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Disconnect to reconnect: The food/technology metaphor in digital detoxing
- Abstract:
- The idea of "going on a digital detox" arrives as a response to a proliferation of digital technology and a concern that this addictive form of sociality erodes meaningful or authentic connection. This paper explores concerns about our relationship with digital technology through a short ethnography of Camp Grounded: a Californian digital detox retreat and summer camp for adults. At Camp Grounded, digital detoxers conceptualise consumption of technology using a food parallel. While the brief connection or "snack" of a text message might temporarily satisfy, detoxers feel that waiting for a more nutritious face-to-face encounter will ultimately be more emotionally nourishing. This paper interrogates the food/technology metaphor to unpack its analytical limitations and the questions it prompts about the future of our relationship with digital technology.
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.5210/fm.v22i6.7561
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- University of Illinois at Chicago Library
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- First Monday More from this journal
- Volume:
- 22
- Issue:
- 6
- Publication date:
- 2017-06-05
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-05-23
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1396-0466
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- “Disconnect to reconnect: The food/technology metaphor in digital detoxing” by Theodora Sutton is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
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