This ‘digital detox’ workbook provides a hands-on guide for de-stressing, cultivating mindfulness, improving mood and health, and finding balance in your daily life:
- Bowles, M. & Williams Rikard, E. (2019). Life Unplugged: A Digital Detox Workbook. New York: Rock Point.
This book examines the effects the Internet is having on our brains, including how smartphones and social media are influencing our thoughts and emotions:
- Carr, N. (2010). The shallows: How the internet is changing the way we think, read and remember. Atlantic Books Ltd.
This book puts forth the argument that our brains aren’t naturally good at media multitasking and examines how we can learn to live with technology in a balanced way. It includes dual points of view from a psychologist and a neuroscientist and provides scientific foundations and real-world examples of people addressing their own distracted minds:
- Gazzaley, A., and Rosen, L. D. (2016). The distracted mind: Ancient brains in a high-tech world. Mit Press.
This paper by Wood and Muñoz examines the effect of a ‘digital detox’ on student learning:
- Wood, N. T., & Muñoz, C. (2021). Unplugged: Digital detox enhances student learning. Marketing Education Review, 31(1), 14-25. https://doi.org/10.1080/10528008.2020.1836973