<![CDATA[This study discusses the impact of doomscrolling on vigilance and operational performance within manufacturing systems. In production environments that demand high levels of attention, repeated exposure to negative digital content has the potential to disrupt workers’ cognitive stability and increase the risk of operational errors. The research employed a qualitative approach through a narrative-critical literature review with interdisciplinary integration covering industrial ergonomics, human factors, occupational psychology, and workplace safety. The research stages included literature searches in major scientific databases, selection based on relevance to digital distraction and work performance, and thematic analysis to identify the main mechanisms linking digital behavior with operational performance. The analysis results indicate that doomscrolling contributes to attention fragmentation, increased emotional burden, a higher probability of errors in high-risk tasks, and decreased sustained performance due to attentional residue. These findings suggest that doomscrolling can reduce situational awareness and disrupt the stability of manufacturing production systems. Practically, this study emphasizes the importance of managing digital distractions as part of industrial safety and operations management systems. The study also proposes a managerial checklist framework as a guideline for reducing attention-based error risks in manufacturing environments.]]>
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