A Digital Fast - Building Community and Retrieving Stolen Focus:Oral Presentation

McDermott, Paul, Palmer, Leoni, Norton, Rosemary and Smith, Billy (2025) A Digital Fast - Building Community and Retrieving Stolen Focus:Oral Presentation. In: UEA L&T day 2025 Book of Abstracts. University of East Anglia, p. 9.

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Abstract

This presentation describes a month long digital fast carried out by students in the School of Chemistry, Pharmacy and Pharmacology (CPP). This fast was proposed in response to research findings that there is a significant correlation between the use of smartphones (and online technologies such as social media) and the increasing cases of diagnosed mental health illnesses, loneliness and attention fragmentation. We will outline the structure of the fast which contained four key milestones: - Detach (Creating space and regaining a sense of presence) - Discover (Exploring what emerges in the newly created space) - Delight (Cultivating joy in the newfound space) - Determine (focus on solidifying lasting changes).

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Chemistry, Pharmacy and Pharmacology
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Innovations in Pharmacy Education (former - to 2025) Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Education Research & Practice
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	12 Mar 2026 09:33
Last Modified:	12 Mar 2026 09:33
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/102324
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