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The Reliance On Mobile Technology
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77% of teens in the UK experience Nomophobia, cell phone addiction.
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When we receive a text message or phone call, Dopamine is released in the brain and it gives us a euphoric feeling
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People addicted to their mobile devices constantly check social media and text messages in hopes to get that feeling again.
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With our heads constantly in our phones we miss out on face to face conversations
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We don’t see the world around us.
The average person carries their smart phone around with them 97% of the time
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Only seeing beautiful landscapes on a computer background
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The number of people accessing the internet by a mobile phone has increased by 60.3% to 818.4 million in the last 2 years.
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Much of this mobile internet use is to access social media
sites.
15% of total mobile internet time spent on social media in the United states
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543 million people world wide use mobile technology to access Facebook
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There are more instagram photos posted each day than there are English language Wikipedia pages ever published
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People obsess over “likes”, “re-tweets”, “followers”, “friends” and “shares”
Mobile life starts to surpass or even become real life
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The fastest growing demographic for Facebook and Twitter users is people over 45 years of age
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Facebook users also seem to be starting earlier and earlier with young children lying about their age to create an account
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Mobile devices projected to exceed 10 billion by 2017
That’s 1.4 mobile devices per person
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With every generation becoming more and more reliant on technology to communicate
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What would happen if the lights went out??
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Would relationships continue to function without mobile technology?
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We live in a world where it is inexcusable to be unavailable. Photo by stuck in customs
While using mobile technology may be necessary to stay connected in a growing futuristic world, moderation is a must as the world outside of a cell phone screen will diminish if neglected.
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References
http://penheel.com/2013/10-marketing-and-social-media-stats-you-dont-want-to-miss/
http://teens.drugabuse.gov/blog/post/are-you-addicted-your-cell-phone
http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/cmr/cmr12/CMR_UK_2012.pdf
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns341/ns525/ns537/ns705/ns827/white_paper_c11-520862.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57480950-93/facebook-over-955-million-users-543-million-mobile-users/
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