Technology Withdradiction And The Use Of Technology Addiction

The article "The Next Civil Rights Movement is Digital" by: Juan Andrade mostly discusses the addiction people have to mobile device. About 50% of people have admitted to having an addiction to the cell phone addiction, this infusing both teenager and adults.

“How many teens are truly addicted to their devices and the internet? It is difficult to say,” says CNN’s recent article, “Half of Teens Think They’re Addicted to Their Cellphones”. Filled with absurdly ambiguous claims, the article gives a terminal diagnosis for the nation’s youth, painting satires of teens who are unable to walk from class to class without maintaining constant eye contact with their phones. At the same time, however, the author, Kelly Wallace, gives herself plenty of breathing room with statements similar to the above quote. Thus, the matter of tech addiction stands relatively untouched; the article did nothing to truly refute or support its own title claim. Such a statement cannot be truly supported because, like a multitude

That feeling of when one has momentarily misplaced their smartphone creates a sense of panic that can only be compared to withdrawal symptoms of someone without the source of their addiction. Richtel brings up an interesting correlation between the decline of drug use in teenagers and the rise of using smartphones becoming the status quo. This question is something that is entirely probable when the thought of behavioral addiction comes into play. Social psychologist Adam Alter who was interviewed by Claudia Dreifus in her article, describes addiction as “something you enjoy doing in the short term, that undermines your well-being in the long term — but that you do compulsively anyway”. Smartphones are something that most people use as a way of passing the time or for procrastination. This dependency is built over time with the smartphone; for example, while 30 minutes scrolling through Instagram occasionally seems harmless, it becomes habitual when this is the thing you reach for every time you have a free minute or two. Slowly we as a society, and most especially teenagers who have only known this their entire lives, have become dependent on the convenience of

In “Jessie Brown: Who Says Smartphone Addiction is bad thing? The case for constant connectivity” (Brown, 2012), Brown claims that the cellphone is not the problem, in fact, it is the person and how they choose to value their time while using smartphones.

There is a growing problem that could reach epidemic levels in the next ten years. It's an addition effecting men, woman and children. We're talking about cell phone addiction. You might question the validity of this, but when you stop and really think about how far we have come with the advances of cell phones, the dots start to connect; the amount of people using phones, the purpose of the phone, how the younger generation perceives their phone and the profits to be made by large and small companies, leading us to draw a not so pretty picture. It’s a newer addition to society, not drug based one, but more of a compulsion addiction. In general, not a lot of research has been done in regards to this obsession, but it’s only a matter of time. Most of the worst offenders will deny that they have a problem, yet the simple thought of losing their phone sends them into a state of panic. This obsessive, panicked feeling already has a name, it’s called nomophobia. Wikipedia terms this new phobia as the fear of being without your mobile phone. A research group in the United Kingdom is credited for inventing this term after conducting a study on how cell phones affect a person’s anxiety levels (2014).

Ever since it was first introduced in the year 1973, the cell phone has evolved to become the device that holds the future within itself. Now referred to as the smartphone, the majority of the developing world’s population uses it now. It’s endless evolving functionalities, as apps and programs, are making the users see this piece of technology as a holy grail, but only much more accessible. Ever since its integration into our society, cell phones have given us the opportunity to connect to people at every inch of the world at anytime of the day. For ourselves, cell phones, particularly smartphones, have offered us an infinite amount of information all within the span of our hands. Its abilities outmatch even some desktops and laptops, all with the benefit of being mobile. The numbers of cellphone users have skyrocketed within recent years. With the growing number of cell phone users, the issue of cell phone overuse or addiction has been a question of much concern for psychologists, sociologists, and scholars of education. In recent studies, cell phone addiction or nomophobia, a short term coined by UK Post Office for "no-mobile-phone phobia” has been compared to other behavioral addictions such as gambling which are included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. Nomophobia has not made its entrance into the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual even though it has the symptoms that parallel those that behavioral addictions have. The reason this has not been placed into the

When a person hears the word addiction, it will generally produce pictures of dark alleys, old and used needles and a bunch of “nobodies” laying on the side of the street. But in our time and day, reality paints a dramatically different image which is one of doctors, teenagers and soccer moms. Addiction has many different definitions, but this kind is not confined to just illegal drugs and alcohol. Our society today has been completely consumed with technology by all forms such as computers, cell phones, and tablets. The pros and cons of these devices have been presented and debated continuously throughout the past years and concerns are growing worse. However, our over use of our beloved technology has become nothing short of an addiction for many. Technology has benefited our society in countless ways, but it is still possible that we could have taken it too far. According to Mary Madden writer of the “Main Findings” article in which a survey taken by the Pew Research center conducted that three in four (74%) teens access the internet on phones, tablets and other devices visit their devices at least occasionally(every 5-10 minutes). Even though these technological advancements were created to help ease the stress of everyday duties there has been an unnoticeably rise of problems. Although I grant that we owe technology for its amazing inventions, I still maintain that the overuse of these advanced technological devices is becoming an overgrowing addiction. With this

