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Wpływ narzędzi cyfrowych na zarządzanie dobrostanem użytkowników na przykładzie aplikacji Kwarantanna Domowa
The impact of digital tools on managing user well-being on the example of the Home Quarantine Application

Author(s): Łukasz Kasprowski
Subject(s): Media studies, Communication studies, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: mental well-being; well-being management; digital tools during the pandemic; coronavirus pandemic; SARS-CoV-2; Home Quarantine

Summary/Abstract: The subject of the article is to draw attention to the aspect of mental well-being of users in the context of digital technology during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. The article presents the perspective of the critical trend along with the author’s own empirical research. The study used qualitative techniques in the form of interviews with people using the government application during quarantine Home Quarantine (several case studies) as part of the so-called incidental trial. The purpose of the work is to show attempts to maintain mental well-being and the impact on this well-being of the respondents through the Home Quarantine application in the context of creating a new pandemic imagination and the phenomena and consequences related to it, indicated. By the respondents. The study will discuss human relations with “Others” and the aspect of digital media management, focusing on the well-being of users of the Home Quarantine application, which will allow for a partial understanding of aspects related to the quality of recipients’ well-being and the balance in their level of immersion during the coronavirus pandemic, i.e. a time of increased demand and a surge in digital goods.

  • Issue Year: 11/2023
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 137 - 156
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish
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