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Turned Off: Smartphones,
A Harmful Addiction
B y : : J u l i a L i m
Photo: Pam Culver (via Flickr)
The smartphone is quite the �impressive gadget.
Some consider it to be the electronic version of
a “Jack-of-all-trades”.
Photo: voxtheory (via Flickr)
But how much is too much? �And when does appreciation become �
an addiction?
Photo: Vanessa Naylon (via Flickr)
In 2006, Webster’s New World College Dictionary recognized Crackberry as the Word-of-the-Year.
Source: Ken Wheaton, “Dubious DisBncBon: Crackberry Is Word of the Year”
Photo: Jason Hoang (via Flickr)
1 in 10 people say they are addicted to
their smartphone. Photo: BuzzFarmers (via Flickr)
Source: Lynsey Hope, “Help ,we’re addicted to our smartphones”
So it’s no wonder that today….
This addiction is also known as nomophobia - the fear of
being out of mobile contact. Source: Richard Alleyne, “Mobile phone addicBon ruining relaBonships ” Photo: Geoff R (via Flickr)
Experiencing feelings of anxiety and withdrawal when phoneless are all signs of…
Source: Richard Alleyne, “Mobile phone addicBon ruining relaBonships ”
Photo: Homeless Hub (via Flickr)
Young people are now so addicted to their smartphones it feels like they have
l o s t a l i m b when they are without them.
Source: Richard Alleyne, “Mobile phone addicBon ruining relaBonships ”
Photo: Leonie (via Flickr)
Not having their phone raises the heart rate and signs of panic.
Source: Richard Alleyne, “Mobile phone addicBon ruining relaBonships ”
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…and these symptoms are almost identical to alcoholism or addiction to gambling and drugs.
Source: Paul McMillan, “One in ten people ‘addicted’ to their smartphone”
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A smartphone addiction, � like a drug addiction, � can be destructive to a person’s �social life and personal relationships.
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A study revealed that young adults (aged 18-29) send on average 109.5 texts per day, or approximately 3200 texts per month.
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Source: Richard Alleyne, “Mobile phone addicBon ruining relaBonships ”
…and check their phones
60 times in a typical day.
Photo: Jorge Quinteros (via Flickr)
Source: Richard Alleyne, “Mobile phone addicBon ruining relaBonships ”
This can be extremely annoying to those around them.
Photo: brixton (via Flickr) ...especially at the dinner table.
…or even during sex.
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10% of Americans under 25 think it’s acceptable to text during sex. Source: Denise Ryan, “Smartphone addicBon disrupts Canadians’ lives”
Photo: Eugene Zemlyanskiy (via Flickr)
A smartphone addiction, like a disease, can lead to serious health concerns.
Photo: Nisa Yeh (via Flickr)
3 in 4 people sleep beside their smartphone. Source: Lynsey Hope, “Help ,we’re addicted to our smartphones”
“I found myself sneaking on
Facebook at night.” – Sophia Cheng
Source: Denise Ryan, “Smartphone addicBon disrupts Canadians’ lives”
…which causes poor sleep health
Photo: Moe M (via Flickr)
…as exposure to the gadget’s bright light before bed d i s r u p t s people’s slumber. Source: Julia Belluz, “Can your smartphone make you sick?”
Smartphones are also a dangerous distraction.
Photo: William Ward (via Flickr)
Texting pedestrians took 1.87 extra seconds to cross an average intersection and were 4 times more likely to ignore lights or
forget to look both ways before crossing. Source: “5 Shocking Ways Your Cell Phone Is HurBng Your Health”, Fitness Magazine
And perhaps it’s these distractions �that prevent us from seeing…
Photo: Anssi Koskinen (via Flickr)
the layers of filth found on smartphones.
A University of Arizona study revealed that the
average phone has �up to 10 times the �
amount of bacteria �found in the bathroom.
Photo: Anssi Koskinen (via Flickr)
Source: “5 Shocking Ways Your Cell Phone Is HurBng Your Health”, Fitness Magazine
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A smartphone addiction, like an unhealthy obsession, can result in negative psychological consequences…
Photo: Dennis Larson (via Flickr)
…to even the youngest of
smartphone users.
Photo: Dennis Larson (via Flickr)
“If adolescents get addicted to smartphones… there will be changes in brain function. It will affect the frontal lobe
function and can cause negative effects on judgment making, emotional controlling, and impulse controlling.”
– Choi Jung-seok, Seoul National University Source: “2.5 smartphone addicts in South Korea”, Astro Awani
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…the overdependence on smartphones have become a
major problem in today’s society.
Clearly...
Photo: Geoff R(via Flickr)
And like any other form of addiction, there comes a time to
quit.
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license.
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