Daan LE ROUX: Digital Distraction, Online Vigilance and the Goldfish Hypothesis: Making sense of the impacts of technology on attention

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V ponedeljek, 19. junija 2023, bo ob 16.00 uri izvedeno
predavanje v okviru PONEDELJKOVEGA SEMINARJA RAČUNALNIŠTVA IN INFORMATIKE
Oddelkov za Informacijske znanosti in tehnologije UP FAMNIT in UP IAM.

ČAS/PROSTOR: 19. junij 2023 ob 16.00 v FAMNIT-VP2.

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PREDAVATELJ: Daan LE ROUX
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Dr. Daan le Roux heads up the Cognition and Technology Research Group at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. He studies various dimensions of the interaction between humans and technology with emphasis on the cognitive and behavioural processes by which humans, both individually and collectively, adopt and adapt to technologies, and how this impacts their performance and well-being. His research is interdisciplinary in nature and has been published in outlets across various domains including Information Systems, Psychology, Business Management and Education.

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NASLOV: Digital Distraction, Online Vigilance and the Goldfish Hypothesis: Making sense of the impacts of technology on attention
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POVZETEK:

Over the past two decades we have experienced the emergence of a media ecology characterized by the omnipresence of mobile computing devices that offer a rapidly expanding range of gratifying online experiences. As smartphone use volumes have steadily increased, online platforms have proliferated, creating an increasingly competitive attention economy. A growing body of both popular and academic literature have raised concerns over the potential impacts of these developments for human wellbeing. One area which has received substantial attention concerns the effects that permanent online connectedness and constant media multitasking may have on cognitive control – i.e., our capacity to direct and sustain attention. Specifically, some studies have suggested that our behavior with technology may lead to the shortening of our attention spans. In this talk the state of empirical evidence in this domain is systematically reviewed with reference to recent studies of both the short and long-term effects of digital technology use on cognitive control.

Seminar bo potekal v angleškem jeziku v predavalnici FAMNIT-VP2.

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