Disadvantages Of Smartphones

In bedrooms today we have many gadgets, we have televisions, game counsels, tablets, and our phones. All of these thing affect how we sleep. Ninety-five percent of people use technology an hour before they go to bed (How technology affects sleep). Whether this is sending texts, emailing, playing games, or browsing through social media. In today 's society we find this as normal everyday routines. Studies show that we should abstain from using technology two hours before we are wanting to go to sleep (How Technology Affects Sleep). How does technology effect how we sleep? Our technology that we use daily gives off many colors of light. The color that is believed to disrupt our sleeping patterns is in particular the blue light. Blue light prevents the

Have you ever gotten lost in the Internet, swallowed by the constant updates on Twitter and Facebook for hours, when you only meant to be on for a few minutes? This is a constant battle in our society and technology changes and our use of it increases. It is becoming a bigger issue every day, and now it affects one of our basics psychological needs: sleep. Though I concede with Brooke Gladstone, author of “The Influencing Machines” that we can adapt to technology as it grows, I still insist that some issues that arise with technology are bigger than Gladstone portrays and we need to find solutions for some of the bigger problems that technology creates, especially when it disturbs a basic psychological need.

In the article Are We Addicted to Technology, author Ms. Kleinman claims that we may be into our devices to much and has taken too much of our everyday lives. For people who constantly go into their devices, “ then you got the classic pattern of someone who’s in a fatigue cycle” says Dr. Ramlakhan, meaning people are addicted to technology so much, they have extreme tiredness. Dr. Ramlakhan works at the privately run nightingale Hospital, and what she has noticed is, many of her patients are in front of the screen all the time, even when they try to sleep. Another quote by Dr. Ramlakhan is “they go to bed but can’t sleep, or fall asleep exhausted and wake up tired.” Even when people have to sleep, they don’t...but instead they just go into

Generation Z is addicted to social media because it is the first thing they worry when they wake up. They pick up their phones to see what people posted in the morning, the afternoon, and the evening. Dr. Helen Driver, a somnologist (with means the study of sleep), explains, “The explosion of social media and people staying on devices for longer – and taking them to bed with them – is a huge problem”. Social media has effected Generation Z’s by sleep because the light is from the electronics which interferes with sleep. Not only does social media affect the quality of sleep but, the quantity of sleep too. The next morning, they only got a few hours of sleep and they do not feel well both physically and mentally. If someone has issues with turning off their electronic devices in the evening, then they should dim the lights or and turn the power off.

Many do not believe that we have a technology problem in today’s society. But, ninety-five percent of people use technology an hour before they go to sleep (How Technology Affects Sleep). This is an alarming amount of people who use technology before they go to sleep. You do not have to be looking directly at the technology to trigger the pineal gland to stop releasing melatonin (Kim). Many also believe that lack of sleep due to technology does not affect how they do their daily jobs. Seventy-five percent of those over 30 that reported not getting enough sleep said that when they were tired that their sleepiness effected their daily work (Tarkan). For a school age kid ten hours of sleep is needed. Teenagers also need about nine to ten

In his article, “Kids With Bedroom Smartphones Sleep Less: Study,” Alan Mozes suggests that a smartphone within children's bedrooms could undermine good sleeping habits more than television has. Mozes supports his claim through exemplification. He uses the results of various researches conducted by well-known magazines or universities. The author's purpose was to inform parents of children with no restrictions using their phones in order to help create a better future for the children who have become dependent on smartphones in their daily lives.

Sleep deprivation from overnight texting is posing a threat to teen’s academic success and their physical health. (Breus). “The twenty-first century has hit us with a growing phenomenon among a teen, teen’s reaching for phones, firing off messages, and waking with no recollection of their actions.”(Breus) With sleep texting the beep of a cell phone awakens a person so he or she will reach over and respond to a message with gibberish, however no recollection in the morning. This can be looked at as the same disruption as sleepwalking. Experts are urging parents to get a hold on this behavior with teens asking that all electronics be kept out of the bedrooms, and cutting off teens from phones by ten o’clock in the evening. Poor sleep quality leads to daytime sleepiness which affects concentration.

