Smartphone Addiction - Assignment #1

I am writing about this “smartphone addiction” because I think that it’s just crazy how much time we spend being on our phones on a daily basis. Day by day, we spend most of our times on our phones and we just miss out on the things around us. 90% of Americans fall into the category of being addicted to their phones. I find that to be unbelievable. 98% of people that were being surveyed said that texting while driving is dangerous, nearly 75% admitted doing it. Wow. That’s just crazy. It seems as if we’re all just obsessed with our phones that we just don’t know what’s going on in the world. Some people tend to live on their phones and when you ask them what’s going on, such as the news, they don’t know. There are some tests and questions in this article that will help you in knowing whether or not you use your phone way too much. Social media has a huge impact in why we are consistently on our phones. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat. These social media apps are the reason for smartphone addiction in my opinion. We cannot go a day without checking these apps. It seems like they’ve been a priority to some people, if not most. We can’t change this even if we tried, it’s just the way technology has an impact on our lives.

            The different media used in this article are: video, text, sound, and interactivity.

1.      The video attached to this article tells and shows people the impacts that smartphone addiction as on their lives. It demonstrates the negatives on phone addiction. In this video, it tells that using your phone too much can make you lose sleep, or it will simply make you unable to fall asleep. The strength of this video is strong to its audience. By watching this video, they will visualize the effects of phone addiction.

2.      The text in this article will give its audience persuasion in to stopping themselves when it comes to using their phone. Every single text in this article explains to why being on your phone all the time is bad. It’s a good read and I think it will help others with it’s strong text.

3.      The sound in the video will help you to hear in why you need to lower, if not stop your smartphone addiction. I think that the doctor was being very persuasive when it came to explaining the negatives on always being on your phone.

4.      This article is for everyone. We can all share the video by itself, or the article. There is a lot of interactivity here. Everyone and anyone can be able to see or read this. It’s out there for the audience.

There isn’t any other media coverage that I would like to add. This CNN article has it all. 
http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/25/living/10-signs-smartphone-addiction-digital-life/