Digital detox: Media resistance and the promise of authenticity

Syvertsen, Trine; Enli, Gunn

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“…Being disconnected during travel is inextricably connected to the social phenomenon and trend named digital detox, which is considered as an escape from the digital world (Li et al, 2018;Smith & Puczkó, 2014). It can be said that digital detox is describing a set of activities related to resigning, reducing and controlling the usage of digital tools and online media (Anrijs et al, 2018;Li et al, 2018;Syvertsen & Enli, 2019). Importantly, digital detox is perceived as making improvements in the spheres of one's real-life relationships, social life, and well-being (Li et al, 2018).…”

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“…Importantly, digital detox is perceived as making improvements in the spheres of one's real-life relationships, social life, and well-being (Li et al, 2018). It is also pointed to as a coping strategy and mechanism for the reduction of digital media involvement (Syvertsen & Enli, 2019), technostress, smartphone overuse, and constant connectedness (Anrijs et al, 2018), addiction, compulsive behaviour, short attention span, self-absorption, and overly dependence on digital gadgets (Olavarria, 2014). Although earlier forms of media or technological resistance in general, such as against the television, reveal some similarities to digital detox, it is described as a new phenomenon with its own characteristics (Hesselberth, 2017;Syvertsen, 2017a;Syvertsen & Enli, 2019).…”

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“…The tourists associate such stays or trips with their untroubled holidays from the past, when the ICT, so characteristic of contemporary world, was less available (Paris et al, 2015). The context for this phenomenon can be found in the idea of authenticity and in the nostalgia for a past without the stress of modern life (Syvertsen & Enli, 2019).…”

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“…Customer needs and demand are systematically studied (Cai et al, 2019;Dickinson et al, 2016;Fan et al, 2019;Neuhofer, 2016;Neuhofer & Ladkin, 2017;Paris et al, 2015;Pearce & Gretzel, 2012;Tanti & Buhalis, 2016, 2017. The number of mentions related to digital detox (Syvertsen & Enli, 2019) as well as to digital-free tourism (Li et al, 2018) has increased in the last decade both in the analogue and digital media, including newspapers, books, social media and webpages. Another interesting research area is hospitality and tourism industry considered from the supply's side, and here the following research gap can be identified.…”

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Matoga

2020

Tourism Planning & Development

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“…Extending the drug terminology, it has become increasingly popular to advocate digital detoxes. To find out exactly what this advice entails, Syvertsen and Enli (2019) have recently analyzed 20 texts that promote this practice. Based on this analysis, they argue that these texts rest on a binary opposition between mediated life and an authentic existence: Technology use is perceived as dangerous and unhealthy, while abstention is seen as a pathway to freedom and self-control.…”

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Beyond the rhetoric of tech addiction: why we should be discussing tech habits instead (and how)

Aagaard

2020

Phenom Cogn Sci

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In the past few years, we have become increasingly focused on technology use that is impulsive, unthinking, and distractive. There has been a strong push to understand such technology use in terms of dopamine addiction. The present article demonstrates the limitations of this so-called neurobehaviorist approach: Not only is it inconsistent in regard to how it understands humans, technologies, and their mutual relationship, it also pathologizes everyday human behaviors. The article proceeds to discuss dualsystems theory, which helpfully discusses impulsive technology use in terms of habit instead of addiction, but can be criticized for its mentalist celebration of conscious control. Finally, the article introduces a phenomenological approach whose conceptualization of habit manifests many of the experiential qualities that we try to capture with addiction, but remains non-pathologizing and opens a space for learning: While tech addiction is bad and must be eliminated, good tech habits can be trained and cultivated. :44). In the past few years, however, we have seen an increasing awareness that everyday technology use is often impulsive, unthinking, and that it sometimes draws attention away from other activities. In public discourse, there has been a strong push to understand such technology use in terms of addiction. The purpose of this article, however, is to displace this concept with the notion of habit. In making this argument, the article discusses three contemporary approaches to technology use: Neurobehaviorism, dual-systems theory, and phenomenology. The first approach is concerned with addiction, the latter two are concerned with habits. Each section in the article introduces one of these three approaches, provides an account of its key assumptions, and proceeds to discuss its implications. To enhance readability, I here provide a schematic preview of the end-result (see Table 1):

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Designing a Tangible Device for Re-Framing Unproductivity

Sirera

Velloso

2021

Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2021

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We report on the design of a tangible device for encouraging the acceptance of unproductive time. We first conducted interviews for a better understanding of the subjective experience of productivity. We found that while the idea of being productive can evoke positive feelings of satisfaction, dealing with unproductive time can be a struggle, negatively affecting people's moods and self-esteem. These findings guided the design and implementation of RU, a tangible device for reflecting on self-care time. Our prototype offers a physical representation of the mainstream productivity mindset and plays with the idea of connecting and charging energy to encourage the user to experience the time considered unproductive as self-care. In a second study, participants used the device for 5 days and our results suggest that the device motivates reflection on activities beyond work and increases awareness of the importance of taking time for self-care.

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Digital detox: Media resistance and the promise of authenticity

Cited by 175 publications

References 35 publications

Disconnect from the Digital World to Reconnect with the Real Life: An Analysis of the Potential for Development of Unplugged Tourism on the Example of Poland

Disconnect from the Digital World to Reconnect with the Real Life: An Analysis of the Potential for Development of Unplugged Tourism on the Example of Poland

Beyond the rhetoric of tech addiction: why we should be discussing tech habits instead (and how)

Designing a Tangible Device for Re-Framing Unproductivity

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