1. Turned Off:
Smartphones,
AHarmful
Addiction
B y : : J u l i a L i m
Photo:
Pam
Culver
(via
Flickr)

2. 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)

3. Buthowmuchistoo much?!
Andwhendoesappreciationbecome!
an addiction?
Photo:
Vanessa
Naylon
(via
Flickr)

4. In2006,
Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary
recognized Crackberry asthe
Word-of-the-Year.
Source:
Ken
Wheaton,
“Dubious
DisBncBon:
Crackberry
Is
Word
of
the
Year”
Photo:
Jason
Hoang
(via
Flickr)

5. 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”
Soit’snowonderthattoday….

6. Thisaddiction isalsoknownas
nomophobia -thefear of
beingoutofmobilecontact.
Source:
Richard
Alleyne,
“Mobile
phone
addicBon
ruining
relaBonships
”
Photo:
Geoff
R
(via
Flickr)

7. Experiencingfeelingsof
anxiety andwithdrawal
whenphonelessareall
signs of…
Source:
Richard
Alleyne,
“Mobile
phone
addicBon
ruining
relaBonships
”
Photo:
Homeless
Hub
(via
Flickr)

8. Youngpeoplearenowso addicted totheir
smartphones itfeels liketheyhave
l o s t a l i m b
whentheyarewithoutthem.
Source:
Richard
Alleyne,
“Mobile
phone
addicBon
ruining
relaBonships
”
Photo:
Leonie
(via
Flickr)

9. Not having their phone raises the
heart rate and signs of panic.
Source:
Richard
Alleyne,
“Mobile
phone
addicBon
ruining
relaBonships
”
Photo:
Thirteen
of
Clubs
(via
Flickr)

10. …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”
Photo:
Seemann
(via
MorgueFile)

11. A smartphone addiction, !
like a drug addiction, !
can be destructive to a person’s !
social life and personal relationships.
Photo:
epSos.de
(via
Flickr)

12. A study revealed that young adults (aged 18-29)
send on average 109.5 texts per day, or
approximately 3200 texts per month.
Photo:
munozgo
(via
MorgueFile)
Source:
Richard
Alleyne,
“Mobile
phone
addicBon
ruining
relaBonships
”

13. …and check their phones
60 times in a typical day.
Photo:
Jorge
Quinteros
(via
Flickr)
Source:
Richard
Alleyne,
“Mobile
phone
addicBon
ruining
relaBonships
”

14. This can be extremely annoying
to those around them.
Photo:
brixton
(via
Flickr)
...especially at the dinner table.

15. …or even during sex.
Photo:
Santos
Gonzalez
(via
Flickr)
10% ofAmericansunder25
thinkit’sacceptable to
textduring sex.
Source:
Denise
Ryan,
“Smartphone
addicBon
disrupts
Canadians’
lives”

16. Photo:
Eugene
Zemlyanskiy
(via
Flickr)
A smartphone addiction,
like a disease, can lead to
serious health concerns.

17. Photo:
Nisa
Yeh
(via
Flickr)
3 in 4 people sleep
beside their smartphone.
Source:
Lynsey
Hope,
“Help
,we’re
addicted
to
our
smartphones”
“Ifoundmyself
sneaking on
Facebook atnight.”
–SophiaCheng
Source:
Denise
Ryan,
“Smartphone
addicBon
disrupts
Canadians’
lives”

18. …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?”

19. Smartphones are also a dangerous distraction.
Photo:
William
Ward
(via
Flickr)
Textingpedestrianstook1.87 extra secondstocrossanaverage
intersectionandwere 4 times more likelytoignore lightsor
forget tolookbothwaysbeforecrossing.
Source:
“5
Shocking
Ways
Your
Cell
Phone
Is
HurBng
Your
Health”,
Fitness
Magazine

20. Andperhapsit’sthesedistractions !
thatpreventusfromseeing…
Photo:
Anssi
Koskinen
(via
Flickr)
the layers of filth found on
smartphones.

21. 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

22. Photo:
abcdlish
(via
Flickr)
A smartphone addiction,
likeanunhealthyobsession,canresultin
negativepsychological consequences…

23. Photo:
Dennis
Larson
(via
Flickr)
…to even the
youngest of
smartphone users.

24. Photo:
Dennis
Larson
(via
Flickr)
“Ifadolescentsgetaddicted tosmartphones…therewillbe
changesinbrain function.Itwillaffectthefrontallobe
functionandcancausenegative effectsonjudgment
making,emotionalcontrolling,andimpulsecontrolling.”
–ChoiJung-seok,SeoulNationalUniversity
Source:
“2.5
smartphone
addicts
in
South
Korea”,
Astro
Awani

25. Photo:
Dave
Lawler
(via
Flickr)
…the overdependence on
smartphones have become a
major problem in today’s society.
Clearly...

26. 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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MorgueFile)