Year: 2019 | Month: June | Volume 7 | Issue 1

Cyber Fasting: A Technique for Digital Peace

Gulshan Gupta
DOI:10.30954/2454-9525.01.2019.13

Abstract:

This paper introduces the innovative idea of Cyber Fasting. It flags some facts about the extreme use of different digital platforms and proposes to be a literate user of digital media and establish digital peace through practicing Cyber fasting. In today’s world when we rarely have time to look at our own self, here is an opportunity for something rewarding. As internet use grows, so do its benefits and the risks. The Asian region accounts for the highest number of internet and mobile cell phone consumers among the regions of the world. As the use of information and communication technology becomes more and more widespread, the addiction to cyber media and misuse of such technology have become a concern. Data provided in a report by Jessica Dillinger, Senior Writer, World Atlas (2019) indicates that China and India have the most internet users in the world. In the context of the phenomenon of increasing users of internet and cyber media addiction this paper flags suggestions and ideas to reduce the time people spend doing trivia on social media and the ill effects of cyber media. The remedial suggestions and ideas are for all age groups right from teenagers to old people. This will help in establishing peace not only at homes and workplaces or at the interpersonal level but it will also at the individual level help people to experience inner peace and tranquility. In addition, media literacy skills can also be enhanced.



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