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Social Effects Of Smartphones

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It can be often seen that smartphones are said to be root of various problems for teenagers by parents of these young people all around the world that has access to this service. This thought is strengthened even more by an article from The Atlantic written by Jean M. Twenge (2017), a professor of psychology at San Diego State University. By the article he conveys the message that higher use of smartphone has direct relations to higher suicide rate, depression and lower morale among people of young age and has a higher effect on girls than boys. Another study conducted by Anders Raustorp, Peter Pagels, Andreas Fröberg and Cecilia Boldeman (2013) on Swedish Teenagers indicate that smartphones may be the reason for the significant reduction of …show more content…

It interrupts our story, interrupts our ability to have a thought or a daydream, to imagine something wonderful, because we're too busy bridging the walk from the cafeteria back to the office on the cell phone”. It is clear that no one can overlook the benefits of smartphones and the way it has changed the society as a whole and become a worldwide phenomenon without which life seems incomplete. Survey conducted by Leonid Miakotko in The impact of smartphones and mobile devices on human health an claimed that 100% people (10 out of 10) aged between 17 – 54 years on which the survey was conducted would not leave their smartphone and same number of people said that they would think that it is weird if someone does not has a mobile phone The effect of the smartphones is still in debates as it cannot be said that they are certainly bad for the younger generation as they also provide invaluable sources too. With the help of smartphones parents/ guardians can connect with their children in an instant and this holds special meaning for international students as smartphones become the most reliable way to connect to the families of students back home. Whenever a new invention which overtakes the world, there comes new problems and out of these various problems two issues that are spreading very rapidly other than Cyber-bullying are racist feelings and sexism on the internet but as humans we need to tackle these evil as with the arise of smartphone there is no going back but only advancing in this virtual world and it will be best for everyone if good and supporting behavior is maintained on here because as mentioned earlier one fourth of a person’s time is spent on this device and it would of everyone’s best interest if a good and helpful behavior is promoted on this

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