New York, Sep 27 (Ians) Those seeking satisfaction and meaning from their smartphones, it is time to shun this thinking. Researchers have found that those looking for meaning and purpose through their devices and social media could actually experience the opposite.
Researchers at Baylor and Campbell universities in the US found that smartphone attachment could “cause a breakdown in social values because of the unstructured and limitless options they provide for seeking meaning and purpose and inadvertently exacerbate feelings of despair while simultaneously promising to resolve them,”
“Seeking itself becomes the only meaningful activity, which is the basis of anomie and addiction,” said Christopher M. Pieper, senior lecturer of sociology at Baylor University.
The results, published in the journal Sociological Perspectives, provide a sociological link to the psychological studies that point to connections between digital devices and media use with feelings of loneliness, depression, unhappiness, suicidal ideation and other poor mental health outcomes.
Researchers at Baylor and Campbell universities in the US found that smartphone attachment could “cause a breakdown in social values because of the unstructured and limitless options they provide for seeking meaning and purpose and inadvertently exacerbate feelings of despair while simultaneously promising to resolve them,”
“Seeking itself becomes the only meaningful activity, which is the basis of anomie and addiction,” said Christopher M. Pieper, senior lecturer of sociology at Baylor University.
The results, published in the journal Sociological Perspectives, provide a sociological link to the psychological studies that point to connections between digital devices and media use with feelings of loneliness, depression, unhappiness, suicidal ideation and other poor mental health outcomes.
- 9/27/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
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