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Are
we too attached to our cell phones? Most likely everyone has it in their hand
or close to them. Many are scanning the internet, texting and even talking on
it. It seems that nowadays it is the norm to constantly check your mobile
devices. Is this norm causing addictions in our society?
One
source from Healthy Living, titled
Technology Addiction: Warning Signs of A Cell Phone Addict, by Lizette Borreli.
She has her BA in Media Studies from CUNY Hunter College. In her article she
positions by displaying the word addiction in her title twice. By Borreli
purposely placing the word twice shows an appeal to logos. Borreli is
reinforcing her claim and stating the obvious in her title. She is making it known to the public that
smartphones are really something to be concerned about.
As
I continue along reading Borreli’s article, I notice a term she defines right
away. That someone could possibly have and be diagnosed called nomophobia.
“…People who suffer from “no mobile phone phobia” (Borreli 1). She explains,
today, around sixty-six percent of people suffer from this kind of phobia. Which
is shocking news to hear. More than half of the population of people suffer
with this phobia.
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