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    Nomophobia

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    Occupation/Work Environment As technology is always on a growing fast track‚ it is hard for employers and employees to stray away from the dependency of cell phones. Industry week reported from their studies that since employers are requiring employees to have a separate mobile device for work‚ it is hard to keep personal and professional life from overlapping with each other . Since conference‚ for example‚ are on the rise for companies as a form of communication‚ it allows flexibility in a work

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    Nomophobia: Plaguing the Minds of Teens All Over the World By: Sarah Vangi Daily‚ teens have issues putting their phones down and leaving them at home because it is their "safety blanket." How do you feel when you’ve lost your phone? Do you feel anxious? Depressed? Lonely? Like you’re missing a part of yourself? If so‚ you may be experiencing a “disease” called Nomophobia. Nomophobia is separation anxiety with your cell phone and it is a disease on the rise in young adults all over

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    Retrieved from Lexis-Nexis. LaPorta L. Cellular Telephones: A New Addiction?. Psychiatric Times [serial online]. October 2006;23(11):64-69. Available from: Academic Search Complete‚ Ipswich‚ MA. Accessed November 8‚ 2013. Kung‚ Vicky. "Rise of ’nomophobia ’: More People Fear Loss of Mobile Contact." CNN. Cable News Network‚ 07 Mar. 2012. Web. 08 Nov. 2013.

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    Narcissism and Generation

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    ------------------------------------------------- My generation‚ also known as Generation Y‚ is defined as a technology based generation. We have grown up surrounded with all sorts of technologies that make our lives easier. In some ways this has been beneficial to us. It has enabled us to get information about something at the touch of a button or keep us from getting sick. In other ways it has caused us to grow up lazy and wanting to do the least amount of work as possible. Many adults believe

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    com/lib/coping-with-cell-phone-addiction/0001018 Jeremy‚S.(2012)‚Mind Tapas‚Sussex Publishers Nauert‚ R. (2007). Cell Phone Addiction?. Psych Central. Retrieved on August 1‚ 2013‚ from http://psychcentral.com/news/2007/02/01/cell-phone-addiction/592.html Nomophobia.(2013). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomophobia 01-08-2013:11:30A.M Smartphone Addiction.(2012).http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone_addiction 01-08-2013:11:23A.M Roberts‚A&Pirog‚F.(2012).A preliminary investigation of materialism and impulsiveness as predictors of

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    Mobile Phone Addiction

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    The problem of mobile phone addiction (1010words) Nomophobia‚ the fear of being out of mobile phone contact. The phrase was coined by a U.K. study commissioned by SecurEnvoy as an abbreviation for no-mobile-phone phobia. According to an article‚ 77% of the 18-24 age group revealed nomophobia.  If a person doesn’t have his or her cell phone‚ and feels uncomfortable trying to respond to real life situations without it‚ experts warn this is addiction. In Hong Kong‚ it is not hard to find teenagers

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    While Flora mentions some effects smartphones have‚ such as nomophobia or lack of sleep‚ she does little to elaborate; instead she emphasizes that most behavior patterns are uncertain correlations depending on how phones are used. As an avid phone user‚ I couldn’t disagree more. Ever since I have begun using a phone and witnessed those around me do the same‚ I have noticed behavioral changes. Ideas such as nomophobia are solid pieces of evidence‚ as kids do develop anxiety without their

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    Cited: Chan‚ Amanda L. "Nomophobia: 66 Percent Are Afraid To Be Separated From Cell Phones‚ Survey Shows." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com‚ 08 May 2012. Web. 30 Sept. 2013. Hu‚ Elise. "Our Cultural Addiction To Phones‚ In One Disconcerting Video." NPR. NPR‚ n.d.

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    This past December‚ news network CNN published “Smartphone addiction may be changing your brain” the article zeroed in on the rising cause of cell phone addiction‚ earning the name “Nomophobia.” There are various questionnaires featured on their website where readers can discover their level of addiction. The shocking statistics and negative side effects of cell phone usage they present to their online readers‚ including many young adults

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    Mobile Phones and Family

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    to mobile phones usage on family relationships. Over usage can lead to harmful subsequences specifically to health‚ such as addiction. The younger population feel that they lost part of themselves without their mobile phones‚ to a point of being Nomophobia. This radical behavior leads to problem of divided attentions. Research showed that there is a barrier of distrust and annoyance to those who conversed while holding their phones

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