TY - JOUR
T1 - Privacy Literacy
T2 - From Doomscrolling to Digital Wellness
AU - Chisholm, Alexandria
AU - Hartman-Caverly, Sarah
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 by Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD 21218.
PY - 2022/1
Y1 - 2022/1
N2 - Personal technology use can significantly impact wellness. The transition to widespread remote learning, working, and socializing during the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated society’s reliance on technology. This article presents a case study of how the authors applied their privacy scholarship to offer a responsive learning experience for students concerning the social implications of the pandemic. The article also explores the authors’ unique approach to digital wellness, which seeks to align wellness goals and habits regarding technology while placing a special emphasis on privacy, particularly information asymmetries, attention engineering, and the hidden harms of invasive data collection.
AB - Personal technology use can significantly impact wellness. The transition to widespread remote learning, working, and socializing during the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated society’s reliance on technology. This article presents a case study of how the authors applied their privacy scholarship to offer a responsive learning experience for students concerning the social implications of the pandemic. The article also explores the authors’ unique approach to digital wellness, which seeks to align wellness goals and habits regarding technology while placing a special emphasis on privacy, particularly information asymmetries, attention engineering, and the hidden harms of invasive data collection.
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U2 - 10.1353/pla.2022.0009
DO - 10.1353/pla.2022.0009
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85123179801
SN - 1531-2542
VL - 22
SP - 53
EP - 79
JO - Portal
JF - Portal
IS - 1
ER -