Cultivating Digital Mindfulness in an Era of Constant Connection: A Phenomenological Exploration of College Students’ Digital Detox

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dc.contributor.advisorNewton, Julianne
dc.contributor.authorStanovsek, Shelby
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-11T22:27:12Z
dc.date.available2019-01-11T22:27:12Z
dc.date.issued2019-01-11
dc.description.abstractThe “always on” culture of constant connectivity afforded by the ubiquity of smartphones and social media has profoundly influenced society, reorienting our sense of self and connection to others. This thesis particularly investigates the impact of these technologies on present-day college students, who are among the first to incorporate these tools into their ongoing identity development processes from adolescence into emerging adulthood. Specifically, it explores how the absence of everyday devices during a “digital detox” alters their experiences of self, socialization, and ways of being in the world. Phenomenological analysis through participant observation and interview methods reveals how the digital detox provides an opportunity for these emerging adults, who have grown up predominately using these technologies of virtual extension—values espoused in a culture of constant connection— to recognize the value of embodied experiences. The digital detox experience can encourage the cultivation of more digitally mindful media and technology use.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/24185
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregon
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved.
dc.subjectComputer-mediated communicationen_US
dc.subjectDigital detoxen_US
dc.subjectDigital nativesen_US
dc.subjectDigital well-beingen_US
dc.subjectPhenomenologyen_US
dc.subjectSocial mediaen_US
dc.titleCultivating Digital Mindfulness in an Era of Constant Connection: A Phenomenological Exploration of College Students’ Digital Detox
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineSchool of Journalism and Communication
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Oregon
thesis.degree.levelmasters
thesis.degree.nameM.S.

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