How and when do mobile media demands impact well-being? Explicating the Integrative Model of Mobile Media Use and Need Experiences (IM 3 UNE)

Bibliographic Data

ID13012000
AuthorsFrank M Schneider (0000-0003-1028-0854, University of Mannheim, corresponding author), Sarah Lutz (0000-0003-1310-934X, University of Mannheim), Annabell Halfmann (0000-0001-5073-9709, University of Mannheim), Adrian Meier (0000-0002-8191-2962, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg), Leonard Reinecke (0000-0003-0927-5492, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz)
Year2021
Volume10
Issue2
Pages251-271
Publication date2021-11-22
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMobile Media & Communication (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2050-1579 • E-ISSN: 2050-1587
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/20501579211054928
OpenAlexW3201146168
LanguageEN
Citations received29
References cited69

Using mobile media can be both detrimental and beneficial for well-being. Thus, explaining how and when they elicit such effects is of crucial importance. To explicate boundary conditions and processes for digital well-being, this article introduces the I ntegrative M odel of M obile M edia U se and N eed E xperiences (IM3UNE). Instead of assuming mobile media to be pathogenic , the IM3UNE offers a salutogenic perspective—it focuses on how we can stay healthy when using mobile media ubiquitously in daily life. More specifically, the model assumes that both the satisfaction and the frustration of basic psychological needs are key underlying mechanisms linking demanding mobile media use to well-being. However, the impact of these mechanisms is contingent on how users perceive, appraise, act on, and make sense of mobile media demands according to their global orientation to life (i.e., their sense of coherence, SOC). Integrating prior work, we theoretically link mindfulness, self-control, and meaningfulness to SOC's central facets, arguing that they represent crucial personal resources required to cope with mobile media demands. Thus, the offers an integrative framework, guiding further research towards a more nuanced study of mobile media’s effect on well-being

Digital media · Mindfulness · Mobile device · Mobile media · Mobile technology · Multimedia · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Salutogenesis · World Wide Web · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Computer Science · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology