TY - GEN
T1 - It's not All Shiny and Glamorous
T2 - 56th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)
AU - Miguel, Cristina
AU - Lutz, Christoph
AU - Majetic, Filip
AU - Perez-Vega, Rodrigo
AU - Sanchez-Razo, Miguel
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - The term 'digital nomad' has gained popularity to describe professionals who work remotely from different locations facilitated by using information and communication technology. This study explores the interaction between digital nomadism and loneliness, digital nomads' coping mechanisms to fight loneliness (with a special focus on social media use), as well as the phenomenon of fear of missing out (FoMO). Digital nomads who often experience isolation may turn to the use of Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram to keep in contact with family and friends and other social media like Facebook groups, Slack, and MeetUp to meet new people. However, intensive use of social media can generate FoMO. By using 15 in-depth interviews, this paper aims to explore loneliness and FoMO as issues that might negatively intersect with digital nomads' wellbeing, thus spotlighting some of the hidden dark sides of digital nomadism that go too often unnoticed.
AB - The term 'digital nomad' has gained popularity to describe professionals who work remotely from different locations facilitated by using information and communication technology. This study explores the interaction between digital nomadism and loneliness, digital nomads' coping mechanisms to fight loneliness (with a special focus on social media use), as well as the phenomenon of fear of missing out (FoMO). Digital nomads who often experience isolation may turn to the use of Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram to keep in contact with family and friends and other social media like Facebook groups, Slack, and MeetUp to meet new people. However, intensive use of social media can generate FoMO. By using 15 in-depth interviews, this paper aims to explore loneliness and FoMO as issues that might negatively intersect with digital nomads' wellbeing, thus spotlighting some of the hidden dark sides of digital nomadism that go too often unnoticed.
KW - Digital nomads
KW - fear of missing out (FoMO)
KW - Loneliness
KW - Meet ups
KW - Social media
UR - https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=pure_univeritat_ramon_llull&SrcAuth=WosAPI&KeyUT=WOS:001301786704081&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL
M3 - Conference contribution
T3 - Hawaii International Conference On System Sciences
SP - 4628
EP - 4637
BT - Proceedings Of The 56th Annual Hawaii International Conference On System Sciences
A2 - Bui, TX
PB - HICSS
Y2 - 3 January 2023 through 6 January 2023
ER -