., & Döring, N. (2022). Technological Factors Influencing Videoconferencing and Zoom Fatigue. ArXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2202.01740