1. The New Addictive Drug:
Mobile Technology
Photo by Mervi Eskelinen aka tasselflower
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2. ?
‣reach for your smartphone first thing in the morning?
‣check your smartphone last thing at night?
‣take your smartphone to the bathroom with you?
‣play with your smartphone while people are talking to you?
‣look at your smartphone even although it isn’t doing anything?
‣have to charge your smartphone more than once a day?
Do you...
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3. Youngadultsspendupto7hoursadayinteractingwith
communicationtechnology.
Sendonaverage109.5textsaday,
over3,200messagesamonth.
Receive113textsaday
Checktheirphones60timesinatypicalday
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4. 51% check continuously
during vacation.
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5. 70% said they check their smartphone within an
hour of getting up.
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6. 90% sleep with their phone right next to the bed
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7. 44% said they would experience "a great deal of anxiety" if
they lost their phone and couldn't replace it for a week.
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8. Majority of youngsters claim losing their phone would be
"disastrous to their social lives".
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9. Photo by Charlotte Spencer!
Nomophobia:
People who
experience anxiety
when they have no
access to mobile
technology.
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10. What DO
we do on
our devices?
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11. For
most
part
we
read
email.
More accurately...
we compulsively check if a new email has arrived,
in the hope that an incredibly exciting missive
will somehow have found its way into our inbox.
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12. We’re often on Facebook to read messages from
people we don’t even bother to see in real life
AND to post our latest thoughts, or more accurately...
compulsively check what the people we don’t even
bother to see in real life think about our latest thoughts.
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13. The one thing we hardly
ever do is actually make
phone calls.
We browse the
web, play games,
take pictures,
check directions,
or watch videos.
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14. "One thing my research made
clear is that human beings have a
deep, primitive desire to know
everything that's going on around
them" - Nicholas Carr
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15. Why is this a PROBLEM?
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16. Researchers have found that constantly checking for
messages is an addiction which like other drugs can ruin
your personal relationships.
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17. 1 in 3 smartphone owners would rather
give up sex than their PHONE
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18. 1 in 10 say they are awakened at least a few times
a week by PHONE notifications
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19. 1 in 2 say if they wake up during the night for no reason,
they’ll check their PHONE right away
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20. "Research is starting to show the association between
smartphone use and grave consequences like car accidents
and poor health in work-life balance"
- Antti Oulasvirta
(Senior researcher at Helsinki Institute for Information Technology)
Photo by Klearchos Kapoutsis
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21. “For me, the iPhone had
become a toxic compulsion. It
had completed its invasion and
occupation of my interstitial
time — all those minutes riding
the train, waiting in line, that
used to be such fertile territory
for daydreaming and
storymaking.”
- Robin Sloan
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22. How to control your usage?
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23. Be conscious of the situations and emotions that make you
want to check your phone.
Is it boredom?
Loneliness?
Anxiety?
Maybe something else would soothe you.Photo by Inextremiss
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24. Be strong when your phone beeps or rings.You
don't always have to answer it. In fact, you can
avoid temptation by turning off the alert signals.
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25. Be disciplined about not using your device in certain
situations
"You'll be surprised and pleased to rediscover the
pleasures of being in control of your attention," - CarrPhoto by alykat
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26. “Even after a few days of this self-discipline, I found that I
was concentrating better, more aware of my surroundings,
and more relaxed -- and I was more aware of when I was
looking for something specific, as opposed to just looking
for some kind of connection.” - Susan Davis
Photo by @Doug88888
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27. Sources
http://www.webmd.com/balance/guide/addicted-your-smartphone-what-to-do
http://www.androidauthority.com/signs-of-smartphone-addiction-201270/
http://www.onlinepsychologydegree.net/2012/11/12/sleeping-with-gadgets/
http://www.christianpost.com/news/addiction-to-your-smartphone-can-result-in-dire-
consequences-53075/
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865577739/Dumb-is-better-Kicking-the-smart-phone-
addiction.html?pg=all
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