Background to a proposed talk on whether smartphone usage, and the behavioural change that is being created by increasing dependency and addiction amongst users, demonstrates a need for greater government regulation of the tech industry.

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IS TECHNOLOGY EMPOWERING US
OR OVERPOWERING US?
AND DOES TECH NEED AN FDA TO PROTECT USERS FROM INNOVATORS?

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this talk will present new research
conducted with manoush zomorodi
and the audience of the
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note to self podcast

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technology is the oxygen that fuels
our modern world.

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it’s vital that we fully understand
how it is affecting us as
human beings.

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“The information revolution…will
likely reshape our world in the order
of decades…
Michael Saylor, The Mobile Wave

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…Software will suffuse the planet,
filling in every niche, and exciting
opportunities will lie everywhere.”
Michael Saylor, The Mobile Wave

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The iPhone was introduced in 2007.
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an empowering product:
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“there’s an app for that.”

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a product with interruption
designed-in by default.
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“the tyranny of the buzz.”

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“your phone is ruining your life. Like
the rest of us, Ive, Lynch, Dye, and
everyone at Apple are subject to the
tyranny of the buzz—the constant
checking, the long list of nagging
notifications.”
David Pearce, Wired Magazine

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typical office workers only get 11
continuous minutes to work on a
task before interruption.
University of California, Irvine

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people who are interrupted by
technology score 20 percent lower
on a standard cognition test.
Carnegie Mellon University

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NOMOPHOBIA
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is the fear of being without your
smartphone.
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affects 40% of the us population.
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and 0ver 60% have a smartphone.

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smartphone users spend average
3.6 hours a day on devices.
International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology a

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25% of users admitted their
smartphones create
communication issues in real life.
International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology a

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smartphone addicts
are growing at more than five times
the rate of regular users.
Flurry

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“…an association between heavy
smartphone use and lowered
intelligence…”
Computers in Human Behavior

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“Excessive use of technology has led
to neural change that is impacting
people of all ages on many levels.
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“These effects are cognitive,
emotional, social, and also relate to
conscious awareness of the world
around us.
Indiana University School of Informatics and Com

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“adhd, weakening of cognitive focus
and shallower thinking skills,
reduction of creativity
and problem solving skills, a lowered
ability to filter out extraneous
information…
Indiana University School of Informatics and Com

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“…adverse effects upon psychosocial
development, hyperactivity and
behavioral problems, feelings of
isolation, depression, anxiety and
restlessness, and an inability to form
meaningful and long-lasting
relationships.”
Indiana University School of Informatics and Com

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“The smartphone, more than any
other gadget, steals from us the
opportunity to maintain our
attention, to engage in
contemplation and reflection, or
even to be alone with our thoughts.”
Nicholas Carr, The Shallows

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“it’s important to understand how
smartphones affect and relate to
human psychology before these
technologies are so fully ingrained
that it’s hard to recall what life was
like without them.”
Computers in Human Behavior

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“We may already be at that point.”
Computers in Human Behavior

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“People need to know the potential
addictive properties of new
technologies”
Dr Zaheer Hussain, University of Derby