Digital Wellness

Definition

Digital wellness has different meanings for different people as we live and adapt to so much technology. From a critical perspective, we read and hear stories about how social networking is always connected to work. The unhealthiness of sitting at a computer for long periods impacts many aspects of our wellness. Then there is the more optimistic take on how technology in the form of fitness bands, health-related apps (e.g., meditation), and the power of how communication with friends and family supports our wellness.

The question can arise of the difference between digital citizenship and digital wellness. One way to understand the difference between (digital) citizenship and digital wellness is that most citizenship curricula teach students to think about how their actions affect others. Digital wellness looks inward to help us think about how technology affects our wellbeing.

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