A group of students at a New Mexico college (mostly) gave up their phones & computers for a week. What did they learn? “Most students said they had gotten to know themselves better without their phones butting in all day long.”
Advertise here with Carbon Ads
This site is made possible by member support. 💞
Big thanks to Arcustech for hosting the site and offering amazing tech support.
When you buy through links on kottke.org, I may earn an affiliate commission. Thanks for supporting the site!
kottke.org. home of fine hypertext products since 1998.
Beloved by 86.47% of the web.
Comments 2
My PhD advisor (we’re media psychologists) has her mass media class do this for a week every term (yes to school-based use and calling your mom, but no socials, tv, or web browsing for fun) while they learn about functional vs dysfunctional use and other frameworks for how we measure all the things our devices do. It’s always a winner
In my college media theory class, way back in 1997, we had to go a week without TV. We even had to try and recruit our family to join us, which if I remember correctly I did. It was one of the most impactful excercises that still resonates with me today. What would our country be like if we mandated media literacy for all high schoolers?
Hello! In order to comment or fave, you need to be a current kottke.org member. If you'd like to sign up for a membership to support the site and join the conversation, you can explore your options here.
Existing members can sign in here. If you're a former member, you can renew your membership.
Note: If you are a member and tried to log in, it didn't work, and now you're stuck in a neverending login loop of death, try disabling any ad blockers or extensions. Or try logging out and then back in. Still having trouble? Email me!
In order to comment or fave, you need to be a current kottke.org member. Check out your options for renewal.
If you feel like this comment goes against the grain of the community guidelines or is otherwise inappropriate, please let me know and I will take a look at it.
This thread is closed for new comments & replies. Thanks to everyone for participating!