2023
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In this seminar, Sara Katie Day Good and Mehri Agai present studies on technological resistance in schools and youth disconnection.
In this seminar, we discuss AI, sustainability and the environment - and how it connects with disconnection studies
In this seminar, we discuss research on how journalists and book publishers handle connection and disconnection.
At this seminar, Professor Brita Ytre-Arne will talk about her forthcoming book, Media Use in Digital Everyday Life.
Digital disengagement and resignation in times of media overload
This seminar deals with urgent questions pertaining to media overload, resistance and inequality in times when big tech companies exercise increasing influence on everyday life. Focusing on citizenship, labour and organizational contexts where digital engagement is compulsory, the presenters offer critical insights on who has the possibility and power to “opt out” of digitality.
Responsibility and regulation: Political paradoxes
This seminar is an opportunity to discuss political aspects of digital disconnection. Empirical research will be presented on attempts to regulate and politicise disconnection, wellbeing and the attention economy, and the political implications of disconnection discourse.