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Digital White Spaces: A Cyberpsychology-Informed Framework to Mobile Phone Addiction

arXiv CS Tuesday 09 June 2026, 04:00 UTC By Leandros Maglaras, Helge Janicke, Konstantinos Karantzalos 1 min read
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Announce Type: new Abstract: Mobile-phone overuse and attention fragmentation have become pressing societal and public-health concerns. Cyberpsychology research highlights addictive engagement loops driven by intermittent rewards, persuasive design, and habit formation. In this editorial I synthesize current evidence on mobile-phone addiction and propose "Digital White Spaces" (DWS), a socio-technical framework that combines privacy-preserving monitoring, AI-driven detection of addictive...

arXiv:2606.08472v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Mobile-phone overuse and attention fragmentation have become pressing societal and public-health concerns. Cyberpsychology research highlights addictive engagement loops driven by intermittent rewards, persuasive design, and habit formation. In this editorial I synthesize current evidence on mobile-phone addiction and propose "Digital White Spaces" (DWS), a socio-technical framework that combines privacy-preserving monitoring, AI-driven detection of addictive loops, device-mode interventions, and physical signal-limited zones to restore cognitive autonomy.
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