"Asian smart poisoning is abnormal" is reported

ByMichael davis-burchat

With the spread of mobile phones, if you do not have a mobile phone at hand,Nomophobia(Phone Phobia of Mobile Phone) ", but even among the explosive spread of smartphones worldwide," With Asian countries the smartphone poisoning progresses quickly, the age group of addicts is low "It is reported at BBC News.

Asia's smartphone addiction - BBC News
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33130567

In Asia which is the birthplace of Emoji and self-shooting sticks, research results that the rising number of smartphone addicts are conspicuously upward trend and the age group of addicts is becoming younger is numerous It has been reported.Study of 1,000 students in Korea in 2015According to Korea, the ownership rate of smartphones between 11 and 12 years old has reached 72%. It is known that the average use time of the smartphone on a day is 5.4 hours, and 25% of the students with smartphones are considered to be smartphone poisoning.

Among the world's 4.3 billion smartphones,There are 2.5 billion smartphones in the Asian regionI have been told. As a result, Taiwanese women were walking while watching Facebook while traveling in Australia,A case where a rescue of a rescue team had to be dropped from a jettyOr, a Chinese woman is also walking while watching a smartphone,Case where a foot caught in a drain groove and it can not come offMany cases of accidents caused by youth smartphone poisoning are reported, such as "walking smash" as in Japan as problematic in Japan.


Singapore's Cyber ​​Wellness Center, familiar with smartphone poisoning, said, "As young people are in the midst of maturity, self-control over the use of smartphones is hard to hear," and what is going to happen if smartphones are given to children We need to consider the warning. As in Singapore, there are cases where utilization of high smartphone penetration rate is used for education curriculum, such as the instruction of homework issued through WhatsApp, but there is a high possibility that children who got smartphones will become mobile phone phobia (smartphone addiction) It is a fact that can not be denied.

ByKen Walton

In addition, BBC News features several signatures that can self-check whether it is becoming a smartphone addiction. The checklist is as follows, and as the number that applies to the question is many, it is becoming clear that it is smartphone addiction.

· I check my smartphone many times without any meaning
· If you do not have a smartphone at hand, you are worried about fidgeting
· I am afraid of smartphone and I can wake up in the middle of the night
· Lack of work and school grades due to long use time of smartphone
· You will be quickly distracted by mails and app notifications

In response to this situation, the Korean governmentAn application that measures usage of smartphones under 19 years old, And implements policies that make it impossible to use smartphones without installing applications. Parents are able to check "unwanted websites" through the application, check whether they are not accessing, but it is a result of a massive debate that "It is a violation of privacy by the government".


Professor Marin Lee of Singapore clinical psychologist explained that "smartphone addiction has the same mechanism as drug addiction etc." Smartphone addicts lose their calm and lose their smart phones and are uneasy It is said that withdrawal symptoms such as getting angry appear. Psychiatrist Thomas Lee claims that asian smartphone addiction has reached a serious area and should be classified as a formal "mental disorder" such as sex addiction and gambling addiction.