Regulando la distancia digital: interferencias y bienestar anticipado en la desconexión entre jóvenes

Lizardo Vargas-Bianchi; Laura León; Julio-César Mateus

doi:10.5294/pacla.2025.28.4.5

Autores/as

Lizardo Vargas-Bianchi Autor/a Universidad de Lima https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9027-7673
Laura León Autor/a Universidad de Lima https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3283-2912
Julio-César Mateus Autor/a Universidad de Lima https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5161-3737

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5294/pacla.2025.28.4.5

Palabras clave:

Desconexión digital, ajuste de distancia digital, desintoxicación digital, desconexión cíclica, hiperconectividad, media quiteracy

Resumen

La literatura define la desconexión digital como el no uso activo de medios y dispositivos digitales. Este campo de estudio emergente se centra en las relaciones de las personas con estos medios, que incluyen dispositivos, aplicaciones, funciones y mensajes. Los estudios previos han explorado este fenómeno centrándose en contextos del norte global, por lo que no se han abordado las experiencias de usuarios en otros entornos culturales. Este estudio examinó las experiencias, las motivaciones y los desafíos de la desconexión digital entre jóvenes en un contexto latinoamericano. Se realizó un análisis cualitativo de plantilla utilizando datos obtenidos de grupos focales con participantes que habían experimentado desconexión deliberada. Los hallazgos muestran que la desconexión adopta la forma de ajuste de la distancia sobre aspectos específicos de su entorno digital en torno a las interferencias que perciben y su bienestar anticipado. Sobre esta base, los resultados permiten teorizar la desconexión como un proceso cíclico dentro del continuo de la conectividad. Entre los participantes, el entorno familiar surgió como un mediador en las decisiones de desconexión. Las investigaciones futuras podrían examinar cómo se configuran las interferencias y el bienestar anticipado en diferentes perfiles de usuarios y contextos, así como analizar los procesos de toma de decisiones y los tiempos de los ciclos de conectividad en un entorno digital.

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