WFB: A third of Americans have worried that they spend too much time on their phones, a new poll from the Deseret News finds, which is more than three times as many as had those same worries seven years ago.
These results reflect an increasing—and possibly well-placed—anxiety about how the proliferation of readily available screens affects ourselves, our children, and our culture as a whole.
Every year, the Deseret News conducts a poll based on one of the Ten Commandments, testing the relationship between those timeless rules and today’s 21st century technology. This year, they opted to survey a nationally representative group of 1,000 adult Americans on a question loosely related to the commandment “thou shalt not covet,” wondering specifically how phone use and advertising draws our attention.
In order to establish some comparability over time, the News replicated the language of a 2012 Pew Research Center poll on phone use. Both polls asked respondents if they ever worry about how much time they spend on their phone. The results are quite pronounced: 36 percent are concerned about overuse, compared to 11 percent in 2012.
The 2019 survey also captures significant generational and/or age disparities in concern about phone use. Just 10 percent of those over 65 worry that they use their phone too much, compared to half of those under 30. more here
SNIP: Speaking of spending too much time on your phone—
Tip of the iceberg…
Seriously? Put the damn thing down, life will go on. And get off facebook,twiiter, instagram et al as well.
2 in 3 spend too much time…
Myself included. Ugh.
If it weren’t for the spam calls, I wouldn’t require a phone.
“Speaking the truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act.” Geo. Orwell
Only because 8 out of 10 actually do and they
empower their kids to live on the damn things.
while leaving their brains in “park”.
Only because 8 out of 10 actually do and they
empower their kids to live on the damn things
while leaving their brains in “park”.
How many people read this post on their phone?
Young people (especially girls) always congregate, so tech facilitates that. (Remember Gidget always on the phone?)
It’s invasive, and it’s spread to everyone.
But it’s our lives, and our choice to stay in control or not.
I’m waiting for everyone to drop dead from brain cancer caused by cell phone radiation. Then I’m going to swoop in and grab their stuff.
I have a flip phone…
Anymouse, ditto! My sister keeps bugging me to get a smart phone so I can text (refuse to on flip phone). I’ve resisted (I’m stubborn).
I worry about how much time I spend here. 😆
I can work my smart phone like a pre adolescent. Put me on a computer and I’ll have that thing seized up in minutes.