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Smartphones are negatively impacting productivity, workplace communication, social engagement, and education. They lead to less physical interaction and attention being paid. Constant distractions from smartphones mean employees are less productive and unaware of tasks. While smartphones facilitate communication, there is less face-to-face interaction and potential for misunderstandings. People focus more on their phones than others in social situations. Statistics show decreasing matriculation pass rates along with increasing smartphone ownership among students. In conclusion, smartphones present too many distractions to be advantageous in most contexts.
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From research also, it’s clear that over 50% of the communication that we do, a lot of it is communicated through our nonverbal expressions. So when couples entirely depend on communication via the phone, then they miss a lot of the unspoken word and expressions. This brings on a lot of uncertainty as there is the inability to predict or explains someone’s attitudes and or behavior. To this regard then couples live in fear as one cannot tell for sure his/her partner’s true feelings. This has largely left many couples in distress or psychologically stressed up especially when trying to resolve family disputes. No matter how helpful the mobile phone is the face to face talk presents one with not just the verbal but also the nonverbal communication.
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In a study done by Miller-Ott based on an expectancy violation theory approach (Burgon 1978) to examine expectations that romantic partners have on phone usage with college students revealed that the couples expected total and undivided attention on formal dates and when spending time together. On top of this, the study also identified the individual expectations that amounted to violation due to lack of proper communication. Looking keenly at this research then it is clear that mobile phone can cause break-ups in married or dating couples due to overuse of
their time in mobile related sites and application like Instagram or Facebook. Couples dating need this undivided attention especially when they go out for dinner or a walk. As such when these couples fail to put control as to when to visit the social sites then it can easily lead to misunderstanding. It is quite important that couples set clear guidelines on when to visit such sites.
From research also, it’s clear that over 50% of the communication that we do, a lot of it is communicated through our nonverbal expressions. So when couples entirely depend on communication via the phone, then they miss a lot of the unspoken word and expressions. This brings on a lot of uncertainty as there is the inability to predict or explains someone’s attitudes and or behavior. To this regard then couples live in fear as one cannot tell for sure his/her partner’s true feelings. This has largely left many couples in distress or psychologically stressed up especially when trying to resolve family disputes. No matter how helpful the mobile phone is the face to face talk presents one with not just the verbal but also the nonverbal communication.
According to A.R, L. Duran (2012), romantic couples at times get their relationships to problems brought about by the technology since the phones are giving them more contact ti ...
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Smart phones are affecting productivity, communication in the workplace, social engagement, and education according to research. Smart phones offer advanced capabilities for wireless communication, texting, and internet usage. While smart phones can help improve business productivity and provide educational benefits like easier research, they may also negatively impact work and school through distractions, laziness, and more time spent on social networks and entertainment. In conclusion, smart phones impact individuals and environments both positively and negatively.
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Smart phones are affecting productivity, communication in the workplace, social engagement, and education according to research. Smart phones offer advanced capabilities for wireless communication, texting, and internet usage. While smart phones can help improve business productivity and provide educational benefits like easier research, they may also negatively impact work and school through distractions, laziness, and more time spent on social networks and entertainment. In conclusion, smart phones impact individuals and environments both positively and negatively.
Smartphones
Smartphones provide advantages of constant internet connectivity and access to applications, but can also be distracting and addictive. While smartphones allow for increased productivity through mobile work access, research also shows they lower productivity as people spend more time on unrelated activities online or on their phones. Studies find smartphone addiction can be treated similarly to drug addiction, and that divided attention between phones and tasks results in missed targets at work and lower pass rates in school. Overall, smartphones were meant to enhance technology but poor self-control in their use makes them problematic in settings where concentration is needed like work or education.
Smartphones
Smartphones provide advantages of constant connectivity and access to information, but can also be distracting and addictive. While smartphones may increase productivity for some workers by enabling mobile access, research also shows they lower productivity for many as people spend significant time on non-work activities. Studies find smartphone addiction can be treated similarly to drug addiction, and that smartphones negatively impact families as people spend more time on their devices than with family. Research on businesses found divided attention between work and social media on smartphones reduces productivity and meeting targets.
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- 1. Smart Phones Theaffecting productivity, communication in the work place, social engagement, and have an effect in education
- 2. Smart Phones are affecting productivity, communication in the work place, social engagement, and have an effect in education. Continuous time spent on Smart phones means less physical interaction, less attention paid in class, and work requirements not being achieved as they should. My view on statement
- 3. Affecting productivity It’s shown that continuous access to email and messaging distracts employees, thus lowering productivity. Constant distractions lead to employees not paying attention in meetings and not knowing what needs to be done.
- 4. Communication in the work place Communication in the work place has become easier and more frequent through smartphones, however there is less face to face communication. Confusion is incurred when communicating as not all is understood between co-workers.
- 5. Social engagement It is noticed that people do not keep eye contact when engaging with others, their focus is diverted to their phones. Less people interact in person as it is easier for them to communicate with their smartphones.
- 6. Effect in education statistics
- 7. Effect in education With teenagers being in their social prime, lots of their attention is on staying in touch with friends which is made easier Statistics show a decrease in matric pass rates, and an increase in smart phone sales and that close to 50% of smartphone users are in the later stages of high school and university.
- 8. Conclusion There are too many distractions with smartphones for them to be an advantage in most situations. Although they make researching, among other things simpler ,the constant availability to messaging and internet is too tempting for most to resist. Therefore smartphones do affect productivity, communication in the work place, social engagement, and have an effect in education negatively.