Framing ‘digital well-being’ as a social good
Source: Journals.uic.edu
In this study, co-authored by A. Beattie and M. S. Daubs, the authors explore the notion of digital well-being, for example through the implementation of screen time management applications by Big Tech companies such as Apple, Google or Meta (ex-Facebook).
The same companies that use algorithms to make users addicted to their applications are also able to influence these users for the better.
In their study, the authors first explained the concept of "digital well-being" in relation to the concept of "digital health".
They then demonstrated that digital well-being is a social good. It should be remembered that a social good is the ability to exert a constraint on an individual or a group of individuals.