Amusement or Addiction: an examination of young people and their Smartphone usage

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Being constantly connected is a

basic fact of life for

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A study has said that young people depend on

Internet devices such as smartphones to

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In 2008 a new word was created…

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The smartphone is no longer just a portable

computer in your pocket

It has become the remote control for your life

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technology has turned us into ‘lab rats

constantly pressing levers

to get tiny pellets of social or intellectual nourishment’

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Social media and smartphone users experience a

"fear of missing out"

when they're unable to get to their phones

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smartphones have become the device

people never put down

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We even check

them in the

middle of the

NIGHT,

during

CHURCH

services

and

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We have a very strong

to our gadgets that often leads us to use them

in an

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“Learning how to

use your smartphone

sensibly [is] a life skill” -Tom Stewart

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Wi t h o u r grow i n g d ep e n d e n cy

o n t ex t i ng , a re we e s s e n t i a l ly

c re at i n g a gene rat i on o f

p e o p l e wh o s e c h i e f

h a l l m a rk i s

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