Teenage Demographics

Humanity as a whole is growing exponentially and this growth is anything but consistent. Many nations will be experiencing population decreases while other experience intense population growth. The impending impact of that fact is scaring a multitude of countries on the international market. In this essay I will answer three of the major pressing questions facing the world as they try to prepare themselves for this drastic change.

Cell phones and the computers are similar to each other in many different ways. One of the most common similarities is the internet aspect. With everyone connected to the internet, the adverse effects can spread throughout like a virus. “A Nielsen study released in 2010 indicated that texting was the primary reason for purchasing mobile phones and that text communication had become a "’centerpiece of mobile teen behavior.’" The modern smartphone of the 2010s is a powerful computing device, and the rapid and ongoing development of new applications provides users with a growing number of ways to use mobile phones for recreation, productivity, and social communication” (Issitt 2016). In the following Issitt states, “however, as smartphones have become more common, concerns about the detrimental effects of smartphone use have also increased.” (Issitt 2016). Issitt expresses the large growth of people with smartphones has its positives and negatives. The positives being the ability to communicate, but the negative being the effects on relationships with one another. An example of the negative side of things is the lack of interaction with people. People are more likely to call or text instead of interacting with one another. The lack of interaction can ruin relationships, or make people feel unwanted. In the article “Eurasian Journal of Educational Research,” the writer states that the internet, “can transform into an addictive instrument in excessive usage situations.” (Gunduz 2017). The statement explains the issue of the unnecessary use of the internet as a growing addictive process that is taking over more and more

Ana Homayoun, author of Social Media Wellness: Helping Teens and Tweens Thrive in an Unbalanced Digital World, wrote an article in The New York Times about the conflicts parents face with allowing their children to have smartphones. She gives insight on how to minimize the risk of smartphone addiction by establishing guidelines and monitoring children's use.

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

A reporter for CNN, Kelly Wallace, addresses her concern about the future generation in her article, “Half of Teens Think They’re Addicted To Their Smartphones.” After pointing out factual information from a variety of polls and reviews about mobile device usage, she expresses her panic over digital addiction. Not only does she mention teens suffering from this potential “public health threat,” but parents are added in as well. As Wallace collects information from various surveys, she also gathers opinions from parents and a digital detox expert named Holland Haiis. Throughout all the statistics Wallace mentions in her article, she also discretely mentions the importance of rules and boundaries. Regardless, the increasing amount of use

“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

Although cell phones unify the online world, they cause teens to be distracted and unable to focus on what’s going on around them. Teens are attached to their phones, they never leave their sides and are constantly being checked for new notifications. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat keeps teens involved in the online world. Teens are interested in what’s going on around them and want to stay informed. Cell phone have a way of connecting today’s youth but have become extremely distracting. This attachment is causing teens to suffer without knowing. The daily lives of today’s youth are being interfered due to the constant use of cell phones.

Technology has created a new type of addiction for millennials, such as cell phones and computers. First, technology has eliminated separation between parents and their children. Second, technology has made receiving a text message important. Lastly, the adolescents use technology to express their feelings. Technology has made it easier to become tethered in many ways.

campuses, a growing number of students fill the time between classes texting and talking on their smartphone or they are using their phone to listen to music, play a game, check their bank savings, or to use any number of other applications and features their phone provides.”(292) Phones have basically taken over, and these are some of the ways and reasons why people are addicted to their phones.

Have you ever felt like you constantly needed to be connected with the outside world? This could mean that you are addicted to your phone or tablet. Now, you might say "No way! I'm not addicted whatsoever!" Unfortunately, it's true that you are addicted to your phone. Phone addiction is something that we can relate to, in which we constantly want to keep in check of what's going on in the outside world and on social media. Unfortunately, it causes us to develop bad habits and character traits, such as being sneaky or disobedient. I've had personal experience with this in which I can't stay away from it. Sometimes, we can experience this, but could not admit or realize that we are addicted to our smartphones. A year-long research study was conducted by Rice University on college students to see what behaviors would be displayed and their usage of phones. The study showed that of 34 participants, 21 of them had admitted that they were addicted to their smartphones, and the remaining 13, although still having a considerably large usage of their phone, did not admit that they were addicted to their cell phones or disagreed with the fact that they were addicted (Tossell, Kortum, Shepard, Rahmati, and Zhong 38). Can you believe that? We have all become so attached to our cell phones that we can't admit or realize that we use our phones too much! It's also inflicting other behaviors, like feeling that we can't live without our phones, being anxious when the battery percentage lowers, and even spending way too much time on our devices than we intend to. It affects our behavior in a vast amount of ways that make us seem less responsible and change who we really are, as well as in other people's

People have been so much more addicted to entertainment and a screen than such things as working hard in school or fixing relationships. Cell phones are owned by as much to 88% of people(Smith 2). Parents see less and fewer signs of abuse of cell-phone use in their teens and can’t help them if something is wrong. Middle schoolers who are cyberbullied are up to two times as likely to commit suicide.(Luxton 2). This just shows that technology can be abused and ruin someone's life. Other teens get barely any sleep and this affects school grades and sometimes leads to addiction to medication.Most of the youth survives on barely three to four hours of sleep a night (Fifield 1). Others can get addicted to medication to stay awake.Cell-phones are very beneficial in some cases but most of the time they come with serious consequences. If we allow this problem to continue further generations will continue to increase addiction and reliability to technology. Soon enough the world will not know anything sentimental but rather just know their screens. Everyone will use medication to stay awake and abuse their bodies just

Ask your local teenager or “millennial” their favorite accessory, companion, or resource, and you will most likely receive a common answer: their cell phone. Confusing and recent changes in social interactions have led our devices with access to the internet into becoming an extra limb. Because of the reality-altering effect of social media and the ever-growing availability of information, a quick search or refresh leads to an abundance of answers and outlets through tabs on tabs of various websites. In response to the “digital age” enveloped by social media, “connectivity”, and open information, adolescents with easy internet access are attracted to the availability and secrecy the internet has

A study by Yen, Tang, Yen, Lin, Huang, Liu, & Ko, (2009) looked at addictive behavior associated with technology in a sample group of 10,191 adolescents. The sample group responded to a questionnaire with questions that pertained to whether or not their cell phone use was problematic and the impairments it caused. The category’s they fell into were tolerance, withdrawal, loss of control, conflict, and relapse (Yen et al., 2009). Tolerance is the increased gradual use of a device to achieve the same level of satisfaction. Withdrawal is when the use of the device stops and is by accompanied by troublesome behaviors and emotions. Loss of control is when the person uses the device excessively and doesn’t seem to

Can you remember the last time you’ve made it through an entire day without using your phone or computer? If you are part of today’s technology consuming society, it might be hard to find an answer to that question. The most recent generations have grown up around all kinds of technology and new breakthroughs within technology. For the most part, older generations have learned to adapt to it, but many people are too reliant on technology, especially teenagers. Teens do not regularly use technology to their advantage, but more so for their own personal use. An individual is too dependent on technology when they feel deprived without it. Being too dependent on technology can lead to addiction and that can impose harmful side effects. Teenagers, typically, fall into this “too dependent” category because of their avid use of technology such as, cell phones, the internet, and computers.

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.