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Amusement or Addiction: an examination of young people and their Smartphone usage
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Being constantly connected is a
basic fact of life for
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A study has said that young people depend on
Internet devices such as smartphones to
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In 2008 a new word was created…
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The smartphone is no longer just a portable
computer in your pocket
It has become the remote control for your life
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by:
Sk
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ire
XII
(fl
ick
r)
technology has turned us into ‘lab rats
constantly pressing levers
to get tiny pellets of social or intellectual nourishment’
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Social media and smartphone users experience a
"fear of missing out"
when they're unable to get to their phones
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by:
~vs
teve
(fl
ick
r)
smartphones have become the device
people never put down
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We even check
them in the
middle of the
NIGHT,
during
CHURCH
services
and
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We have a very strong
to our gadgets that often leads us to use them
in an
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“Learning how to
use your smartphone
sensibly [is] a life skill” -Tom Stewart
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Wi t h o u r grow i n g d ep e n d e n cy
o n t ex t i ng , a re we e s s e n t i a l ly
c re at i n g a gene rat i on o f
p e o p l e wh o s e c h i e f
h a l l m a rk i s
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