+The Mobile Addiction

By: Kyrstin Coughlin

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+ Everywhere we turn, people are face down and staring at their phones…

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“young adults, aged 18 to 29, send on average 109.5 texts a day, or approximately 3,200 messages a month.” -Mariano Choliz

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The inevitable is happening… we are becoming addicted.

+Mobile devices are readily accessible,

and their functions are continuing to progress.

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+ Teenagers use their mobile device as an escape and a form of freedom.

Research states that a teen losing their phone would be "disastrous to their social lives"

-Richard Alleyne

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“A McAfee study last year, noted that 70% of teens actively seek to hide their online behavior from their

parents.”

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-Brian S Hall

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MOBILE DEVICES WILL AFFECT TEENS

IN BOTH ADVANTAGEOUS

AND INAPPROPRIATE

MANNERS.

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1. It is an instant interaction with their peers

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HOW?

+ 2. It provides the opportunity

of masking their true identity

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3. The loss of human interaction, ruining

personal relationships

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4. An increase in isolation

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+ 5. It is much more difficult for parents to monitor their child’s actions.

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+Frankly, cell phones are entertaining.

Teens are fascinated by these devices.

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This constant interaction may lead to behavioural, social, and affective

problems. -Mariano Choliz

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+ Addiction may interfere with school work or other personal activities that may threaten one’s

physical interactions and well being.

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Technology has become the center of our lives.

It has the capacity of consuming us…

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+We need a clearer understanding

about what drives this mobile addiction .

-Richard Alleyne

So we can lead the way for consumer generations to come.

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The mobile device has become the most universal form of

communication and there is no doubt its use will increase.

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+ However, overuse is concerning…

Teens use their phones at inappropriate times, check their phones constantly, feel uneasy without

them, and think of their device as part of them.

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+ Being constantly connected with your friend circle even when in a face to face conversation

should not be the definition of normal.

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+Credit

 All photos are licensed under the Creative Commons Non-Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 agreement and sourced from flickr or from Morguefile.com

+Sources

  http://readwrite.com/2013/04/08/teenagers-smartphones-how-theyre-changing-the-world

  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/9714616/Mobile-phone-addiction-ruining-relationships.html

  http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/mental-mishaps/201303/are-you-addicted-your-cell-phone

  http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/1-84628-248-9_17#page-2