Impact of mobile phones
Impact of mobile phones
Impact of mobile phones, so called smartphone generation, especially the impact on teenagers – a social virus !
In the modern world and as inhabitants of this world, we cannot deny the effects and impact of technology on our lives. We are surrounded and depended on technology for almost everything. From daily work to entertainment, technology is all pervading. Butthe effects of it are more harmful than useful. The prolonged use of anythingis always bad. Same with technological aids like mobile phones. Today almost every household has access to mobile phones. In the urban areas, the children are handed over mobile phones even before they graduate from school. This hasled to lesser physical activities and games being played. Also it has led to obesity and other diseases in teenagers as they tend to sit and use mobile phones. They have almost zero social life as they are hooked to the screen forhours. There are behavioural and mental changes. This has led to depression and anxiety among teenagers. For these repercussions, they are not to be blamed alone. The parents give them these because they become quite busy in theirworks. So in order to lessen the bad impacts of the screen on the young minds, parents must spend time with their children, play games, take them on holidays.The parents must give a lot of effort to lessen the use of screen. Though it's good effects are also of relevance and can be used when required, but too much of it becomes harmful. So it must be avoided.
There are various global reports, articles and real-time researches thatconfirm how mobile phone is impacting the humanity. The 2015 statistical reportfrom the British Chiropractic Association concluded that around 45% of young generationaged 16–24 years suffered with back pain. Long-term usage of smart phone mayalso cause incurable occipital neuralgia, anxiety and depression, nomophobia,stress, eyesight problem, hearing problems, and many other health issues etc.Another study reveals that overuse of mobile phone can lead to reduced qualityof interpersonal relationships and lack of productivity in daily life. The outcomefrom different studies established variable results on addictive behaviour onmobile phone usage which also includes behavioural alteration and induce addictive behaviour as well.
