Have you ever taken a look around when you are at a crowded doctors office? What do you see? Do you see lots of people socializing? I don't think so. You probably can take a look and see 80% of people on a device such as, phones, tablets, or music devices, . Huffingtons post says,"percent of Americans sleep with their phone next to them like a stuffed animal or a blanket. It increases in percentage when you get in the teen years, it increases drastically by 30 percent," Many people dont realize how addicted they are to their phones. It is slowly becoming a bigger problem and is swarming the world. Having this addictions makes their true communication with people harder because they only know how to communicate through devices. People in each generation has the different amounts that they use their cell phones, Jeremy Spiegel M.D. says, "College students are the heaviest users of information and communication technology and an overwhelming number of them own smart-phones and use them throughout their day—sending an average of 109.5 text messages a day, receiving just as many each day, and checking their cell phones 60 times on an average day", and this number is increasing day by day. Some time everyone should just put their phones down and talk to people, communicate without an electronic. The world as a whole would be more socialized and not as addicted to our phones.
Source:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/16/smartphone-addiction-time-survey_n_1791790.html
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/mind-tapas/201212/hanging-cell-phone-addiction
I have noticed this in waiting rooms quite a bit in the last few years. I think it might have something to do with the fact that most people don't feel comfortable talking to random people that they are sitting next to.
ReplyDeleteI think part of the reason we are always on our phones is because our society has become more judging and unaccepting of odd behavior. Since phones are the norm now, not real life conversations, many people feel as if starting a conversation will create a scene or be a nuisance because that's what our culture makes conversations to be. I'm just as bad as everyone else; I love my phone and I'm on it constantly. I wish I had more confidence to just talk to people I don't know but I worry too much about being judged or looked at as weird. If our culture was more accepting of things outside of the norm, maybe we'd all have more conversations but that's not the case so we stick to what's comfortable.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what both you and Miquella have said. We are on our phones throughout the day, including myself. However, I do like to talk to my friends or people I know, but am much less comfortable if I'm around no one I know such as at a doctor's office, or in a class, or at the store. A lot of people probably also think that if they start talking to someone, they could end up being odd or a asking a whole bunch of questions and won't leave them alone, and are afraid of being stuck around this person for an extended period. Even working, I talk to some odd people just doing my job and they're doing it as more of casual small talk as they pass by more than trying to start a conversation.
ReplyDeleteIn our generation now a days technologies were so in, that everyone or someone who have phones, computer will be using it anytime they want. Yeah I agree that it can be addicted. Its just taking that privilege to talk in personal using all this technologies even though you can face time and see each other but it is different talking to them if its in person.
ReplyDeleteI don't think that the use of smart phones is a bad thing, and for me it often helps me avoid awkward situations. If I'm alone in public, I'll get on my phone and avoid looking lonely. Technology helps me communicate with people and smart phones has helped a lot of older generations as well. My dad recently got Facebook and is now reconnecting with people he hasn't talked to in 40 years, and he mainly uses it on his phone. Without Facebook, my mom wouldn't know about 20 of her family members that have gotten lost to her over the years through all of the adoptions, and she uses her smartphone for that. I do agree that smartphones can become a problem/annoyance when you're with your friend and they won't get off their phone, or won't stop taking annoying pictures. In those cases, I'll tell them they're being annoying and to put their phone away (and vice versa if I'm being annoying). I haven't seen it as a huge problem in day to day life, and overall I think smartphones and other technology is amazing.
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