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Post-digital consumption: The controversy surrounding the mobile phone box as a means of disconnection
Department of Geography, Media and Communication, Karlstad University, Sweden; Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo, Norway.ORCID-id: 0000-0002-4704-5017
Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo, Norway.ORCID-id: 0000-0002-3657-3551
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2024 (Engelska)Ingår i: The Digital Backlash and the Paradoxes of Disconnection / [ed] K. Albris, K. Fast, F. Karlsen, A. Kaun, S. Lomborg, & T. Syvertsen, Nordicom, University of Gothenburg , 2024, s. 45-66Kapitel i bok, del av antologi (Refereegranskat)
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This chapter expands the understanding of contemporary disconnective technologies by providing a case study of a mundane, low-tech artefact that has gained popularity in both private and public spaces: the mobile phone box. A mobile phone box (or a phone basket, as it is often called) is a place to put away smartphones for shorter or longer durations; boxes range from sophisticated products to simple homemade solutions. In this chapter, we identify the mobile phone box as a post-digital consumer object, representing the disenchantment with hyper-connected life that is visible in studies of digital disconnection. To scrutinise the diverse meanings of the artefact – and the broader discussion about the role of connective technologies in our lives – we investigate the debate following a Swedish trade association’s decision to award the mobile phone box the title “Christmas Gift of the Year” in 2019. Our analysis indicates that the box, and the solutions it embodies – putting away one’s phone – is highly contested, yet also an indication that the digital backlash and disconnection sentiments have become part of mainstream culture. The chapter contributes insights into hitherto under-researched guises of the post-digital and the kind of discursive battles that this condition may trigger. 

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Nordicom, University of Gothenburg , 2024. s. 45-66
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mobile phone box, post-digital, disconnection, digital detox, discourse
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URN: urn:nbn:se:norden:org:diva-13246DOI: 10.48335/9789188855961-3OAI: oai:DiVA.org:norden-13246DiVA, id: diva2:1896936
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The authors acknowledge funding from the Norwegian Research Council (grant number 287563) for the project “Intrusive media, ambivalent users and digital detox (DIGITOX)” (2019-24). 

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