The emergence of the field of digital disconnection studies could offer novel approaches to understanding the relationship between education and technology. Our hypothesis is that digital disconnection literature could reveal reasons to argue for disconnecting from digital media in childhood and education. This could e.g., be mandated by findings in domains where warning flags have been raised based on perceptions of heightened health risks, cyberbullying, loneliness, exposure to online porn, distraction, manipulative features in online services etc. The aim of the article is to bring discussions from disconnection studies to the field of information- and communications technology (ICT) in education.

Jesper Balslev & Mie Oehlesnschläger

Balslev, J. & Oehlenschläger, M. (2023). Towards digital disconnection in Danish educational policy. medien & zeit, 38(1), 43–58.

MZ-2023-1