Addicted or Abusing?

Our Generation is a "new digital generation" according to David Greenfield, founder of Internet Behavior, thinks that our generation is leading to abusive and being more adddicted to our cellphones, especially texting. In the video he explains that our addiction to texting on cellphones will get worse, especially in the younger youth culture. "Some teens are taking their cellphones to bed and some even have it under their pillow." I thought that it was kinda funny that he sounded so shocked. Of course teens will have their phones with them or near them at all times, its part of how we communicate to others. The video also explains that having a cellphone can be similar to having a secretive identity almost, because we have our own way of communicating to others, the way we talk to others,and how we can really have no emotion or ties to the conversation we have to it. What i really enjoyed about this video is the question the interviewer asked: "How Do you know if your kids are addicted to their phone?" David Greenfield replied that you're looking for certain signs such as grades in school dropping,not getting up in the morning, "performing poorly in social arenas", more sleep deprived, or physical issues with their thumbs. In my opinion, i dont think that you can just tell by those if you're addicted to texting. If you're addicted to texting, regardless of when you get the text message, you will most likely read and respond to it no matter what it is, or who its from. Even if your response is a "yeah", "k", or "yup" or something along those lines, responding to any text at any time is getting toward an addiction of texting. Texting just to text could be another way, or having your phone on you at all times. Me, I know i'm addicted to texting, or in a way my phone in general. I'm always on it, i never let it die, my phone is never off, and it is with me at all times. could be taking the garbage out, and i'll still have my phone. Most of us do carry it at all times. Some of us let it die, but most of us will keep our phone charged just to text, or to facebook or to provide entertainment throughout the day. Our generation, and the generations to come will soon be addicted to not just texting, but any type of future technology that will allow us to get in contact with one another.

CBS NEWS. 2010. Retrieved 2011, April 6th.