The document discusses smartphone addiction, its symptoms, and potential solutions. Smartphone addiction is real, with statistics showing that people frequently use their phones during activities like showering or driving. Symptoms of addiction include constantly checking the phone, feeling anxious without it, and talking on the phone more than to actual people. Suggested solutions are to acknowledge the addiction, avoid phone use while driving or in the bathroom, stop using the phone right before bed, and try leaving it at home sometimes.

1. SMARTPHONE
ADDICTION
DİLEK GÖYMEN

2. Smartphones connect us to the world!
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3. OUTLINE
 What means smartphone addiction?
 What are its symptoms?
 Solutions – What should we do?
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4. •Is the smartphone addiction
real?
- Yes, reports and statistics say
so.
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5. Smartphone Shower Case
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1 in 10 users admit that they use their
smartphones in the shower or during sex

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The half of smartphone owners use
the phone while driving.

7. The Digital Divide Podcast: Smartphone
Addiction
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8. the Mobile Mindset Study conducted
by security app Lookout 8

9.  NOMOPHOBIA
the fear of being without your phone
 Dead Battery Anxiety
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11. ARE YOU ADDICTED TO YOUR
PHONE?
(SYMPTOMS) Constantly checking
 Feeling anxious
 False alarm
 Talking on phone more than the
actual one
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12. SOLUTIONS
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13.  Accept that you are adicted
 NO texting while driving
 No phone in the bathroom
 NO more falling asleep while staring at
your screen.
 When you're with friends, turn your
phone off.
 Try leaving the phone at home
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14. “BE SMART ON YOUR
SMARTPHONE !”
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15. REFERENCES
 https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/reading-
between-the-headlines/201307/smartphone-
addiction
 http://www.techaddiction.ca/smartphone-
addiction-problem.html
 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/21/ameri
cans-are-addicted-to-
smartphones_n_1615293.htm
 http://fieldguide.gizmodo.com/how-to-break-
your-smartphone-addiction-1595290636
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16. THANK YOU FOR
LISTENING.
ANY QUESTIONS?
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