The two articles, “Why Being a Thinker means Pocketing your Smartphone” by Todd Leopold and “Have Smartphones killed boredom (and is that good?)” by Doug Gross, bring up good points about how smartphones affect our lives. Today, smartphones are mainly used to help eliminate boredom in our lives, but they also can distract us from what's going on around us. When they aren't being used to distract us, they can become a useful tool to help us in our daily lives; such as, checking/writing emails, calling, texting, checking the news, and so much more. These applications can easily distract us as well.…
From the story “A cell of our own making” the author Moira Farr shows that cellphones are beginning to control every aspect of our daily lives. People are too addicted to social media and cellphones these days. That’s why people don’t have enough time to communicate with their family and friends around them. Even people are together, they don’t usually talk and just looking at each of their phones. Doing or using too much is always making problems. Everything should be used in proper way and suitable…
Addiction is defined as frequent and obsessive behavior, despite negative consequences from dependency. Feeling anxious or upset when leaving a cell phone at home, or experiencing anxiety when not having a wireless connection are symptoms of withdrawal from a technological addiction. People who suffer from addiction are often in a state of denial, and use substances or objects to preoccupy themselves, in order to avoid feelings of depression and anxiety. Excessive use of the Internet, cellphones and other technologies can cause people to become more impatient, impulsive, forgetful and even more narcissistic. Spending an ample amount of time with devices, has suggested that excessive dependence on cellphones and the Internet is akin to an addiction. Technology, like food, is an essential part of daily life; in that suffering from an obsessive virtual addiction cannot be given up entirely and instead must be taken into moderation and controlled use.…
I know I am a person that depends on my phone for everything, even simple things like telling the time. My phone is my access to my family all the way back in Louisiana, that is how I not only get to talk to them but also get to see them by using Skype and other camera products. Without texting and being able to communicate with other people that are across the country from me I will go crazy. I think that technology, especially smart phones, like the IPhone, they are an addiction.…
In today's society, many people are more focused on sending a text message rather than driving, leading to many people willing to risk their lives for a text (Doc 3). Also, due to humanities attachment to our phones, ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) is quickly on the rise (Doc 2). In addition, from the people who sleep with their within an arm's reach, 24% of those people reported having issues with sleeping. Whereas, people who slept with their phone in another room, only 2% reported having sleeping issues (Doc 8). This information is important because many people can experience addictions so strong that their lives end up getting affected mentally and physically, and people don’t know why it’s happening.…
In contrary, “…cellphones and computers have transformed life. The y let people escape they’re cubicles and work anywhere. They shrink distances and handle countless mundane tasks…” (Attached to Technology and Paying a Price) But, that doesn’t exceed all the risks that technology causes. Just addiction to technology can cause accidents to many people. One accident that can be caused by addiction is a car crash. A person can get a text while driving and a have the urge to read it. This action can cause a fatal accident. (Source 3)…
First consider how addictive technology has become. According to Sherry Turkle from TED Talk, her daughter spent time with her friends together looking at their mobile phones devices (Ted.com). These kids had so much fun on their mobile phones that they didn’t even look at their friends. On the other hand, technology became an essential part of our lives right now. Most of us spend time with our electronic devices that we forget where we were standing, what we were doing, or what is the purpose and objective of our life. What makes us addicted to mobile phones? Nowadays, we can do almost everything with our cellphones, such as playing videos games, accessing social networks, and watching videos online. These things have become too addictive to us, and we have spent so much time on such devices. Look back to 20 years ago, back when the time technologies were not very common compared to today. Eventually, we spent more time with each other; we hung out with friends. Technologies are advancing so rapidly that we have become addicted and have forgotten what surrounds us.…
Russel claims that the diverse ways to communicate “[p]rovide…an easier solution to an old problem” (36). According to Bian and Louis, applications that allowed a user to type, where easy outlets to avoid face-to-face communication. (64) In correlation with smartphone use a person’s time is consistently being sacrificed from possible direct interactions, which in contrast smartphones aimed to increase. Thornton states, “The “constant connectivity” afforded by mobile technology has contributed to a preoccupation with the cell phone- an overwhelming majority of users check their phone upon waking and as the last thing before bed, are continually checking calls and texts and report they could not go without their phone for one day” (479).In many occasions instead of creating opportunist for contact, cell phones have become a middle man between social interactions. Direct communication has become less prevalent in the current information technology era. Furthermore, Thornton argues that, the ability to always connect becomes a constant distraction for us. Its makes it difficult to stay focus and think critically (479). Do to features like social media and different applications, the conventional way of communication and entertainment have been replaced. But…
This resource states how the overusing smart phone affect our life. In the article, the author claims some lose of constant checking cell phone. First, it will avoid the people who near you and the thing you are really need to be doing. Second, it is hard to go back to your original task…
There is no doubt that in the era of globalization, smartphones have become one of the most popular technology devices of our lives and have changed the way we communicate. However, after watching a YouTube video called “I Forgot My Phone”, Nick Bilton, an editor for the New York Times, states that “life is just better led when it is lived rather than viewed [on smartphones].” I agree with Bilton that when we put away our phones and try to live in the present for a while, we will feel more connected to the world. Moreover, spending more time on phones will not improve our relationships with others, but make people socially isolated.…
Gadget/smartphone it a tools or small machine that Have multifunction and more advance computing capability and connectivity features than basic phone. For example using smartphone we can surfing internet, sharing information on media social website, searching information, some smartphone have camera, GPS application and music player. All this features can use it in one time and everywhere. Smartphone is a productivity communication on work place and have effect an to education because I believe today almost everyone have smartphone and use it in daily life.…
Technology has brought immense benefit to our lives and when used appropriately can allow for tremendous educational and efficiency opportunities. Primary focus will be made on the increasing use of smartphones (the BlackBerry effect), increased attachment to the workplace as a result and addiction to modern communication such as social media, blogs and news.…
In the media today, we all hear a great deal about the perils of modern technology. We now can be addicted to the Internet, Facebook and Twitter, not to mention the already existent perils like television, alcohol and drugs.…
This study is all about over usage and addiction of gadgets in every individual, who craves on the said technology and been exploiting it beyond limits, for total satisfaction.…
Moreover Psychiatrists believe that mobile phone addiction is becoming one of the biggest non-drug addictions .Teenagers are engaged on their mobile phones all the time, no matter on phone calls, using SMS text messages, personalizing the mobile phones with ringtones and pictures etc.…