Is This Generation Too Attached to Their Smartphones? The telephone has become so advanced that we no longer have to use a landline to make a phone call, instead we can reach in our pocket and unlock the touch screen on our smartphones. Almost anywhere you look you can see people on their smartphones taking pictures, checking emails, or changing their Facebook status. Smartphones have become a staple good that nobody wants to leave the house without. Though they are both very useful and very entertaining, they may impose negative effects that we are not aware of. Constant use of smartphones is so common that it has been studied as an addiction, and just like any other addiction, smartphones can take over your life. We must find a way to make …show more content…
The drive behind that urge to pick up your smartphone is connected to human materialistic and impulsive tendencies (Alan Mozes). Generally materialism is associated with a negative connotation because we are putting our attention on the material world and not on the greater spiritual world. If we spend all of our time caught up in the material world and then we die, what was really the point of life? Even though smartphone addiction is connected to impulsive actions, we can avoid these impulses by changing our own habits. If we actively try to use our smartphones less, our impulses will adapt. If we focus more on the spiritual world around us rather than the material world around us, we will not only use our smartphones less, but also find greater meaning to …show more content…
While this may be true, at the same time our smartphones are requiring us to use our brains less and less. This is unhealthy for the human brain and we need to continue using our brains for development. This can be particularly unhealthy for the youth population that uses smartphones. With the availability of smartphones, the youth is indirectly taught to not need to remember things, since they can just look them up on their smartphones. This cause problems in their future with memory loss and can even lead up to dementia. Smartphone availability also hinders the development of other skills such as calculating, navigating, and decision making because a simple google search can do this all for
A common theme is taking place where as people feel that cell phones are starting to take over others daily lives. Many people go through their day to day lives not even relizing how often they are on their cell phones. In the article, “Our Cell Phones, Ourselves” the author Christine Rosen talks about how cell phones are starting to become a necessity in every way towards peoples lives. Rosen talks about both the good and bad effects of cell phones and how they have changed the way in which we work our daily life. Although I think cell phones can be necissary, the constant need for use could be the beginning of how cell phones will take over our every day lives.
Whether aware or not, people are distracted by the mere presence of their smartphones and it disrupts how they think and act. With just a
This paper describes the negative aspects of the excess use of smartphones. It explains just how detrimental using smartphones and the internet in immoderation is and the long term effects of the mental health of adults, teenagers, and children alike. Going into detail about how crucial human interaction is, it clarifies how necessary it is to moderate the usage of these gadgets, so that our social skills and communication skills are not influenced by the lack of physical and verbal communication brought on by these devices. The damages of social media overload and the reliability on search engines and websites that restrict ingenuity are also discussed. It also goes into the toxicity of the copy cat trends created by teenagers with smartphones. As well as the dangers of cell phone addiction and its link to depression, anxiety, and even sleep deprivation and just how essential it is to be self sufficient in a day in age where it seems failure isn’t an option.
About a month ago I attended a dinner with some close friends. As we all sat in the restaurant waiting for drink orders to be taken, I looked around the table and what I saw made me feel more than a little annoyed considering I had not seen some of these people (or spoken to some of them) in over a month. Everyone at the table had sat down and immediately took out their phone. After reading the article “Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?”, by Jean M. Twenge, the feelings experienced that evening at dinner were validated and broadened by the depth and scope of the article. Jean Twenge was persuasive because of the statistical data in her article.
Now a days, almost everyone has access to a smartphone. It is said that smartphones can be addictive. Tristan Harris article, “The Slot Machine in Your Pocket” states that it is gets really bad to the point where they take advantage of human weaknesses to ensure your constant attention. Harris says that, “When we get sucked into our smartphones or distracted, we think it 's just an accident and our responsibility. But it 's not. It 's also because smartphones and apps hijack our innate psychological biases and vulnerabilities” (Harris, 2016). When people look at their smart phones, they look at it for multiple reasons, but the most common reason is to see if you have gotten a notification. I agree with Harris because many people who do online
Have you ever witnessed how social media interferes with society and the daily lifestyle of a human? Have you ever thought that you might have a cell phone addiction and can’t stop? An app is being developed to help people control their time on social media. This app would be a good tool for people who want to reduce their time on their cellular devices. My essay is going to have three body paragraphs. Three of which are how many people become addicted to technology, some people neglect their families and friends when they’re on their phones, and people can miss out on life if they are busy trying to record it.
Many people argue and try to defend the notion that smartphones are not addictive and are simply a small add-on to our life. One such man, author James Brown, wrote “Who says smartphone addiction is a bad thing", and he argues smartphones are devices that fulfill multiple roles that can make our lives easier and is not something we are addicted too but rather depend on. Brown begins building his credibility with personal facts and sensible arguments and successfully employing emotional appeals.
