Digital Social Media Detox (DSMD): Responding to a Culture of Interconnectivity

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Author(s): Theresa Renee White (California State University Northridge, USA)
Copyright: 2014
Pages: 17
Source title: Digital Arts and Entertainment: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6114-1.ch080

Keywords: Digital Communications / Digital Media / Information Science Reference / Media & Communications

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Abstract

This chapter presents the findings of an empirical, qualitative, one-day intervention, in which 25 college students were invited to leave all digital technology at home and participate in ten hours of face-to-face communication. The project involved alternative activities providing an opportunity for students to socialize and interact without the distraction of digital technology, while affording the investigators an opportunity to observe patterns of social behavior and communication. Those findings are offered to illuminate the potential effects of overuse of digital social media, the pedagogical challenges in a contemporary educational environment, and the social problems we face as a result.

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