smartphone usage: more is not always better
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Here’s to hoping we can find a perfect balance of the Smartphone as an accessory and a life source.TRANSCRIPT
SMARTPHONE USAGE: More is not always better
Joon Oh//FILM260
Image via Stephanie Kilgast//Flickr
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The Smartphone is one of the great gifts of modern technology
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“It is our connection to the world around us, our lifeline to personal
relationships, and our source of current and important
information.”
Image via tomt6788//Flickr Source via BriDany Erler//Media Convergence Ini<a<ve
-Brittany Erler
The Smartphone is the centre of our
universe.
The world is full of nomophobes – people who fear being without their mobiles
Image via Simona//Flickr Source via Martha Roberts//Daily Mail
94% of Smartphone
owners worry about losing their
phone
Image via LearningLark//Flickr Source via Dan Kadlec//Time
People hide behind their phones in social situations
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Many people
can't get through a
meal without a quick
Facebook check
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Image via San<ago La RoDa//Flickr
40% of Smartphone users check
their phones while on the
toilet
Source via BriDany Fitzgerald//Huffington Post
Families sit together, at home and in public, with devices in each of their hands
Image via peggy2012crea<velenz//Flickr Source via Sherry Turkle//New York Times
Image via Pauline G//Flickr
Smartphones not only lead us to multitask, but also to multicommunicate and juggle people
Source via Leah Eichler//Globe and Mail
We have become
accustomed to a new way of being
“alone together”
Image via Ed Yourdon//Flickr
-Sherry Turkle
Source via Sherry Turkle//New York Times
It becomes a problem when we
expect more from
technology than from
one another
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Birthdays are easy
now
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Birthdays are now a
notification – nobody has to
make any effort to remember it
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Image via RenneD Stowe//Flickr
Smartphones inhibit our need and want for face-to-face social interaction
Technology should be used
as a tool to enjoy more of your time
with others
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“Face-to-face communication liberates the human spirit, spurs people on, motivates.”
Image via Bmiz//Flickr Source via Mi< Ampoma//Focus on Women Magazine
-Miti Ampoma
Image via Ed Yourdon//Flickr Source via Susan Tardanico//Forbes
93% of communication
is based on non-verbal
body language
Image via Kris Hoet//Flickr
It is becoming worrisome that kids won’t know what it’s like to share a story or actually look someone in the eye
Source via Jack Cafferty//CNN
“Smartphones come with us
everywhere we go, but they
often lead us to be lonely or
alone”
Image via Julia Manzerova//Flickr
-Kate Bratskeir
Source via Kate Bratskeir//Huffington Post
It is about f l e x i b i l i t y and d i s c i p l i n e; finding the perfect balance of the Smartphone
as an accessory and a life source.
Image via A4gpa//Flickr Source via Kate Bratskeir//Huffington Post
Image via tomschiffner//Flickr
Put your phone down. Go outside.
There are always more r o s e s
to smell.
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