Techs & Trends
Cellphone addiction?
"The average college student uses a smartphone for about nine hours each day.
That’s longer than many of those students spend sleeping. In fact, such extended cell phone use shows that the technology could become an addiction, according to a new study. An addiction is a type of uncontrolled and unhealthy habit.
It’s well known that people can become addicted to drugs, such as alcohol, narcotics and the nicotine in cigarettes. What’s not so well known: “People can be addicted to behaviors,” says James Roberts. He’s a marketing professor at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Roberts also was the lead author of the new study. It appears in the August Journal of Behavioral Addictions.
Some cell phone users show the same symptoms that ...
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That’s longer than many of those students spend sleeping. In fact, such extended cell phone use shows that the technology could become an addiction, according to a new study. An addiction is a type of uncontrolled and unhealthy habit.
It’s well known that people can become addicted to drugs, such as alcohol, narcotics and the nicotine in cigarettes. What’s not so well known: “People can be addicted to behaviors,” says James Roberts. He’s a marketing professor at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Roberts also was the lead author of the new study. It appears in the August Journal of Behavioral Addictions.
Some cell phone users show the same symptoms that ...
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I can't agree with you totally. College student who got a smart phone generally spend 9 hours a day, that's not true. College student who got a smart phone and no computer or something to use for themselves, they may use their smart phone for 9 hours more or less but i don't think this proof they are addicted.
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9 hours? Well that's pretty scary. Gaming could be addicting, but the positive side of it is the fact that smartphones help students in their research and schoolwork, and professionals stay connected, easing their work. If using a smarphone hinders them from executing their daily activities, then addiction may be at bay.
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