Per una fenomenologia della disconnessione digitale in Italia. Pratiche, motivazioni, ostacoli

Titolo Rivista SOCIOLOGIA DELLA COMUNICAZIONE
Autori/Curatori Piermarco Aroldi, Francesca Pasquali, Barbara Scifo
Anno di pubblicazione 2025 Fascicolo 2025/69
Lingua Italiano Numero pagine 25 P. 5-29 Dimensione file 270 KB
DOI 10.3280/SC2025-069001
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This contribution is part of the broader research field on Digital Disconnection (DD), conceptualized as a range of practices that regulate or limit individuals’ engagement with specific digital technologies. It presents the findings of an empirical study conducted through a web-based survey administered to a representative sample of Italian Internet users. The emerging phenomenology of DD reveals a diverse array of practices, motivations, and constraints that defy simplistic interpretations based on a binary opposition between connection and disconnection, or on a singular model of disconnection. The user profile that emerges is that of a subject actively engaged in the regulation of digital media use and involved in a continuous negotiation between personal autonomy and relational commitments in the context of disconnection.

Parole chiave:digital disconnection, digital detox, digital well-being, media critique, domestication 

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Piermarco Aroldi, Francesca Pasquali, Barbara Scifo, Per una fenomenologia della disconnessione digitale in Italia. Pratiche, motivazioni, ostacoli in "SOCIOLOGIA DELLA COMUNICAZIONE " 69/2025, pp 5-29, DOI: 10.3280/SC2025-069001