Impacts of excessive use of digital technologies range from physical problems to emotional concerns. (Shutterstock) January 29, 2024 Spending too much time online? Try these helpful tips to improve your digital wellness Bindiya Dutt, University of Stavanger and Mary Lynn Young, University of British Columbia The growing absence of non-digital alternatives to everyday tasks, like government services and health care, is contributing to digital dependence. This, in turn, affects people’s wellbeing.
Online, critical ignoring is just as important as critical thinking. romeocane1/ iStock / Getty Images Plus June 15, 2021 To navigate the dangers of the web, you need critical thinking – but also critical ignoring Sam Wineburg, Stanford University School teaches us to read a text carefully in order to understand it. But on the web, ignoring information is a survival skill.
Shutterstock January 15, 2021 Too much information: the COVID work revolution has increased digital overload Olga Kokshagina, RMIT University Interference with our brain’s goal-directed functioning is increasing with ever more tools for virtual communication and collaboration.