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Cell Phone Addiction

Cell phone addiction

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Cell Phone Addiction

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  1. Cell Phone Addiction:The Good, The Bad, The Ugly Heather Flarey CMST 1545 March 2014

  2. Think About • Do you sleep with your cell phone next to you in bed? • Are you constantly checking your phone? • Do you take your phone to the bathroom? • Do you have anxiety about being phoneless? • Are you unable to turn your phone off? • Do you worry about your battery running low?

  3. CONGRATULATIONS!! You probably have a cell phone addiction

  4. The Good • Serve as a convenient way to stay connected • parent/child • businessmen/clients • Facilitate connection during an emergency • car accident / stuck on side of the road • child / elderly safety • voice command / single push dialing • Ability to perform tasks your computer can • emails / documents / banking • GPS / calculator / flashlight / fitness

  5. The Bad • Social Media • Dehumanize the dynamic of human contact • prefer the safety of texting over face-to-face communication • Never – Ending Interruption • classroom / work / movies / on a date / family dinner, etc • Problem? – We don’t get the immediate facial or voice feedback we get from face-to-face conversations

  6. The Ugly • Exposed to many bacteria and viruses • 2011 University of London did a study on 390 cell phones • 80% - had more than 18 times as much harmful bacteria than was found on a toilet seat • 1 in 6 phones carried the fecal bacteria E.coli On average: 25,000 germs per square inch lives on a cell phone

  7. The Ugly • Texting and Driving • Reaction times of cell phone users slows dramatically increasing the risk of accidents • Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) Study • A texting driver is 23x’s more likely to cause an accident • Drivers took their eyes off the road for an avg. of 23 seconds 23 seconds would be 4.5 football fields = 540 yards Without looking at the road

  8. The Ugly • United States Department of Transportation • 1,600,000 accidents per year • in 2012 – 3,328 deaths caused by cell phone use • 421,000 were injured in crashes involving cell phones • 9% increase from 2011 – 387,000 • As of December 2012 : 171.2 Billion text msgs are sent in the U.S. every month

  9. “If you put a 20yr old driver behind the wheel with a cell phone their reaction times are the same as a 70yr old driver with out a cell phone, it’s like instantly aging a large number of drivers.” – University of Utah Psychology Professor David Strayer “Same as driving after 4 beers” – National Highway Transportation Safety Administration

  10. Final Thoughts • Cell phones provide several benefits but can also have significant life changing consequences • Use your cell phone responsibly • Turn your phone off one night a week • Enjoy your outings, don’t let time slip away from letting your phone take over When was the last time you checked your phone?

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