Technoferences in Couple Relationships and Gender: Qualitative Findings

Abstract

This article reports qualitative findings about technoferences or partner phubbing, showing the multiplicity of experiences that it generates. The analysis situates the phenomenon in the dynamics of the onlife world and highlights gender differences. It stands out that the interruptions caused by the other are more annoying than their own, that men demand more and have greater power to influence the partner uses. The conclusion is that the most tolerated or justified technoferences are those that have to do with paid work, and that they are not always inevitable, but can express communicational agency.