Bem-estar digital: análise de aplicativos que monitoram hábitos digitais.

Abstract

In a world with few barriers between the physical and digital planes, being always connected makes it possible to create and increase bonds with other people, learn new things and share adventures. These actions present a new challenge: how to use digital technology without harming our well-being? Awareness of the impact that devices and the network can have is at the heart of digital well-being. In this work, five Android applications that help users monitor digital well-being were selected for an analysis of their functionality and the effectiveness and satisfaction after their use by a group of 35 volunteers. The results show that the visualization of usage data is a very useful way to know and follow the smartphone usage routine. In addition, some apps were more effective in promoting digital wellness and outperformed others in usage satisfaction.