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Addicted to your smartphone? - Coggle Diagram
Addicted to your smartphone?
Problems
Check the phone compulsively.
Using the phone without even noticing.
Check all the social media apps before leave it apart.
Figures
In 2012, 46% of Americans use a smartphone.
70% check their phones within an hour of getting up.
50% check their phones within an hour of going to sleep.
48% check over the weekend, including on Friday and Saturday nights
51% checking continuously during vacation.
44% said they would have anxiety if they lost their phones and did not have one for a week.
Hook or habit?
The internet and computer can be addictive.
Phones give access to social media, which in turn, give access to pleasant news, enjoyable feelings, entertainment.
Does it disrupt your work, social or family life?
The "addiction" is more a checking habit.
Addiction can come from boredom.
Manage your smartphone use
Be conscious
Of the situations that make you want to check the phone.
Be disciplined
Don't use your phone in certain situations or between certain hours.
Be strong
You don't always have to answer every beep of your phone. Turn off the notifications sometimes.
The interrupted life
Use of smartphones can affect our brains and health
Smartphones are easy use and access, the alerts an notifications we get makes us aware of their presence at any time.
Diminish our concentration capacity.
The fear of missing out information.