On the norm sensitivity of younger mobile phone users: Perceived social norms and phubbing in interactions between younger and older generations
Year: 2022
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Younger and older mobile phone users differ in their tolerance of phubbing, that is, using one’s phone in face-to-face interactions. Yet, there is limited knowledge of how phubbing norms influence phone use in intergenerational interactions. We conducted an online survey among younger (aged ≤ 41; n = 105) and older adults (n = 104), compared their generation-specific normative perceptions, and analyzed how these perceived norms were correlated with intergenerational phubbing. The results suggest a particular norm sensitivity of younger phone users, meaning that they not only had generation-specific normative perceptions, but that they also adapted their phone use to the older generation’s phubbing norms in interactions with them.
Source: Communication Research Reports
Authors: Liska Winkelmann, Sarah Geber
Institutions: University of Mannheim, University of Zurich
Language: English
Subfield: Demography
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4294946023