Mapping a pluralistic continuum of approaches to digital disconnection
Ross MQ, Gilbert A, Klingelhöfer J, Matassi M, Nassen LM, Van Bruyssel S, Verlinden A, Parry DA (2024)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2024
Journal
DOI: 10.1177/01634437241228785
Abstract
The study of digital disconnection – the voluntary non-use of digital media – is a growing research domain characterized by increasingly pluralistic approaches. To map this diverse terrain, we offer an analytical heuristic: a continuum of approaches to digital disconnection. This tool proposes one primary dimension – viewing digital disconnection as individually functional to socially meaningful (ontology) – and two secondary, concomitant dimensions – holding post-positive to interpretivist perspectives on knowledge generation (epistemology) as well as applying quantitative to qualitative methods (methodology). We offer examples of scholarship along the continuum and advocate for the complementarity of different approaches. Although the continuum is not a universal framework, it provides a tool for scholars to review the domain and for digital disconnection researchers specifically to locate themselves on and build bridges across the continuum. We hope that this continuum supports and expands the pluralistic nature of digital disconnection scholarship into the future.
Involved external institutions
Ohio State University
United States (USA) (US)
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (JGU)
Germany (DE)
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL) / Catholic University of Leuven
Belgium (BE)
Universiteit Gent (UGent) / Ghent University
Belgium (BE)
Universidad de San Andrés
Argentina (AR)
University of Stellenbosch / Universiteit van Stellenbosch
South Africa (ZA)
United States (USA) (US)
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (JGU)
Germany (DE)
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL) / Catholic University of Leuven
Belgium (BE)
Universiteit Gent (UGent) / Ghent University
Belgium (BE)
Universidad de San Andrés
Argentina (AR)
University of Stellenbosch / Universiteit van Stellenbosch
South Africa (ZA)
How to cite
APA:
Ross, M.Q., Gilbert, A., Klingelhöfer, J., Matassi, M., Nassen, L.-M., Van Bruyssel, S.,... Parry, D.A. (2024). Mapping a pluralistic continuum of approaches to digital disconnection. Media Culture & Society. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/01634437241228785
MLA:
Ross, Morgan Quinn, et al. "Mapping a pluralistic continuum of approaches to digital disconnection." Media Culture & Society (2024).
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