Bachelor thesis | Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (BSc)
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In today's world, the approximate screen time on digital devices is around 7 hours a day. One hundred years ago, this was zero. This thesis questions this behavioral change, embracing the progress...Show moreIn today's world, the approximate screen time on digital devices is around 7 hours a day. One hundred years ago, this was zero. This thesis questions this behavioral change, embracing the progress of digitalization and questioning people's relationship with digital technology. Besides analyzing the 'attention economy', the profit-based digital market, and infrastructures behind 'the digital', it finally focuses on the supposed benefits of 'Digital Minimalism'. The latter encompasses choosing more intentionality in how individuals use digital technology as a means to an end as opposed to using it distractingly.Show less