The next time you get on aZoom call, we dare you to not look at yourself.
For the duration of the call.
The imaginary audience phenomenon is common when you’re just out of childhood and in your tween years.
“That imaginary audience phenomenon doesn’t necessarily go away [in adulthood].
People become extremely self conscious and think that eyes are on them.
But when we switch to video, those cues either vanish or become more difficult to spot.
“Online, you’re relegated to a screen that may be the size of a page.
You’re missing a lot of information that perhaps you would get if you were face to face.
So people can find themselves kind of straining when they’re in a Zoom meeting,” Franklin says.
And don’t forget you’re not just looking at one person.
IfZoom fatiguehits because video calls can be too much, make phone calls instead.
Your colleagues or friends probably feel the same way and they’ll likely feel just as relieved.
