(When) do digital media make us happy?

By Katrina Roen, Erik Carlquist, & Lin Prøitz; December 2020

For decades, researchers have debated the pros and cons of digital technology: does it help us live better lives, or does it make that harder? Now, in an era of pandemic and lockdown, our day-to-day experience of digital media has been brought even more clearly into focus. Our research examines the emotional aspects of this experience, asking: how are digital media woven through our lives on an emotional level? 

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