Breaching perpetual contact: Withdrawing from mobile and social media use in everyday life
| Autor: | André H. Caron, Kate K. Mays |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Social contract
Computer Networks and Communications business.industry Internet privacy Life skills mobile communication social capital self-identity disconnection breaching experiments Human-Computer Interaction Social technology Social media Mobile telephony business Psychology Everyday life Social capital Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | First Monday; Volume 26, Number 8-2 August 2021 |
| ISSN: | 1396-0466 |
| Popis: | This qualitative study aimed to investigate the norms and daily practices around mobile and social technology by examining what happens when mobile phones and social media on any devices are removed from one’s daily life. Most studies on technology non-use focus on one device or plat-form. In this study, participants (N = 78) relinquished not only social media but also their mobile phones for a 10-day period, and made observations on their experiences before, during, and after the “withdrawal.” Participants initially experienced guilt and anxiety over violating a social contract by not being available and reachable anytime and anywhere, but mostly found their social capital — particularly bonding social capital — reinforced through the withdrawal. On the personal front, participants (re)discovered certain “life skills” like memory, imagination, and creativity in navigating their physical world and spending their time. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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