ON/OFF
- Risks and Rewards of the Anytime-Anywhere Internet
Digital Media Use, Social Media, Digital Interconnectedness, Media Psychology, Digital Natives, Hyper-Connectivity
Are you constantly online? Or are you offline sometimes? Are you offline if you are not interacting with your connected devices? Or if no data about you is being collected? Do you check Instagram and Twitter during dinner? Do you turn off your smartphone at night? Do you check work emails on vacation? Do you feel you have to disconnect regularly – to relax, to concentrate, or to protect your privacy? Or do you feel more relaxed when constantly connected because your loved ones, a work emergency, or the news are always at your fingertips? Why are some people – even within networked societies – still completely offline given the tremendous opportunities of the Internet? And what does it even mean to be online or offline in the age of hyper-connectivity?
In ON/OFF, Sarah Genner assesses the risks and rewards of the anytime-anywhere Internet, focusing on digital divides, social relationships, physical and mental health, and data privacy. She discusses implications for a variety of decision-makers in the world of work, in education, in families, and in politics. The author deconstructs the online/offline dichotomy and suggests the ON/OFF scale as a new theoretical framework for researchers and practitioners.
The author Sarah Genner won the Mercator Award 2016.
In this video produced by the Graduate Campus of the University of Zurich, the author explains her study.
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"Trotz der Bruthitze verfolgten die ZPRG-Mitglieder gespannt den Vortrag von Sarah Genner, Medienpsychologin, zu ihrer preisgekrönten Studie 'ON | OFF: Risks and Rewards of the Anytime-Anywhere Internet' im angenehm gekühlten freiraum des 25hours hotel zürich langstrasse. Sie betrachtete das mobile Internet mit uns aus fünf verschiedenen Perspektiven – der Produktivität, des Burnouts, der Sucht, der Generationen und der Privatheit – und entkräftete im Vorbeigehen gängige Klischees und Halbwahrheiten zur 'Always On'-Kultur. Das mobile Internet ist aus ihrer Sicht nicht der Ursprung allen Übels, denn es bleibt jedem Nutzer selbst überlassen, wie er mit dem damit verbundenen sozialen Druck umgeht und seine Prioritäten setzt. Gelingt es die persönlichen Grenzen zu ziehen, überwiegen die Chancen des mobilen Internets."
(ZPRG Zürcher Public Relations Gesellschaft, 6.7.2017, https://zprg.ch/de/veranstaltung/risiken-chancen-und-nebenwirkungen-des-mobilen-internet)
- Auflage: 1., 2017
- Seiten: 230 Seiten
- Abbildungen: zahlreiche Abbildungen
- Format in cm: 17,0 x 24,0
- Einbandart: PDF
- ISBN: 978-3-7281-3800-2
- DOI: 10.3218/3800-2
- Sprache: Englisch
- Lieferstatus: lieferbar