{"id":5272,"date":"2011-04-14T15:47:17","date_gmt":"2011-04-14T19:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ccpa.scottbuckingham.ca\/blog\/?p=229"},"modified":"2011-04-14T15:47:17","modified_gmt":"2011-04-14T19:47:17","slug":"counselling-in-a-digital-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ccpa-accp.ca\/fr\/counselling-in-a-digital-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Counselling in a Digital World"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cYour assignment is to find a 24-hour period during which you can pledge to give up all media: no Internet, no newspapers or magazines, no TV, no mobile phones, no iPod, no music, no movies, no Facebook, Playstation, video games, etc..\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

[visualizing the reactions of students when they were given this assignment – gasp, gulp, shudder, heart racing, palms sweating]\u00a0 You want me to do what? But what will I do?<\/p>\n

How do you<\/strong> feel when you hear about this assignment? Relieved? Anxious?\u00a0 Curious?<\/p>\n

Recently, almost 1,000 students from 10 countries were asked to complete this assignment.\u00a0 Once they had gone through a media-free 24-hour period they wrote about their experiences.\u00a0 And write they did.\u00a0 Close to half a million words.\u00a0 They wrote about how difficult it was for them to live for 24 hours media-free, how they felt \u201caddicted\u201d to media and how anxious\/depressed\/bored\/lonely they felt without media.<\/p>\n

If you have not yet heard about or seen this study you can check it out here:<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/theworldunplugged.wordpress.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a fascinating glimpse into the impact of media on students.\u00a0 I know it\u2019s not a representative study but it is telling.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

Highlights from the study that seem relevant to me:<\/em><\/p>\n

First – A number of participants, and the news stories, used the word \u201caddiction\u201d to describe the level of student attachment to media.<\/p>\n

While the study is clear that the word is not being used in the clinical sense it shows the depth of dependence on media.<\/p>\n

Second – \u201cStudents around the world reported that being tethered to digital technology 24\/7 is not just a habit, it is essential to the way they construct and manage their friendships and social lives.\u201d\u00a0 Another related finding was that some students were surprised by how much their relationships were \u201cdominated by media\u201d.<\/p>\n

Which makes me wonder –\u00a0 How does this change ideas about what it means to be \u201cin relationship\u201d and our understanding of boundaries?<\/p>\n

Third – \u201cStudents construct different \u2018brand\u2019 identities for themselves by using different communication tools to reach different types of people.\u201d<\/p>\n

This raises some interesting questions for me around which type of communication tool makes most sense in providing counselling online.\u00a0 For example, would counselling by text work if students feel it\u2019s a tool they only use for close friends?<\/p>\n

Fourth – \u201cFor many students, going without media for 24 hours ripped back the curtain on their hidden loneliness.\u201d<\/p>\n

This finding didn\u2019t surprise me at all. Think about how rare silence is in our society.\u00a0 Many people use the \u2018noise\u2019 of daily living to distract them from feeling.\u00a0 No surprise that students would use technology that way.<\/p>\n

Implications for counsellors in a digital world?<\/p>\n

It seems to me that, as counsellors, we need to at least understand media, how the people we counsel use it, and the role it has in their lives and relationships.<\/p>\n

What do you think?<\/p>\n

Well, gotta go \u2013 phone messages, texts and emails to answer now that my 24 hours is up [just kidding].<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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