Smartphone Addiciton
Ashley Holstun
Cherie Dargan
Composition II
25 March 2014
Smartphone Addiction In today’s society many people are addicted to their smartphones. We are surround by people every day using, or in some cases over using their smartphones. In the article, “Smartphone Addiction: Will U.S. Go the Way of South Korea,” Suzanne Kane compares the use of smartphones in the U.S. and South Korea. The study found that 72 percent of Americans surveyed reported being within five feet of their smartphones at all times and admit to using the devices in other unusual places (Kane). So many people don’t even realize where and when they are using their smartphones, because it’s become such a norm to use it whenever. Susan Davis offers advice about using smartphones and her personal experience in her article, “Addicted to Your Smartphone? Here's What to Do.” “I’ll admit it: I check my smartphone compulsively. And the more I use it, the more often the urge to look at it hits me” (qtd. in Davis). People often don’t realize how damaging smartphone addiction can be to intrapersonal skills. Students have a compromised ability to read facial expressions, due, in part, to spending more time texting instead of talking to people. They simply don’t learn how to read nonverbal language (Kane). Not only smartphones, but computers, tablets, and other high tech devices have become not just an object, but for many a best friend. Smart phones are starting to take over our daily lives. People are using them driving, during movies, going to the bathroom, showering, during church, and other places. Matt Richtel gives insight on smartphone addiction in his article, “Silicon Valley Says Step Away from the Device.” “Scott Kriens, chairman of Juniper Networks, one of the biggest Internet infrastructure companies, said the powerful lure of devices mostly reflected primitive human longings to connect and interact, but that those desires needed to be managed so they did not overwhelm people’s lives” (qtd.
Cherie Dargan
Composition II
25 March 2014
Smartphone Addiction In today’s society many people are addicted to their smartphones. We are surround by people every day using, or in some cases over using their smartphones. In the article, “Smartphone Addiction: Will U.S. Go the Way of South Korea,” Suzanne Kane compares the use of smartphones in the U.S. and South Korea. The study found that 72 percent of Americans surveyed reported being within five feet of their smartphones at all times and admit to using the devices in other unusual places (Kane). So many people don’t even realize where and when they are using their smartphones, because it’s become such a norm to use it whenever. Susan Davis offers advice about using smartphones and her personal experience in her article, “Addicted to Your Smartphone? Here's What to Do.” “I’ll admit it: I check my smartphone compulsively. And the more I use it, the more often the urge to look at it hits me” (qtd. in Davis). People often don’t realize how damaging smartphone addiction can be to intrapersonal skills. Students have a compromised ability to read facial expressions, due, in part, to spending more time texting instead of talking to people. They simply don’t learn how to read nonverbal language (Kane). Not only smartphones, but computers, tablets, and other high tech devices have become not just an object, but for many a best friend. Smart phones are starting to take over our daily lives. People are using them driving, during movies, going to the bathroom, showering, during church, and other places. Matt Richtel gives insight on smartphone addiction in his article, “Silicon Valley Says Step Away from the Device.” “Scott Kriens, chairman of Juniper Networks, one of the biggest Internet infrastructure companies, said the powerful lure of devices mostly reflected primitive human longings to connect and interact, but that those desires needed to be managed so they did not overwhelm people’s lives” (qtd.