technoference

plural technoferences

1. countableuncountableInterference in one's (social) life caused by technology, e.g. notifications and texts that interrupt what one is doing.

   The study, published Monday in the journal Psychology of Popular Media Culture, says technology and the screens that consume us are creating “technoference” in couples.

   2014 December 3, Alison Bruzek, “Want To Perk Up Your Love Life? Put Away That Smartphone”, in NPR

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   Specifically, I focus here on the potential for technology interference in couple and family relationships—times when technology devices intrude, interrupt, and/or get in the way of couple and family communication and interactions. I term this "technoference."

   [2015, Brandon T. McDaniel, ““Technoference”: Everyday intrusions and interruptions of technology in couple and family relationships”, in Carol J. Bruess, editor, Family Communication in the Age of Digital and Social Media, New York: Peter Lang Publishing, →ISBN

   About 25% of couples have fought over phubs (Goldberg, 2018). Other researchers have labeled this problem “technoference,” because technology interference clogs up conversations, dates, and initimate lives (McDaniel & Coyne, 2016).

   2020, Patrick R. Steffen, editor, Mindfulness for Everyday Living: A Guide for Mental Health Practitioners, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 93