Opt-out, abstain, unplug. A systematic review of the voluntary digital disconnection literature

LM Nassen, H Vandebosch, K Poels, K Karsay - Telematics and Informatics, 2023 - Elsevier
Temporary and permanent disconnection from digital devices, platforms, or tools has gained
traction from users and, subsequently, in academic discourse. A rapidly growing body of …

Achieving digital wellbeing through digital self-control tools: A systematic review and meta-analysis

AM Roffarello, L De Russis - ACM Transactions on Computer-Human …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Public media and researchers in different areas have recently focused on perhaps
unexpected problems that derive from an excessive and frequent use of technology, giving …

[HTML][HTML] Combatting digital addiction: Current approaches and future directions

D Cemiloglu, MB Almourad, J McAlaney, R Ali - Technology in Society, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, the notion of digital addiction has become popular. Calls for solutions to
combat it, especially in adolescents, are on the rise. Whilst there remains debate on the …

Time2stop: Adaptive and explainable human-ai loop for smartphone overuse intervention

A Orzikulova, H **ao, Z Li, Y Yan, Y Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Despite a rich history of investigating smartphone overuse intervention techniques, AI-based
just-in-time adaptive intervention (JITAI) methods for overuse reduction are lacking. We …

What makes smartphone use meaningful or meaningless?

K Lukoff, C Yu, J Kientz, A Hiniker - … of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
Prior research indicates that many people wish to limit aspects of their smartphone use. Why
is it that certain smartphone use feels so meaningless? We examined this question by using …

Self-control in cyberspace: Applying dual systems theory to a review of digital self-control tools

U Lyngs, K Lukoff, P Slovak, R Binns, A Slack… - proceedings of the …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Many people struggle to control their use of digital devices. However, our understanding of
the design mechanisms that support user self-control remains limited. In this paper, we make …

Reflect, not regret: Understanding regretful smartphone use with app feature-level analysis

H Cho, DE Choi, D Kim, WJ Kang, EK Choe… - Proceedings of the ACM …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Digital intervention tools against problematic smartphone usage help users control their
consumption on smartphones, for example, by setting a time limit on an app. However …

The loop and reasons to break it: Investigating infinite scrolling behaviour in social media applications and reasons to stop

JO Rixen, LM Meinhardt, M Glöckler… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Today's social media (SM) platforms are toolkits consisting of features with different use
cases, some strongly related to habitual and regretful use. Especially Infinite Scrolling (IS) …

Good vibrations: can a digital nudge reduce digital overload?

F Okeke, M Sobolev, N Dell, D Estrin - Proceedings of the 20th …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
Digital overuse on mobile devices is a growing problem in everyday life. This paper
describes a generalizable mobile intervention that combines nudge theory and negative …

'I Just Want to Hack Myself to Not Get Distracted' Evaluating Design Interventions for Self-Control on Facebook

U Lyngs, K Lukoff, P Slovak, W Seymour… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Beyond being the world's largest social network, Facebook is for many also one of its
greatest sources of digital distraction. For students, problematic use has been associated …