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Boredom: Where the Future Isn't
Author(s) -
Brissett Dennis,
Snow Robert P.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
symbolic interaction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.874
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1533-8665
pISSN - 0195-6086
DOI - 10.1525/si.1993.16.3.237
Subject(s) - boredom , meaning (existential) , phenomenon , presentation (obstetrics) , psychology , social psychology , aesthetics , sociology , epistemology , psychotherapist , art , philosophy , medicine , radiology
This article examines the experience and meaning of boredom in modern society. Boredom is understood as an experience of a lack of momentum or flow in a person's life. Boredom is conceptualized as an interactional phenomenon that is inextricably connected to social rhythm. The communication of boredom is examined with respect to its consequences in self and motive presentation. The article also describes those features of contemporary American life that appear to facilitate the experience and communication of boredom.