As we learned in lecture, sleep is an important component in improving a person’s overall health. Because sleep is vital for cognitive function and available time to spend sleeping is limited for college students, like myself, it is advantageous to change sleeping behaviors to maximize the benefits sleep can provide. After tracking my sleeping schedule for a week, I have noticed some patterns and behavior that may be affecting the quality of sleep I am getting. Based on my sleep journal, I could improve my sleep by cutting back on the amount of caffeine I intake and the time spent on electronics before bed to try to reduce the amount of time needed for me to fall asleep.

In the article it talks about how sleeping next to or to using a device effects us and how it steals from us our sleep time. In the article it says," Children who slept near a small screen, compared to those who did not, were also more likely to feel like they did not get enough sleep." Now in time mostly everyone sleeps next to their devices because that's what we all use before going to bed. Using technology before sleeping can cause us to fall asleep a lot later than we'd

Limiting the use of technology can lead to better health, and a better society. Technology affects our sleep cycle, education, relationships with friends and families, and many other things. Technology affects many aspects of our lives. If you stay up all night watching television or surfing the web, chances are you are ruining your sleep cycle. The blue light coming from electronic devices suppress melatonin, a hormone that controls your sleep cycle, and without melatonin you will have troubles falling asleep and waking up, therefore you will not have a healthy sleep cycle.

Over the course of 3 weeks, I discovered that technology leads to the consequences of multitasking and the bad sleep habits contributing to sleep deprivation. The amount of sleep hours I get every night is important in order for my body to function at its best. To find out if I was getting adequate sleep , I created a sleep log and a golden chart which allowed me to observe my sleep patterns. It turns out I got an average sleep time of 9-10 hours, which is good, considering the recommended amount of sleep time is 9.25 hours. From what I learned from the unit and personal perspective, technology creates consequences due to multi-tasking and lowers the amount of sleep I get everyday.

Sleep is a necessity of every living person. Adequate sleep ensures an individual’s ability to function throughout the following day, both physically and mentally, and it is an essential contributing factor to the overall health of a person (National Sleep Foundation, 2014). Consistent inadequate sleep – and what predicts it- is a major concern that is often addressed by physicians and sleep specialists. Of particular interest in this increasingly techno-centric world are the effects that regular use of personal electronic devices might have on the odds of obtaining sufficient sleep. A new study (Vallance, Buman, Stevinson, & Lynch, 2015) found that individuals with the most screen time had significantly higher odds of reporting sleep problems to their doctors, as well as having trouble falling asleep, waking during the night, and having trouble going back to sleep. The purpose of this proposal is to explore whether or not the effect of technology on perceived sleep disturbances and sleep quality is supported by objective physiological indicators.

Today, most research done on technology’s effect on sleep has been focused on how technology makes sleeping more difficult. Technology can become a distraction and keep your brain active as a result of using it before going to sleep. The National Sleep Foundation even discovered through a poll that “nine of 10 Americans reported

The excessive use of technology goes hand-in-hand with doing schoolwork late into the night. This is probably one of the most significant wastes of valuable time. Most work given now is expected to be done through some use of technology. When students finally do make it to bed, many are distracted by their phones. People throw away time to sleep by being on their phones and computers. “Light exposure from various sources, including computers, tablet computers, and cellphones may also impact sleep.” (“Causes and Consequences of Sleepiness Among College Students”) By cutting down the amount of time that one is distracted by technology, it can start a better sleeping habit that one may have had before.

Flip phones and smartphones both have their advantages and disadvantages, but I believe smartphones are a better option for many reasons. Smartphones enforce safety. If you ever get into a bad situation, your phone will be a great tool to help you out. Communication tools of a smartphone let you interact with virtually anybody with the mere tap of your finger. There are endless applications you can install onto a smartphone that make doing anything so much easier. For these various reasons, I believe switching to a flip phone is a terrible idea. Make sure not to throw away your smartphone!