Time well spent”: the ideology of temporal disconnection as a means for digital wellbeing

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Autor(a) principal: Jorge, Ana
Data de Publicação: 2022
Outros Autores: Amaral, Inês, Alves, Artur Matos
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://hdl.handle.net/1822/78866
Resumo: After facing an intense negative reaction to their accumulation of social, political, and economic power and influence, several tech and social media companies rolled out “digital wellbeing” tools during the second half of 2018. This article examines the technological and discursive construction of “digital wellbeing” as enacted through operating system-based tools (Screen Time and Do Not Disturb— iOS, Digital Wellbeing—Android, My Analytics—Microsoft), and social media platforms application functions (Your Time—Facebook, Time Watched—YouTube, Your Activity—Instagram). While the companies’ discourse deploys an imaginary centered around ethics and a normative experience accentuating the willfulness and empowerment of the user, the socio-material analysis of the interfaces and features shows that they envisage simple, familiar, and limited possibilities of disconnecting. Therefore, agency is limited, and the wellbeing outcomes are indeterminate, restricted to quantifying time or controlling the intentionality of connectivity.
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spelling Time well spent”: the ideology of temporal disconnection as a means for digital wellbeingOperating systemQuantified selfTechlashScreen timeSmartphonePlatformsSocial mediaCiências Sociais::Ciências da ComunicaçãoAfter facing an intense negative reaction to their accumulation of social, political, and economic power and influence, several tech and social media companies rolled out “digital wellbeing” tools during the second half of 2018. This article examines the technological and discursive construction of “digital wellbeing” as enacted through operating system-based tools (Screen Time and Do Not Disturb— iOS, Digital Wellbeing—Android, My Analytics—Microsoft), and social media platforms application functions (Your Time—Facebook, Time Watched—YouTube, Your Activity—Instagram). While the companies’ discourse deploys an imaginary centered around ethics and a normative experience accentuating the willfulness and empowerment of the user, the socio-material analysis of the interfaces and features shows that they envisage simple, familiar, and limited possibilities of disconnecting. Therefore, agency is limited, and the wellbeing outcomes are indeterminate, restricted to quantifying time or controlling the intentionality of connectivity.USC Annenberg PressUniversidade do MinhoJorge, AnaAmaral, InêsAlves, Artur Matos20222022-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/1822/78866engJorge, A., de Matos Alves, A., & Amaral, I. (2022).Time well spent”: The ideology of temporal disconnection as a means for digital wellbeing. International Journal of Communication, 16, 1551-1572. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/181481932-80361932-8036/20220005https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/18148info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:02:07Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/78866Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T18:52:05.729314Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title Time well spent”: the ideology of temporal disconnection as a means for digital wellbeing
spellingShingle Time well spent”: the ideology of temporal disconnection as a means for digital wellbeing
Jorge, Ana
Operating system
Quantified self
Techlash
Screen time
Smartphone
Platforms
Social media
Ciências Sociais::Ciências da Comunicação
title_short Time well spent”: the ideology of temporal disconnection as a means for digital wellbeing
title_full Time well spent”: the ideology of temporal disconnection as a means for digital wellbeing
title_fullStr Time well spent”: the ideology of temporal disconnection as a means for digital wellbeing
title_full_unstemmed Time well spent”: the ideology of temporal disconnection as a means for digital wellbeing
title_sort Time well spent”: the ideology of temporal disconnection as a means for digital wellbeing
author Jorge, Ana
author_facet Jorge, Ana
Amaral, Inês
Alves, Artur Matos
author_role author
author2 Amaral, Inês
Alves, Artur Matos
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade do Minho
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Jorge, Ana
Amaral, Inês
Alves, Artur Matos
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Operating system
Quantified self
Techlash
Screen time
Smartphone
Platforms
Social media
Ciências Sociais::Ciências da Comunicação
topic Operating system
Quantified self
Techlash
Screen time
Smartphone
Platforms
Social media
Ciências Sociais::Ciências da Comunicação
description After facing an intense negative reaction to their accumulation of social, political, and economic power and influence, several tech and social media companies rolled out “digital wellbeing” tools during the second half of 2018. This article examines the technological and discursive construction of “digital wellbeing” as enacted through operating system-based tools (Screen Time and Do Not Disturb— iOS, Digital Wellbeing—Android, My Analytics—Microsoft), and social media platforms application functions (Your Time—Facebook, Time Watched—YouTube, Your Activity—Instagram). While the companies’ discourse deploys an imaginary centered around ethics and a normative experience accentuating the willfulness and empowerment of the user, the socio-material analysis of the interfaces and features shows that they envisage simple, familiar, and limited possibilities of disconnecting. Therefore, agency is limited, and the wellbeing outcomes are indeterminate, restricted to quantifying time or controlling the intentionality of connectivity.
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