What is addiction? Addiction is a primary, chronic disease of the brain reward and memory circuitry. Addiction is the inability to abstain consistently from a substance which leads to an impairment in behavioral control. This forms cravings, a diminished idea of significant problems with one’s behavior, and dysfunctional emotional responses (Definition of Addiction 2014. p 1). There are several different substances that a person can be addicted to: alcohol, drugs, food, sex, etc. These substances affect the neurotransmitters and interactions within the reward structures of the brain. Thus giving the person a pleasurable feeling that they want to recreate over and over again. Most people are not able to control the use of their desired substance of choice. They may continue using the substance despite knowing it is harmful. There are characteristic stages of abstinence and relapse. The abstinence stage is where the addicted person tries to quit using. Unfortunately most are not successful because it is almost too hard to quit on their own. This is followed by a relapse stage where they start using the substance again. Addiction can cause serious long-term consequences including issues with mental and physical health, relationships, employment and the law. To help a person overcome an addiction it may take help from a doctor, family, friends, support groups or an organized treatment program.
For many of us, our days begin and end with checking our phones. We check them again when we get out of the shower, at meals, during meetings, at red lights, and while watching television. We even check them while having conversations with those sitting right in front of us. On average, we check our phones 85 times per day (Andrews, Sally, et al.), so frequently that many of us rarely have quiet moments to sit in silence, to contemplate, or to observe what is happening around us. Although communication technology benefits us in many ways, I believe its overuse can have detrimental effects and I find value in taking regular breaks from the digital world.
As crazy as it seems, technology has begun to rewire our nervous systems – and our brains are being triggered in a way they never have before in history (Social Marketing Quarterly © 2015). Yet, memory is big factor in our lives. Thanks to smart phones and social media we can take the best pictures and post it whenever we want to. Other example, back then many girls wrote there day in a dairy but now you can write your thoughts and feeling on twitter! Yet, overuse of smart phones and technologies can affect our everyday lives. Especially, our memory. In 2007, a neuroscientist polled 3,000 people and found that the younger respondents were less likely to remember standard personal information, such as a relative 's birthday or even their own phone number. Social media and the Internet have also been shown to shorten our attention spans. Individuals immersed in digital media find it difficult to read books for long periods of time, and often skim articles online rather than reading every word. This phenomenon can be particularly troubling for youth, whose brains are more malleable and, therefore, may fail to develop concentration (Mashable ©
In the news article Smartphones Don’t Make us Dumb the issue of smartphones and what they are doing to our attention spans is brought up. It is believed that smartphones aren’t destroying human memory, but is taking away their desire to focus. Today people spend hours on their technology, and what most people see when they spend so much time on the technology is playing fast pace games, and short videos. This is causing the brain to get into a habit of faster paced activities, but it’s not damaging humans attention. Technology has remove the want to learn or pay attention because people know there is something better to do with their time just at their fingertips. The reality is, human’s attention spans are the same as they were 50 years ago.
Cell phones have crept into an owner’s possession at all times. “The mobile phone has become a part of us: our best friend who will save all our secrets, pleasures and sorrows” ("Exploring"). Teens have developed the need to know the latest news on social media every minute of every day; they do not want to miss any little detail. Since the beginning of smart phones, high school students have felt the need to have their media open on their smart phone in front of them so they do not feel empty. Once someone has become attached or addicted to something, it is hard to change their habits. Cell phones have changed people socially, especially with the availability to social media with electronics.
The general consensus about cell phone usage is that they are a distraction to most individuals. Cell phones can make even the simplest task increasingly difficult, such as walking. When walking without a phone, it is easy to avoid any form of collision or slippery area, but when walking and texting, the risk of self-injury becomes higher as attention is drawn away from what lies ahead when walking. The connectivity that cell phones can bring leads to many distractions in people’s daily lives, including distractions at work, places of learning, and especially in social settings.
Raise your hand if you’re one of 44% of Americans that sleep next to their phones at every night. It’s true, so many of us are dependent on our mobile devices, that psychologists are now calling it the “Invisible Addiction”! Since its invention critics have debated every inch of the cell phone. From its usefulness and size, to its effects on health after prolonged usage. The conversation has since shifted. The cell phone market today is flooded with a plethora devices to choose from, sporting top of the line materials and industry leading software, but this just scratches the surface. With over 968 million worldwide smartphone sales in 2013, consumers are feeding into the latest technology that the market has to offer. Though they may become
The world today is a result of centuries of evolution; one of the major adaptations is technology, specifically the invention of the smartphone. The smartphone is a cellular phone that has the capabilities of performing similar functions to that of a computer (Oxford Dictionaries’ online dictionary, n.d.). The smartphone is owned by youth for the most part; however, adults and seniors are also turning toward using this device. This in turn demonstrates the popularity of this marvelous device, and is the reason why it is constantly monitored by its users. The continuous evolving of the populations' wants and needs such as communication, searching of information, entertainment and recording, makes owning a smartphone essential, and beneficial as it is portable, reliable and efficient.