TY - GEN
T1 - Intentional Non-Use of the Internet in a Digital World
AU - Melton, James
AU - Verhulsdonck, Gustav
AU - Shah, Vishal
AU - Dunn, Paul
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.
PY - 2019/7
Y1 - 2019/7
N2 - The intentional non-use of technology has become an increasingly popular practice, yet the scholarly literature on this topic is limited, being largely been framed as the lack of something rather than a phenomenon in itself. This paper reports on the analysis of over 300 disconnection narratives, the texts of which were analyzed by means of R software. Expected terms associated with phones and social media were identified, but descriptions of the assumed benefits of disconnecting, such as higher quality relationships, more productive work, and better sleep, were not found. However, overall sentiment was positive. This study will ground further research on a large scale, using big data sets drawn from social media platforms.
AB - The intentional non-use of technology has become an increasingly popular practice, yet the scholarly literature on this topic is limited, being largely been framed as the lack of something rather than a phenomenon in itself. This paper reports on the analysis of over 300 disconnection narratives, the texts of which were analyzed by means of R software. Expected terms associated with phones and social media were identified, but descriptions of the assumed benefits of disconnecting, such as higher quality relationships, more productive work, and better sleep, were not found. However, overall sentiment was positive. This study will ground further research on a large scale, using big data sets drawn from social media platforms.
KW - Culture of connectivity
KW - Internet
KW - digital detox
KW - disconnectivity
KW - social media
KW - technology non-use.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85071566041&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ProComm.2019.00016
DO - 10.1109/ProComm.2019.00016
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85071566041
T3 - IEEE International Professional Communication Conference
SP - 65
EP - 66
BT - Proceedings - 2019 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, ProComm 2019
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 23 July 2019 through 26 July 2019
ER -