Luigi Gallimberti, et. al discusses in their article “Problematic Cell Phone Use for Text Messaging and Substance Abuse in Early Adolescence (11- to 13-year-olds),” that problematic cell phone use (PCPU), is associated with psychological distress, low self-esteem, depression, drug abuse, insomnia, and thoughts of suicide (356). The overuse of cellphones can really detriment a person mentally and could cause them to arrive at one of these issues stated. An issue also arises when a person with a cell phone addiction is in school. They tend to remain unfocused while on their phones and they don’t participate during class. In a sample, the students who had better test grades were less likely to have a problematic cell phone addiction (Gallimberti, et. al 360). This finding confirms the positive association between cell phone addiction and poor performance in school. In schools, it was concluded that this overuse of cellphones was positively connected with deficient school performance in teens with an average age of 15.7 years old (Gallimberti, et. al 360). Aviad Hadar studies in his article “Answering the Missed Call: Initial Exploration of Cognitive and Electrophysiological Changes Associated With Smartphone Use and Abuse” that cell phone addiction was studied to be linked with reduced attention, changes in how someone processes, stores, and applies information about other people and social

Are we addicted to our cell phones? This is a common question that has arisen in the past several years as our phone technology and capabilities continue to increase. According to recent statistics, 85% of the U.S. population are cell phone users (Chen).We Americans use our cell phones to do just about everything. We talk, text, check our E-mail, surf the Internet, and interact in social networking, all on our phones. Because our phones have become so resourceful to us in our everyday lives, many say that cell phones have become addicting. Cell phones in today 's life have become very addicting to many people, and there are many ways in which to show how they are addicting.

When people think of addictions, usually, drugs and chemical substances come to mind. A frequent trend observed in today’s age is not being able to go anywhere without one’s digital device and being addicted to that device, especially one’s cell phone. Adopting a cell phone separation anxiety, is a type of behavioral addiction that is seen more and more today. On average, people are spending about three hours on their phones each day. Alter states, “‘Behavioral addictions are really widespread now...risen with the adoption of newer more addictive social networking platforms, tablets and smartphones’” (Dreifus). As new technologies that cater to people’s wants increase, addiction to these technologies will increase as well. People become so attached to their phones that they will perhaps get distracted from their current situation. In the article “Hooked On Our Smartphones”, the author Jane E. Brody talked about how sometimes commuters or drivers put themselves in a dangerous position when they pay more attention to their phone instead of what surrounds them. The almost

Technology is taking over all aspects of life. Education, work and leisure are all becoming increasingly dependent on being able to interact with technology. But what of the academic or career prospects of those who do not want to interact with this technology? Before taking this English 305 class, I tried to avoid computers as much as possible. I didnt have any interest in cyberspace such as chatting, email, and gender swapping. Through this class, I had a chance to contact others through cyberspace. However, I still have a fear of computers. I decided that I want to know more about computers and cyberspace. I will first discuss cyberspace, then I will discuss about technophobia.

Technology has become a great benefit to us but many people have taken it too far. According to researcher and surveys taken all over the world shows that a large number of people may have become addicted to their technological devices and are not able to make it through a day without their cell phones or other technological devices. Many have concerns that people would rather use these devices than to have a face to face conversation. The addictions of technological devices are on the rise. Although these devices were meant to make our lives easier there have been many problems to arise ranging from health risk, relationship problems, classroom, church, and work interferences. Statistics show that cell

When we think of addictions we tend to think about drugs, alcohol, and other negative addictions, but my parents are addicted to technology. It all started in 2013 when they got their new samsung galaxies and ever since they became technology savvy and tend to show me new things they learned on their new devices. When my mother discovered how to screenshot she said “Hey Tre look what I did!” I replied “Ok.” Than she answered back with “I learned how to screenshot!” All I could do is burst into laughter and she sat there with a confused faced but yet still eagered she achieved such a difficult task. Their addiction to technology isn't a negative addiction yet,  I see it as a humorous addiction and not as serious.

Due to technological changes, various challenges are being experienced much often. Similarly, different types of phobias are emerging in the field of technology that are commonly referred to as techno-phobia. Since 1983 when the first mobile phone was made available to consumers, these gadgets have become essential mainstream in most societies. According to critics, cell phones perhaps forms the prevalent non-drug obsession of the twenty-first century (“Clinical and Demographic” 1-5). For

The smartphone is still a fairly new invention and is constantly being developed and improved. This device has integrated itself into our culture and is slowly becoming essential to our lives. The younger generation known as "Millennials" in the age range of 18-35 years old check their cell phones on average about 75.6 times a day (Soto et al., 2017). This number is exceptionally high when compared to the older generation who only check their phone around 23 times a day, according to the same research. This paper will cover cell phone addiction and its effects on the college students lifestyle. Addiction in this case is tied with the substance use criteria in The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM 5). In the criteria it states that substance use is "a pathological pattern of behaviors related to use of the substance." Extremely high smartphone use can lead to these behaviors where dependency is an issue.