Solitude and privacy: How technology is destroying our aloneness and why it matters

Michelle Gordon

Technology in Society, 2022, vol. 68, issue C

Abstract: This article connects streams of research on solitude, a critical component of privacy. It examines the influences of technological, societal, commercial, and governmental forces on solitude. Solitude is one of the four basic states of privacy, along with intimacy, anonymity, and reserve. It can be defined as an absence of human activity. Solitude entails a willful disengagement from others, enabling freedom from observation. Individuals experiencing solitude are attuned to dialogue with the mind or conscience.

Keywords: Solitude; Privacy; Aloneness; Constant connectivity; Behavioral addiction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2021.101858

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