ReviewScience and engineering ethics2020
The Ethics of Digital Well-Being: A Thematic Review.
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41 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Toward Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence for Users' Digital Well-Being: Systematic Review, Synthesis, and Future Directions.JMIR human factors · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of an intervention targeting social media app use on well-being outcomes: A randomized controlled trial.Applied psychology. Health and well-being · 2025Trial
- The jingle jangle fallacy in digital well-being research is hindering scientific progress.BMC global and public health · 2026Article
- Perception-Adoption Gap of an AI Dietary Management App in Real-World Dining Settings: A Field Study.Nutrients · 2026Observational
- The digital well-being among learners in higher education: a scoping review.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- Psychometric validation of the English version of the digital wellbeing questionnaire for young adults.PloS one · 2026Article
- Digital wellbeing experience in the workplace: development and validation of the Work-Related Human Computer Interaction Questionnaire.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- The algorithmic patient: on the ontological disruption of selfhood, suffering, and healing in the age of artificial intelligence.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Cyberchondria and complexity: a systems-level exploration of anxiety and informational instability in the digital age.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
- Conceptualisation of Digital Wellbeing Associated with Generative Artificial Intelligence from the Perspective of University Students.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2025Article
- A Social Disruptiveness-Based Approach to AI Governance: Complementing the Risk-Based Approach of the AI Act.Science and engineering ethics · 2025Article
- Toward a Sociotechnical Ecosystem for Ethical Screening and Promotion of Mental Health and Well-Being.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Exploring How AI Literacy and Self-Regulated Learning Relate to Student Writing Performance and Well-Being in Generative AI-Supported Higher Education.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Psychosocial risks and ethical implications of technology: considerations for decent work.Annals of work exposures and health · 2025Article
- Key Updates to the 2024 ESC Hypertension Guidelines and Future Perspectives.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Review
- Technology use and health behavior among patients with diabetes: do underlying motives for technology adoption matter?Frontiers in digital health · 2025Article
- Ethics of AI in healthcare: a scoping review demonstrating applicability of a foundational framework.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Review
- Competition and Digital Game Design: a Self-Determination Theory Perspective.Interacting with computers · 2024Article
- Technology and the Situationist Challenge to Virtue Ethics.Science and engineering ethics · 2024Article
- The internet of things deployed for occupational health and safety purposes: A qualitative study of opportunities and ethical issues.PloS one · 2024Article
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Abstract
This article presents the first thematic review of the literature on the ethical issues concerning digital well-being. The term 'digital well-being' is used to refer to the impact of digital technologies on what it means to live a life that is good for a human being. The review explores the existing literature on the ethics of digital well-being, with the goal of mapping the current debate and identifying open questions for future research. The review identifies major issues related to several key social domains: healthcare, education, governance and social development, and media and entertainment. It also highlights three broader themes: positive computing, personalised human-computer interaction, and autonomy and self-determination. The review argues that three themes will be central to ongoing discussions and research by showing how they can be used to identify open questions related to the ethics of digital well-being.
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