Exploring Digital Disconnection. Una proposta di rilettura del dibattito internazionale sulla disconnessione digitale

The article addresses the multiple phenomena associated with Digital Disconnection, which is understood as the voluntary restriction of users’ connection to digital media and platforms. The article examines the recent debate on the topic, its theoretical roots and frameworks, interpreting Digital Disconnection as: a practice of conspicuous nonconsumption; an individual search for well-being, authenticity and productivity through digital detox practices; a form of caring for an appropriate use of media or for the achievement of digital well-being; and a form of political resistance to the platform society. Lastly, the contribution invites, also recalling the classic literature on non-use, to embrace overcoming a dichotomous reading between connection and disconnection and to place the issue of digital disconnection within broader socio-cultural transformations.