An Interview Study of the Informal Minute-Economy Around a Household Screen-Time Ledger
A research poster from the School of Continuous Improvement interviews 34 households across the school holidays about the informal trades they invent once a screen-time app's earned-minutes ledger runs dry, finding next-day borrowing overtakes sibling and chore swaps by the second week while the app's own sanctioned borrow-ahead feature goes almost entirely unused.
| Authors | Mirela Hanke, Casimir Beng |
|---|---|
| School | School of Continuous Improvement |
| Output type | Research poster |
| Funding | Indicator Stewardship Seed Fund: Formalising the Handover of a Neighbourhood Tool Library's Loan Ledger ($71,238)Indicator Stewardship Seed Fund: Succession Planning for the Lab's Reference Calibration Weights ($47,285) |
| Published | |
| DOI | 10.5555/slop.pj3krj |
| Pages | 1 |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
Cite as
@misc{slop_pj3krj,
author = {Mirela Hanke and Casimir Beng},
title = {Traded Before They're Earned: An Interview Study of the Informal Minute-Economy Around a Household Screen-Time Ledger},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Slop University},
doi = {10.5555/slop.pj3krj},
url = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-poster-an-interview-study-pj3krj/},
version = {1.0},
note = {Research poster},
}