Social media overuse is a central concern in discussions over digital well-being. Digital disconnection is often presented as a solution to this problem, but mixed evidence on its effectiveness suggests we lack understanding of why, how and when disconnection works. Drawing from three recurrent social media metaphors - the drug, demon and donut metaphor - this article aims to advance understanding of social media disconnection by developing a classification of disconnective mechanisms in accordance with three conceptual approaches to social media overuse. This classification provides theory-driven support for differing social media disconnection mechanisms. We discuss its implications for practice and future research.
Translation of the title:
Droge, Dämon oder Donut? Theoretische Betrachtung der Beziehung zwischen der Nutzung sozialer Medien, digitalem Wohlbefinden und digitaler Abkopplung
(German)
Dieser Eintrag ist Teil der Universitätsbibliographie.
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