Smartphone addiction, Social Media and our Mental Health
‘Technology is a tool for helping humans and for destroying them. This is a paradox of our times which we are compelled to face.’-Frank Herbert.
The typical cell phone user touches his or her phone 2,617 times every day, according to a study by research firm dscout. And that’s just the average user -the study found that extreme cell phone users (meaning the top 10%) touch their phones more than 5,400 times daily.
Actions like typing, tapping, and swiping the phone’s screen counted as a ‘touch. Apple recently confirmed their device users unlock their phones 80 times every day. That’s about 6 to 7 times every hour./.../
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