Our addiction to being constantly connected through our digital devices has significant psychological and physiological effects. Nearly all adults and teens now own cellphones, with over half of adults and a third of teens owning smartphones. Constant smartphone use can disrupt sleep, cause anxiety when separated from the device, and lead to issues like "nomophobia" - the fear of being without one's mobile phone. Long-term overuse of social media like Facebook may increase feelings of envy and decrease satisfaction and well-being. As wearable devices become more advanced and ubiquitous, monitoring our health and connecting us ambiently, our dependency on technology for social interaction and information may also increase. However, being mindful of screen time and indulging less can help address

1. OURADDICTIONTObeing
Connected
BY: EMILY DUGGAN
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2. WHOHASAdevice?
● 91% of adults own a
cellphone
● 56% of these adults own
a smartphone
● 78% of teens aged 12-17
own cell phone
● 37% of these teens own
smartphone
● 35.8% of American homes
have become cell only
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3. WHYDOWEUSEDevices?
● Canadians use their
smartphones in three key
browsing locations – “On
the Go,” “At Home,” and
“At Work.”
● 57% have used their phone
to do online banking
● 100% of those aged 18-29
use their smartphone for
texting
● 91% of those aged 18-29
use social networking
sites
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4. TOPFRUSTRATIONSWITHSMARTPHONES
Many people become
frustrated with their
smartphones the top
five reasons are:
1. Battery Life
2. The screen is too
small
3. Data limits
4. The memory or
storage
5. Privacy of data
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5. WHATDOESouraddictiontobeingconnectedCAUSE?
Society addiction to constantly be connected has been seen
to have significant physiological and psychological effects,
up to and including nomophobia, an excessive and overuse of
wearables and online connections have started to become
real.

6. PSYCHOLOGICALandphysiologicalEFFECTS
Excessive and constant exposure to smartphones can:
● Disrupt a person's sleeping habits
● Influence how we drive
● Cause discomfort, anxiety, nervousness or anguish by
being out of contact with a mobile phone
● Ringxiety (sensation of hearing “phantom ring tones” or
“false mobile sounds”)
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7. FACEBOOKmakesusunhappy
The more that people used facebook the
less happy the user felt, their
overall satisfaction began to decline.
Envy increases with facebook use as
more time is spent browsing and less
time spent on creating.
Successful sharing activates the
reward centre in the brain
FACEBOOK IS THE SYMPTOM, NOT THE
PROBLEM
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8. Dependency
● On average we check our phones 150x a DAY
● Our smartphones are indispensable, the device turns to
dependance
● It becomes an extension to our body
● Checking our screens becomes habit and morphs into a
reflex
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9. WITHDRAWAL
● If we do not indulge into our smartphones we will go
through withdrawal
● When we check our smartphone we cause our brains to get a
high or a buzz
● 70% of people feel depressed or panicked if their phone
was stolen
● 94% of people feel troubled without their phone
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10. NOMOPHOBIA
Also
known as
“no
mobile
phone
phobia”
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11. EFFECTSOFOFFICELIFE
Staring at a device in a
distracted loop is symptom of a
disengaged culture
45% of people will put a watch on their wrist
in the near future
● People will struggle
to stay engaged
● New privacy policies
will be required
● scan us into our
office
buildings
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12. WEARABLES
Retail revenue from
wearable tech could
reach $19-billion
worldwide by 2018, up
from $1.4-billion in
2013
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1 in 6 of people own a
smartwatch or fitness
tracker ⑬

13. FIRSTGENERATION
● Fitness trackers
● Worn as accessories or patches
● Aim at niche markets (athletes to
anxious parents)
● Can monitor a baby sleeping and
breathing (Owlet Smart Sock)
● Record body temperature (TempTraq)
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14. SECONDGENERATION
● Integrate sensors and processing into
garments
● Less obtrusive
● More versatile
● Clothing can collect and react to new
kinds of data
● Large, delicate and hard to assemble
in manufacturing
● Need trial and error
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15. THIRDGENERATION
● Gracefully and unobtrusively
collect new kinds of data
● Analyze and integrate with other
information to provide new
insights
● Give us a deeper understanding of
our bodies and our environments
● Intimate and ubiquitous
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Oxygen Blood Heart Motion
Level Pressure Rate Sensor
Phone Server Doctor

16. CYBERATTACKStodevices
50 billion
things are
connected
with the webCyber Attacks include these consequences:
● Identity theft, fraud, extortion
● Stolen hardware, such as laptops or
mobile devices
● Breach of access
● Password sniffing
● System infiltration
● Website defacement
● Private and public Web browser exploits
● Instant messaging abuse
● Intellectual property (IP) theft or
unauthorized access
Vulnerable to cyber attacks can also
include cars and even insulin pumps
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17. BECOMINGREAL
Online relationships will start to
resemble real relationships
THERE ARE OVER 1.3 BILLION PEOPLE ON
FACEBOOK
We sacrifice conversation for
connection
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18. Ambientintimacy
Ability to keep in touch
with people with a level
of regularity and
intimacy that you wouldn’
t usually have access to,
because time and space
conspire to make it
impossible
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19. Futurefriends
SNS such as facebook can predict who you
know and who will be your future friends
by taking your data for mapping
algorithms
They use this information for data
sourcing:
● Email contacts
● Phone contacts
● Schools attended
● Date of birth
● Where you live?
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20. SOCIALSNACKING
Mental representation in lieu of the real thing

21. Technologyisthedisease TechnologyistheCURE
Bemindfulinsteadofindulgingindigitalmaximalism
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22. REFERENCES
Module Notes
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May, 2016.
⑤ Knooikova, Maria. “How Facebook Makes Us
Unhappy,” The New Yorker. 10 September, 2010. Web.
13 May, 2016.
⑥ “Home, hacked home; The internet of things.”
Academic One File. The Economist. 12 July, 2014.
Web. 20 May, 2016.
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