Digital Addiction-A Real Threat For The Youth
“It Seemed As If The People Producing Tech Products Were Following The Cardinal Rule Of Drug Dealing:
Never Get High On Their Own Supply”
• Adam Alter
Digital World, A World That Has The Potential To Entertain You With Lots Of Various Mind-Blowing Stuff
And Lots Of Information About Everything You Can Think Of. Give A Thought That The Technology That
You Are Wielding Is Under Your Control Or You Are Under The Control Of It. Every Now And Then We
Rush To Our Mobile Phones The Moment We Hear The Message Tone. Whenever We Are Stuck With
Some Sort Of Problem, We Opt To Google To Find Solution, Why Don’T We Use Creativity Instead Of
Searching The Web For Solution.
Currently, The Whole Generation Is Suffering From ‘Digital Addiction’ I.E Today’S Youngster Are
Dependent On Technology. Perhaps Technology Is The Threat To The Whole World, But Fortunately, It Is
Not. Technology Has Been A Reason Behind A Development But With Time The Efficiency Of Technology
Increased So Does The Addiction For It.
Today A Person Is Waking Up In The Morning By Hearing The Alarm, As Soon As He Hears It, He/She
Picks Up The Mobile And Begins His/Her Journey In The Digital World. Just After Waking Up We All Began
To Check The Notifications Or Any Kind Of Update From Respective Profession Or School/Colleges. The
Thing That Started By ‘Just Getting Updated' Ends On Checking Posts On Social Media Or Likes On My
Post, Etc. From Morning Onwards Till We Get To The Bed We Are Stuck To Our Mobile Phone Just Like An
Ant Stuck To The Pile Of Sugar.
We Are So Ignorant That We Ignore The Fact That The Whole Digital World Is Designed In Such A Way By
The Corporates That It Has Power Keep Youngster Hooked Up With Their Phones For Several Hours By
Bombarding More Feeds Of Their Interest Continuously On The Social Media Applications They Prefer To
Use The Most. This Not Only Distract Them From Their Studies And Works But Also Cut Them From The
Real World. The Tech Is Not Good Or Bad, The Morality Of Tech Solely Depends On The Way We Use It.
The Addiction For Tech Has Not Only Reduced The Productivity And Creativity But Also The
Concentration Power Of The Youngsters. In 2000, Microsoft Canada Reported That The Average Human
Had An Attention Span Of Twelve Seconds But By 2013 It Has Fallen To Eight Seconds; Even The ‘
Goldfish', By Comparison, Has An Average Attention Span Of Nine Seconds.
According To Research From Rescuetime People Generally Spend An Average Of 3 Hours 15 Minutes On
Their Phone Every Day, Some Even Spend 4 Hours 30 Minutes.
Such Is An Addiction That Today’S Youngster Are Ready To End Their Life For Not Getting The Desired
Number Of Like Or Comment On Their Post, Ridiculous. The Digital Addiction Is So Worst That It Affects
The Mental And Physical Health Of Children, Teens, Teenagers As Well As Adults.
Digital Addiction As Led To The Emergence Of A New Disorder Internet Addiction Disorder(Iad)
Internet Addiction Disorder (Iad) Also Known As Problematic Internet Use Or Pathological Internet Use Is
Generally Defined As Problematic, Compulsive Use Of The Internet, That Results In Significant
Impairment In An Individual'S Function In Various Life Domains Over A Prolonged Period. Young People
Are One Of The Groups At Particular Risk Of Developing Internet Addiction Disorder Or Problematic
Internet Use.[ Source Wikipedia:Internet
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Dr. Keith W. Beard (2005) States That "An Individual Is Addicted When An Individual’S Psychological
State, Which Includes Both Mental And Emotional States, As Well As Their Scholastic, Occupational And
Social Interactions, Is Impaired By The Overuse Of [Internet]".
If It Continues, The World Will Enter Into An Dark Era Of Laziness, Unproductivity, Obesity Due To Lack Of
Physical Movements, Etc. It'S Not To Late Yet We Can, Rise Above This Laziness We Began To Practice Self
Regulation, Restrict The Viewing Time Of Social Media And Control The Intake Of Feeds Provided By The
Social Media Of Our Interest