Why, how, when, and for whom does digital disconnection work? A process-based framework of digital disconnection
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- Mariek Vanden Abeele (UGent) , Heidi Vandebosch, Ernst Koster (UGent) , Tom De Leyn (UGent) , Kyle Van Gaeveren (UGent) , David de Segovia Vicente (UGent) , Sara Van Bruyssel (UGent) , Tim van Timmeren, Lieven De Marez (UGent) , Karolien Poels, Ann DeSmet, Bram De Wever (UGent) , Marijke Verbruggen and Elfi Baillien
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- 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.
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- Linguistics and Language, Language and Linguistics, Communication, digital disconnection, digital well-being, mechanisms, interventions, harms, FAMILY CONFLICT, SMARTPHONE USE, FACEBOOK, NORMS, SIDE, SEGMENTATION, MULTITASKING, INTEGRATION, CONNECTION, MANAGEMENT
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-01HNZ82BMCSDBCYFTRGDCGCXT7
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- Vanden Abeele, Mariek, et al. “Why, How, When, and for Whom Does Digital Disconnection Work? A Process-Based Framework of Digital Disconnection.” COMMUNICATION THEORY, vol. 34, no. 1, 2024, pp. 3–17, doi:10.1093/ct/qtad016.
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- Vanden Abeele, M., Vandebosch, H., Koster, E., De Leyn, T., Van Gaeveren, K., de Segovia Vicente, D., … Baillien, E. (2024). Why, how, when, and for whom does digital disconnection work? A process-based framework of digital disconnection. COMMUNICATION THEORY, 34(1), 3–17. https://doi.org/10.1093/ct/qtad016
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- Vanden Abeele, Mariek, Heidi Vandebosch, Ernst Koster, Tom De Leyn, Kyle Van Gaeveren, David de Segovia Vicente, Sara Van Bruyssel, et al. 2024. “Why, How, When, and for Whom Does Digital Disconnection Work? A Process-Based Framework of Digital Disconnection.” COMMUNICATION THEORY 34 (1): 3–17. https://doi.org/10.1093/ct/qtad016.
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- Vanden Abeele, Mariek, Heidi Vandebosch, Ernst Koster, Tom De Leyn, Kyle Van Gaeveren, David de Segovia Vicente, Sara Van Bruyssel, Tim van Timmeren, Lieven De Marez, Karolien Poels, Ann DeSmet, Bram De Wever, Marijke Verbruggen, and Elfi Baillien. 2024. “Why, How, When, and for Whom Does Digital Disconnection Work? A Process-Based Framework of Digital Disconnection.” COMMUNICATION THEORY 34 (1): 3–17. doi:10.1093/ct/qtad016.
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- 1.Vanden Abeele M, Vandebosch H, Koster E, De Leyn T, Van Gaeveren K, de Segovia Vicente D, et al. Why, how, when, and for whom does digital disconnection work? A process-based framework of digital disconnection. COMMUNICATION THEORY. 2024;34(1):3–17.
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- [1]M. Vanden Abeele et al., “Why, how, when, and for whom does digital disconnection work? A process-based framework of digital disconnection,” COMMUNICATION THEORY, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 3–17, 2024.
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