“You can be connected all the time”: the use of smartphones by brazilian university students and sociabilities

The use of smartphones in the sociability networks of brazilian university students living in a student residence is analyzed. A field research was carried out with participant observation, notes in field diaries and dialogical encounters. The material was analyzed under Social Psychology and Materi...

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Autores: Elesbão Sbrissa, Luiza, Rubio Roso, Adriane
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Perú
Institución:Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Repositorio:Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/22252
Acceso en línea:http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/psicologia/article/view/22252
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Social psychology
Sociability
Smartphone
Internet
University students
Psicología social
Sociabilidades
Smartphones
Universitarios
Psychologie sociale
Sociabilités
Étudiants universitaires
Psicologia social
Universitários
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Sumario:The use of smartphones in the sociability networks of brazilian university students living in a student residence is analyzed. A field research was carried out with participant observation, notes in field diaries and dialogical encounters. The material was analyzed under Social Psychology and Material Culture Studies. The uses of smartphones maintain and reinvent sociability practices, turning them into artefacts of “physical-affective communication”. In addition, they participate in the emancipation process and produce an extension of cyber-holding in youth, facilitating adaptation of life to university. On the other hand, the sense of attachment to smartphones causes tensions between their sociability networks and generates anxiety.