Time well spent”: the ideology of temporal disconnection as a means for digital wellbeing
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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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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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Time well spent”: the ideology of temporal disconnection as a means for digital wellbeing |
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Time well spent”: the ideology of temporal disconnection as a means for digital wellbeing |
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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 |
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Time well spent”: the ideology of temporal disconnection as a means for digital wellbeing |
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Time well spent”: the ideology of temporal disconnection as a means for digital wellbeing |
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Time well spent”: the ideology of temporal disconnection as a means for digital wellbeing |
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Time well spent”: the ideology of temporal disconnection as a means for digital wellbeing |
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Time well spent”: the ideology of temporal disconnection as a means for digital wellbeing |
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Jorge, Ana |
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Jorge, Ana Amaral, Inês Alves, Artur Matos |
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Amaral, Inês Alves, Artur Matos |
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Universidade do Minho |
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Jorge, Ana Amaral, Inês Alves, Artur Matos |
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Operating system Quantified self Techlash Screen time Smartphone Platforms Social media Ciências Sociais::Ciências da Comunicação |
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Operating system Quantified self Techlash Screen time Smartphone Platforms Social media Ciências Sociais::Ciências da Comunicação |
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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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Jorge, 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/18148 1932-8036 1932-8036/20220005 https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/18148 |
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