An anecdote about that pressure and how we assume that people are messaging or browsing all the time.
I was playing a game of Power Grid [1] about one year ago and I noticed that everybody were tapping on their phones all the time between their turns. After half an hour I finally said, "Oh well, I'll also start sending messages or you guys will think that I have no social life." They raised their eyes and looked at me startled. "But I'm using the calculator!" "Me too." "Me too."
I was playing a game of Power Grid [1] about one year ago and I noticed that everybody were tapping on their phones all the time between their turns. After half an hour I finally said, "Oh well, I'll also start sending messages or you guys will think that I have no social life." They raised their eyes and looked at me startled. "But I'm using the calculator!" "Me too." "Me too."
[1] https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2651/power-grid