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Description
Against the backdrop of a growing backlash on digital media, around their ‘addictiveness’, concentration of economic power and misfeasance in political processes, users make situated combinations of use and non-use, with different motivations and means. This proposal aims to conduct comparative research on disconnection from digital technologies, focusing on qualitative studies with individuals who disconnect, through interviews in their contexts. For such end, we seek to replicate in Portugal a two-part study conducted in Norway: (1) on participants in organized detox activities (‘no wifi’
Summary of the results
The initiative contributed to strengthening bilateral relations between Portugal and Norway, by building capacity among Portuguese partners to the state of the art research conducted by Oslo and Bergen. Main achievements are the publication of two journal articles in top journals in the field of Media & Communication; as well as sustained engagement with Oslo partners through the organization of international conferences (May 2022 and May 2023) and inclusion of a book chapter in a Nordicom collection with other Nordic contributors.