BlackBerry?

Think again...

Drugs? Alcohol? Childs play.

•Affects productivity

•Threatens relationships

•Hinders educational enrichment

is an ADDICTION that...

Affects

Productivity...

Staff have become too reliant on leaders in terms of decision

making...

Why not, when answers are only a BBM away?

Threatens

Relationships...

Families are compromised for an addiction fuelled by the desire to be in

control.

HENCE,

Emotional disconnection...

Hinders

Educational Enrichment...

Students are more inclined to check Facebook...

rather than to facetheir text books...

Did you KNOW?

35% of BlackBerry users would choose their

BlackBerry over their spouse?

85% check their BlackBerries before they

sleep, as they wake up AND during the middle of the night.

Life of the party

now aren’t we??

“If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger.” –Frank Lloyd Wright

Much like

SEVERELYaddictive substances...

BlackBerries have lead to irrational,

damaging behaviour among owners who can’t

say NO.

The choice is yours...

PLAYTIME IS OVER.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

•Ballard, L. (2006). BlackBerry Addiction. Available from: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/55641/blackberry_addiction.html (Accessed on 20 March 2011).

•Melouney, C. (May 2008). BlackBerry Addiction Takes Hold. The Sunday Telegraph. Available from: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/new/sydney-nsw/blackberry-addiction-takes-hold/story-e6freuzi-1111116304455 (Accessed 20 March 2011).

•The Economist. (2008). 35% of BlackBerry Users Would Choose Their PDA Over Their Spouse. Washington DC: The Economist. Available from: http://www.economist.com/blogs/gulliver/2008/09/35_percent_blackberry_choose_over_spouse (Accessed 22 March 2011).