Cellphone Addiction Case Study
Chapter I
Introduction
As we all know there has been a great development in technology. This has resulted in invention of many gadgets and cell phone is one of them. Cell phones are considered as an essential item, an integral tool necessary for communicating and connecting to families, friends, and work or even used for emergencies.
Based from a research conducted in China on 2009, nearly one third of the students there have shown signs of addiction as they felt uneasy and displayed abnormal behavior in case their cell phone went missing. The rest two third also consider their cell phone to be a very essential item for them.
Despite its usefulness, excessive use of this device has various negative impacts. A person suffering from such a phenomenon is referred to as a cell phone addict. He relies over his cell phone for all the various day to day activities not concentrating on anyone else near him. A person is suffering from this form of addiction can be predicted by the cell phone bills and the abrupt behavior in case the cell phone is missing.
Most these days, the primary people who are mostly affected by this kind of problem are the teenagers. The teenagers who are suffering by this kind of addiction become really obsessed with the device and the usefulness it provides most especially in texting. Some teens tend to ignore other important activities such as studies and sports. This leads to poor performance and depletion of their health. Excessive cell phone usage also increases problems on an interpersonal level.
Statement of the Problem
This paper aims to prove that many teenagers have a problem in cell phone addiction especially when it comes to their studies and their relationship to others. Specifically, the researchers seek to answer the following questions:
1. What could be some reasons for this
2. Why do other teenagers become addicted to cell phone while others are not?
Significance of the Study
This study is
Introduction
As we all know there has been a great development in technology. This has resulted in invention of many gadgets and cell phone is one of them. Cell phones are considered as an essential item, an integral tool necessary for communicating and connecting to families, friends, and work or even used for emergencies.
Based from a research conducted in China on 2009, nearly one third of the students there have shown signs of addiction as they felt uneasy and displayed abnormal behavior in case their cell phone went missing. The rest two third also consider their cell phone to be a very essential item for them.
Despite its usefulness, excessive use of this device has various negative impacts. A person suffering from such a phenomenon is referred to as a cell phone addict. He relies over his cell phone for all the various day to day activities not concentrating on anyone else near him. A person is suffering from this form of addiction can be predicted by the cell phone bills and the abrupt behavior in case the cell phone is missing.
Most these days, the primary people who are mostly affected by this kind of problem are the teenagers. The teenagers who are suffering by this kind of addiction become really obsessed with the device and the usefulness it provides most especially in texting. Some teens tend to ignore other important activities such as studies and sports. This leads to poor performance and depletion of their health. Excessive cell phone usage also increases problems on an interpersonal level.
Statement of the Problem
This paper aims to prove that many teenagers have a problem in cell phone addiction especially when it comes to their studies and their relationship to others. Specifically, the researchers seek to answer the following questions:
1. What could be some reasons for this
2. Why do other teenagers become addicted to cell phone while others are not?
Significance of the Study
This study is