MORE than eight in every 10 people experience online fatigue due to participation in online activities.
This is according to the Bureau of Market Research (BMR) which this week released results from a study on online fatigue among 1 485 respondents across South Africa.
The study comes amid an increased trend of remote working, a tendency to work online full-time, as well as online learning, social media usage, online buying and banking, online sales/business, video conferencing, gaming, and streaming content.
The study found that high levels of online fatigue are notable across varied types of online activities, such as business meetings, studies, banking, shopping, entertainment, and social media.
According to BMR chief executive, Professor Deon Tustin, about eight in every 10 (84.6%) people use digital devices for…