Phone Subdiction : The World Problem Of Cell Phone Addiction

In today’s world, distractions remain prevalent in simple everyday occurrences. Amongst these distractions is the use of cell phones whether simply walking down the hallway absorbed in a conversation or behind the wheel driving down the highway. Cell phones, no matter the context, are a major distraction. They have managed to pull us away from spending time with our families and appearing in places they are not prevalent such as family dinners and behind the wheel of a car.

Over the years, cell phone addiction has gained public attention. There are several reasons why this case can attract some many researchers to study this.. First of all, mobile phone is new technology and some people have curiosity. They try to understand what will happen when they download new cell phone application. Studying in this field would allow business corporation to earn much money. Second, certain mobile phone behaviors are considered to be problematic, such as using a hand-held cell phone while driving, or violating privacy accident due to cell phone. Some countries have legislative control to ban cell phone in a variety of settings, including hospitals, planes, and pertol station,

In the world today, cell phones are being used more than ever before. Everywhere you go, cell phones are present, and its users range from almost all ages. There is no avoiding the fact that cell phones are a prominent way of communication. They have become so influential in peoples’ everyday lives that many can not imagine life without a cell phone. Cell phones are not necessarily a bad tool, when used in moderation. Cell phones are changing the way people communicate and the way they live their everyday lives.

On top of that, another company, Deloitte, has been collecting data of mobile phone users since 2013. Their most recent study survey, the one for 2017, measured the cell phone usage of 2000 people ranging from teenagers to the elderly. Their research showed that 89 percent of those involved in the study checked their mobile device in the span of an hour after waking up for the day and 81 percent checked it within an hour before going to bed. The numbers have increased greatly since their first study survey in 2013. The teens of this particular group unlocked their device an average of 86 times each day. To put that into perspective, that means that the 264 million US citizens that own mobile devices stare at their screens 12 billion times altogether on a daily basis (“Global Mobile Consumer...”). That’s a lot of eyes on screens! The survey also gathered that nearly four out of five people get on their smartphones while speaking with other people, dining at restaurants, and enjoying meals at home. Also, a staggering 59 percent of the group surveyed this year, 2017, admitted using their mobile phones while driving (Ibid.). Addiction to cell phones is destructive.

Cell phones are used every single day by millions of people across the world. But do we use them more than we should? Many people think that our generation is addicted to technology and cell phones, and I agree with them; everyone is addicted. Kelly Wallace, wrote a Times article “Half of Teens Think They’re Addicted to Their Smartphones” and said that “Most adults, teens, and children use their phones for sometimes 24 hours a day”. Thousands of teens and children fail in school or lose sleep daily because they are always on their phones nonstop. I think that I'm not as addicted to using my cell phone as some of the people that I have met, although I usually use it every day to text family and friends rather than using it for social media

Cell phones are used by so many people and do so many things to help people that they have become a necessity, rather than a convenience, in order for people to carry on their lives. This necessity or dependency is the addiction that people face with their cell phones. When these people lose or break their phones they panic, feel anxiety and look for the quickest way to fix the problem. For example, the car needs the oil changed and at the same time the phone is broken. Most people today

There is a new and more powerful drug that is plaguing our nation and the sad thing, is everyone in our nation is addicted to this deadly drug, the cell phone.

Believing that addictions to cell phones are becoming increasingly realistic, he surveyed 164 college undergrads and discovered that “cell-phones [had] become inextricably woven into our daily lives — an almost invisible driver of modern life.” This information shows that as more and more people are becoming avid users of cell phones, the harder it is growing to put them down. In the future, researchers like Roberts are developing machines to see whether or not an “addiction” to cell phones is a diagnosable condition. Researchers in the U.K. studied 1,529 teenaged students and categorized around 153 as “problematic users" of cell phones. All of this leads to the ultimate conclusion, which is that cell phones can be an addiction. The author clearly proves her point by showing how research has backed up her opinion, and she believes that this sort of addiction can be diagnosable in the future

Our cellphones are instruments or symbols of communication. Our dependence in our phones increases overtime. We can’t get out in the house without it, it’s like everything revolves around it. People use it to contact their friends or family, explore games, do social media, send important emails and the list goes on. Every year, companies improve on making phones more useful and likewise, offers cheap alternatives, so that every person can have access to the device. Looking at a couple years back, phones are generally use for messaging and seen as an unnecessary accessories but now, people can’t live without. Based on the website called Tame Yourself, study shows that “...58% of smartphone users don’t go without checking their phones.” this explains how addicted we are on our devices.

