Screens Cause Damage by Leah LaVigne (Student FVHS) https://padlet.com/lalavigne100/ce509a98lyh5i75j The Negatives of Cell Phone Use en-us 2022-02-10 20:25:30 UTC 2022-03-11 16:38:33 UTC hello@padlet.com lalavigne100 https://padlet.com/lalavigne100/ce509a98lyh5i75j/wish/2041177040 The average American spent 3 1/2 hours a day on their mobile phones in 2019. We all expected phone usage to increase during the pandemic, and as of 2021, screen time had increased by 30% with an average of  4.8 hours a day, according to App Annie, a mobile-analytics firm. The agreeably addictive app, Tiktok, has stolen an average of an hour a day from users, while younger people ages 4-15 use the app about 80 minutes a day.

UNC Health Talk, The Effects of Smartphone Usage on the Brain, September 16, 2020 https://healthtalk.unchealthcare.org/the-effects-of-smartphone-usage-on-the-brain/#:~:text=Smartphones%20Can%20Impair%20Social%20and%20Emotional%20Skills&text=texting%2C%E2%80%9D%20Dr.-,Kaufer%20said.,interaction%20can%20lead%20to%20depression. 

CNET, Americans Spent a Third of Waking Hours on mobile devies in 2021,report finds, January 12, 2022
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/americans-spent-a-third-of-waking-hours-on-mobile-devices-in-2021-report-finds/ 

Wallaroo Media, Tiktok Statistics-Everything you Need to Know, September 18, 2021
https://wallaroomedia.com/blog/social-media/tiktok-statistics/ ]]> 2022-02-10 20:57:32 UTC https://padlet.com/lalavigne100/ce509a98lyh5i75j/wish/2041177040 Addiction to Mobile Phones is Real lalavigne100 https://padlet.com/lalavigne100/ce509a98lyh5i75j/wish/2043146520 Nomophobia is a condition in which people have an actual fear of being without their phone. The phobia was given its term in 2009 by the UK, and comes from anglicism; "no-mobile-phone-phobia". Social anxiety or panic disorder can cause symptoms of the condition like agitation, anxiety, and respiratory alterations.

Journal of Family Medicine and primary care, NOMOPHOBIA: NO MObile PHOne phoBIA, April 8, 2019
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31143710/#:~:text=The%20term%20NOMOPHOBIA%20or%20NO,a%20particular%2Fspecific%20things%22. 

PsychAlive, Understanding Cell Phone Addiction, March 2, 2017
https://www.psychalive.org/cell-phone-addiction/ 

]]> 2022-02-11 20:33:25 UTC https://padlet.com/lalavigne100/ce509a98lyh5i75j/wish/2043146520 7 Proven Ways to Break Cell Phone Addiction lalavigne100 https://padlet.com/lalavigne100/ce509a98lyh5i75j/wish/2043173059 The truth is we have become so accustomed to phones and alerts that we don't consider them interruptions or distractions, which they are in classrooms, at work, in Church, or at the dinner table. It reduces the quality of conversations, impacting short-term memory, increasing obesity, stress, and depression. Smartphone addiction can impair your ability to interact in the real world to the detriment of your personal and professional relationships.

Seven ways to break the habit of overuse:

1. Make a habit of going one day a week without your phone
2. 30 Day Challenge-only use phone for texting/calling
3. Get an app that helps with self control and tracking progress or productiveness, ex.: Space, Moment. (or set usage limits on your screen time)
4. Don't charge your phone by your bed or in your bedroom
       -  the first and last thing you do when you're awake is probably check your phone notifications.
5. Put your phone away when you walk in the door
      -  the more you physically remove the device, the easier it will be to ignore it when you have it on you.
6. Change your phone settings
    - you can turn on do not disturb, airplane mode, turn off notifications, remove distracting apps from your home screen
7. Detox
   - try to go a certain amount of time without your phone; put it away during mealtimes

Becoming Minimalist, 7 Proven Ways to Break Your Cell Phone Addiction, September 20, 2019 https://www.becomingminimalist.com/break-your-cell-phone-habit/ 


]]> 2022-02-11 20:58:14 UTC https://padlet.com/lalavigne100/ce509a98lyh5i75j/wish/2043173059 Pros and Cons of Technology lalavigne100 https://padlet.com/lalavigne100/ce509a98lyh5i75j/wish/2043186530 Pros:
  • saves time
  •  gives access to more information
  • efficient communication
  • developed better learning methods(calculator, presentation, video game)
Cons:
  • creates dependencies
  •  reduces effort
  • data security concerns
  • can manipulate info for personal needs
  •  easy access for plagiarism 

]]> 2022-02-11 21:13:11 UTC https://padlet.com/lalavigne100/ce509a98lyh5i75j/wish/2043186530 The Social Dilemma lalavigne100 https://padlet.com/lalavigne100/ce509a98lyh5i75j/wish/2043196745 The director of this documentary, Jeff Orlowski, exposes the psychological manipulation social media platforms perform on their users. Several former executives of companies like Google, Apple, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube were interviewed and all warned that these Big Tech companies are profit-based and if you listen to what they say about the intriguing display these people put on behind the screen, it will frighten you.

The Daily Targum, Netflix Documentary 'The Social Dilemma' exposes Big Tech, October 1, 2020 
https://dailytargum.com/article/2020/10/netflix-documentary-the-social-dilemma-exposes-big-tech

Business Insider, How Instagram and Facebook are intentionally designed to mimic addictive painkillers, August 11, 2021
https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-has-been-deliberately-designed-to-mimic-addictive-painkillers-2018-12]]> 2022-02-11 21:24:43 UTC https://padlet.com/lalavigne100/ce509a98lyh5i75j/wish/2043196745