DigiTech Terminology 

Many terms and acronyms are used within the digital and media psychology world, as well as in behavioural science that are not part of everyday language. 

A list of these is included below for reference.

For search ease, they are listed in alphabetical order

This list will not include them all but will be updated ad hoc.

• DigiTech: Digital Technology. Often referred to simply as ‘Technology’ is an inaccurate description of the digital and internet-based gadgets used to enhance and engage in work, home and play activities. Technology refers to any form of mechanical invention and can just as easily refer to a tractor as it can to a smartwatch.
• FOMO: Fear of Missing Out. A term often used to describe the need to engage in social media to avoid being the one person who doesn’t know what the remainder of their in-group is discussing from social media posts or trends. FOMO is more often associated with angst felt amongst young people and differs from the ‘Fear of Missing Something Important’ feeling Knowledge Workers feel when they check their digital devices for work-based communication outside of working hours – especially evenings, weekends and on holiday.
• ICT: Information and Communication Technologies. Digital technology that provides access to electronic information through portals such as wireless networks, mobile phones, tablets and other electronic devices. It includes the use of electronic communication tools such as email, social media and the Internet, for both work and home life.
• Teleworkers. An academic term that describes those who work remotely, away from the hub office environment. 
• WFC: Work-family conflict. This is the amount of conflict that exists when a knowledge worker experiences diametrically opposing commitments on their time and energy, most specifically when workplace demands encroach on (resulting in the neglect of) home-based responsibilities.  
• WFH: Work(ing) From Home
• WLB: Work-Life Balance
• WHPB: Work-Home-Play Balance. This is an alternative form of the WLB term which takes into account that work (for some) is an integral part of their life enjoyment and managing home tasks (for some) require substantial project management skills that can make it feel more like work. The cultural narrative suggests that a ‘work-life balance’ should follow the format of separating out work and home life, but that is neither practical, realistic or preferable for a large portion of the working population and can lead to feelings of guilt and inability to cope.
• Workplace telepressure. A construct developed by Barber and Santuzzi (2015), defined as “the combination of a strong urge to be responsive to people at work through message-based ICTs with a preoccupation with quick response times” (p. 172). It is based on the worker’s perception that ICT messages are a synchronous form of communication that needs responding to immediately, both during business hours and private time.