| Title: |
Why, how, when, and for whom does digital disconnection work? A process-based framework of digital disconnection |
| Authors: |
Vanden Abeele, Mariek M P; Vandebosch, Heidi; Koster, Ernst H W; De Leyn, Tom; Van Gaeveren, Kyle; de Segovia Vicente, David; Van Bruyssel, Sara; van Timmeren, Tim; De Marez, Lieven; Poels, Karolien; DeSmet, Ann; De Wever, Bram; Verbruggen, Marijke; Baillien, Elfi |
| Contributors: |
European Union’s Horizon 2020; European Research Council Starting; Research Foundation Flanders; Disconnect to Reconnect |
| Source: |
Communication Theory ; volume 34, issue 1, page 3-17 ; ISSN 1050-3293 1468-2885 |
| Publisher Information: |
Oxford University Press (OUP) |
| Publication Year: |
2024 |
| Description: |
Digital disconnection has emerged as a concept describing the actions people take to limit their digital connectivity to enhance their well-being. To date, evidence on its effectiveness is mixed, leading to calls for greater consideration of why, how, when, and for whom digital disconnection works. This article responds to these calls, presenting a framework that differentiates four key harms that contribute to experiences of digital ill-being (time displacement, interference, role blurring, and exposure effects). Using these four harms as a starting point, the framework explains: (1) why people are motivated to digitally disconnect; (2) how specific disconnection strategies (i.e., placing limits on time, access, channels, and contents, interactions and features) may help them; and for whom (3) and under which conditions (when) these strategies can be effective. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| DOI: |
10.1093/ct/qtad016 |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.1093/ct/qtad016; https://academic.oup.com/ct/article-pdf/34/1/3/56751162/qtad016.pdf |
| Rights: |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.B6F71973 |
| Database: |
BASE |