OUR ADDICTION TO being ConnectedBY: EMILY DUGGAN

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WHO HAS A device?● 91% of adults own a

cellphone● 56% of these adults own

a smartphone● 78% of teens aged 12-17

own cell phone● 37% of these teens own

smartphone● 35.8% of American homes

have become cell only

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WHY DO WE USE Devices?● Canadians use their

smartphones in three key browsing locations – “On the Go,” “At Home,” and “At Work.”

● 57% have used their phone to do online banking

● 100% of those aged 18-29 use their smartphone for texting

● 91% of those aged 18-29 use social networking sites

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TOP FRUSTRATIONS WITH SMARTPHONESMany people become frustrated with their smartphones the top five reasons are:

1. Battery Life2. The screen is too

small3. Data limits4. The memory or

storage5. Privacy of data

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WHAT DOES our addiction to being connected CAUSE?Society addiction to constantly be connected has been seen to have significant physiological and psychological effects, up to and including nomophobia, an excessive and overuse of wearables and online connections have started to become

real.

PSYCHOLOGICAL and physiological EFFECTSExcessive and constant exposure to smartphones can:

● Disrupt a person's sleeping habits● Influence how we drive● Cause discomfort, anxiety, nervousness or anguish by

being out of contact with a mobile phone● Ringxiety (sensation of hearing “phantom ring tones” or

“false mobile sounds”)

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FACEBOOK makes us unhappyThe more that people used facebook the

less happy the user felt, their overall satisfaction began to decline.

Envy increases with facebook use as more time is spent browsing and less

time spent on creating.

Successful sharing activates the reward centre in the brain

FACEBOOK IS THE SYMPTOM, NOT THE PROBLEM

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Dependency● On average we check our phones 150x a DAY● Our smartphones are indispensable, the device turns to

dependance

● It becomes an extension to our body● Checking our screens becomes habit and morphs into a

reflex

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WITHDRAWAL

● If we do not indulge into our smartphones we will go through withdrawal

● When we check our smartphone we cause our brains to get a high or a buzz

● 70% of people feel depressed or panicked if their phone was stolen

● 94% of people feel troubled without their phone

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NOMOPHOBIA

Also known as “no mobile phone phobia”

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EFFECTS OF OFFICE LIFE

Staring at a device in a distracted loop is symptom of a disengaged culture

45% of people will put a watch on their wrist in the near future

● People will struggle to stay engaged

● New privacy policies will be required

● scan us into our office buildings

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WEARABLES

Retail revenue from wearable tech could reach $19-billion worldwide by 2018, up from $1.4-billion in 2013

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1 in 6 of people own a smartwatch or fitness tracker ⑬

FIRST GENERATION● Fitness trackers

● Worn as accessories or patches

● Aim at niche markets (athletes to

anxious parents)

● Can monitor a baby sleeping and

breathing (Owlet Smart Sock)

● Record body temperature (TempTraq)

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SECOND GENERATION● Integrate sensors and processing into

garments

● Less obtrusive

● More versatile

● Clothing can collect and react to new

kinds of data

● Large, delicate and hard to assemble

in manufacturing

● Need trial and error

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THIRD GENERATION● Gracefully and unobtrusively

collect new kinds of data

● Analyze and integrate with other

information to provide new

insights

● Give us a deeper understanding of

our bodies and our environments

● Intimate and ubiquitous

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Oxygen Blood Heart Motion Level Pressure Rate Sensor

Phone Server Doctor

CYBER ATTACKS to devices 50 billion things are connected

with the webCyber Attacks include these consequences:● Identity theft, fraud, extortion● Stolen hardware, such as laptops or

mobile devices● Breach of access● Password sniffing● System infiltration● Website defacement● Private and public Web browser exploits● Instant messaging abuse● Intellectual property (IP) theft or

unauthorized accessVulnerable to cyber attacks can also include cars and even insulin pumps

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BECOMING REALOnline relationships will start to

resemble real relationships

THERE ARE OVER 1.3 BILLION PEOPLE ON FACEBOOK

We sacrifice conversation for connection

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Ambient intimacy

Ability to keep in touch with people with a level

of regularity and intimacy that you wouldn’t usually have access to, because time and space conspire to make it

impossible

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Future friendsSNS such as facebook can predict who you know and who will be your future friends by taking your data for mapping algorithms

They use this information for data sourcing:

● Email contacts● Phone contacts● Schools attended● Date of birth● Where you live?

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SOCIAL SNACKING

Mental representation in lieu of the real thing

Technology is the disease Technology is the CURE

Be mindful instead of indulging in digital maximalism ①

REFERENCESModule Notes

① Fund, Brian. “Why you shouldn't confuse nomophobia with an actual addiction to smartphones.” The Switch. Washington Post. 18 May, 2015. Web. 20 May, 2016.

② Margalit, Liraz. “Why We’re Addicted To Our Smartphones, But Not Our Tablets.” Smashing Magazine. 04 November, 2015. Web. 20 May, 2016.

③ Cole, Samantha. “How The Apple Watch Will Change Office Life.” The New Rules of Work. Fast Company. 12 March, 2015. Web. 20 May, 2016.

④ Postel, Virginia. “Why Nobody's Wearing Wearables.” Bloomberg View. 03 March, 2016. Web. 20 May, 2016.

⑤ Knooikova, Maria. “How Facebook Makes Us Unhappy,” The New Yorker. 10 September, 2010. Web. 13 May, 2016.

⑥ “Home, hacked home; The internet of things.” Academic One File. The Economist. 12 July, 2014. Web. 20 May, 2016.

Outside Sources

⑦ Hansen. Nathaniel. “Ambient Intimacy and The Power of Socializing Online.” Web Marketing Therapy. 18 January, 2011. Web. 02 June, 2016.

⑧ Rainie, Lee. “Cell phone ownership hits 91% of adults.” Fact Tank. Pew research Centre. 06 June, 2013. Web. 30 May, 2016.“WITH GROWTH COMES CHANGE: THE EVOLVING MOBILE LANDSCAPE IN 2015.” The Canadian Mobile Market. Catalyst. 2015. Web. 31 May, 2016.

⑨ Smith, Aaron. “U.S. Smartphone Use in 2015.” Internet, Science and Tech. Pew Research Centre. 01 April, 2015. Web. 31 May, 2016.

⑪ Cosco, Amanda R. “Why Toronto is a hotbed of pioneering wearable technology.” Technology. The Globe and Mail. 15 January, 2015. Web. 01 June, 2016. ⑫Bolton, David. “Ditching smartphones for wearables.” Wearables. Arc from Applause. 15 October, 2015. Web. 31 May, 2016.

⑬ “Techopedia explains Cyberattack.” Cyberattack. Techopedia. N.d. Web. 30 May, 2016.

⑭ Bragazzi, Nicole L and Giovanni Del Puente. “A proposal for including nomophobia in the new DSM-V.” US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health. NCMI. 16 May, 2014. Web. 31 May, 2016.

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