Thesis: The usage of cell phones in modern day society has caused quite the problem for citizens in this generation by being a major distraction, causing addictions, and has sadly became the main resource of communication.

Cell phone Addiction is a devastating and pervasive issue in the whole world. “90% of U.S citizens own a cell phone.”(psychguides) Cell phones are majorly improving causing people to enjoy them more which results in them using the cell phone to much. “67% people admitted to checking their phone even when it didn’t vibrate or ring. “(Psychguides) This is called phantom vibration syndrome. “9 out of 10 people have phantom phone syndrome.”(WebMD) I have it and you most likely do too. Some symptoms of cell phone addiction are 1. A need to use the cell phone more and more often in order to achieve the same desired effect. 2. Not being able to use the cell phone less often. 3. Preoccupation with smartphone use. 4. Uses cell phone when they are

    Despite what many think, cell phone addiction is real. Some may categorize it as a new part of life because everyone does it, but that is not the case. According to Seyyed Salman Alavi of Tehran University, almost anything can become an addiction, he states that addiction is “When a particular activity becomes the most important activity in the person's life” (Alavi). Meaning that any habit formed that becomes constant over time is technically an addiction. If you don’t fix most habits they can eventually be hard to break and can sometimes come with negative side effects.  This description of addiction can include the overuse of cellphones or the reliance of cell phones to the point of distraction.

Almost everyone in the world owns a cell phone. In previous years, mobile devices did not exist. Surprisingly, people would have to use their house phone that everyone in their family shared or they would have to wait until they could the person and talk to them face to face. But, our technology just keeps getting better. Cell phones allow people to communicate quicker and easier that they have become apart of people’s everyday lives. Sadly, there are many negative affects of always having our mobile device with us as well. In a social aspect, most people today have a hard time functioning without their phone, some can not leave their house before school or work without knowing that they have their phone with them. Believe it or not, cell

There have been several studies that show how children, high school students, college students, as well as adult’s lives are more susceptible to smartphone addiction. Some studies looked at how the frequent use of social networking apps such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter etc. game apps, and video apps tended to become a problem (Sook-Jung, Changho, & Cheolhan, 2016). Other studies show that smartphones are becoming a daily necessity for most and the truth about the addiction is that people are not addicted to their smartphone, they are addicted to the information, entertainment, and personal connections that is delivers (Emanuel et al., 2015). Some studies aimed to evaluate whether smartphone addiction symptoms determine if depression or anxiety contribute to smartphone addiction levels among a sample of students. This literature review will look at how smartphone addiction and how it affects social behavior in relation with everyday activity within young adolescents, college students and as well with adults.

Mobile phones are becoming increasingly necessary in everyday life. People are constantly on their phones, which causes multiple health effects on them. Most people are dependent to their phones also called “phone addiction.” By phone addiction I mean someone who can not be withdrawn from their phone without freaking out about it. After conducting a study research shows that a withdrawal from mobile phone can cause people to be mad, depressed, and have more physiological behaviors. These signs show that people are addicted to their phones. As Subramani Parasuraman states the physiological behaviors that withdrawal from phone causes may affect one's work efficiency (Parasuraman et al. 126). This shows that phone addiction may cause several negative effects on people, yet people don't even realize it because phones have become a part of most people’s everyday life. How should someone help people with their phone addictions? American Psychological Association should do more research on different ways to help decrease addiction to cell phones.