Press the Flag Surprising Facts: *84% of people say they cannot live without their phone * A whopping 5 years and 4 months is spent on social media during the average American's lifetime, and that's just for adults *Phones and slot machines have a common purpose, to make us want to keep on using them *It is predicted that 75% of people in the world will have a phone by 2019 Commonly asked questions: What is addiction? Addiction is a process in the brain when neurons connect a pathway over and over until it becomes a habit. The difference between addiction and habit is that addiction has withdrawals when you halt the addiction How it relates to digital citizenship: These devices are major key objects involved in Digital communication Commerce, Access, and Security Phones are used to communicate, purchase, access bottomless information, and secure a profile just about you. How it relates to something we learned: The Habit loop is a process that is commonly found in addiction It begins with something small like wanting a soda after a long day You will go and buy the soda After drinking it it may have not helped all that much but you may think it did so after another hard day passes you'll go get another. The habit loop has begun
For Digital Citizenship Animation Learning Article/Reference Credits: The Real Reason You're Addicted to your Phone-NirandFar-https://www.nirandfar.com/2013/09/the-real-reason-youre-hooked-to-your-phone.html Phone Addiction Is Real -- And So Are Its Mental Health Risks-Alice G. Walton , CONTRIBUTOR-https://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2017/12/11/phone-addiction-is-real-and-so-are-its-mental-health-risks/#5468a53113df We’re addicted to our phones: 84% worldwide say they couldn’t go a single day without their mobile device in their hand-MEENA HART DUERSON http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/addicted-phones-84-worldwide-couldn-single-day-mobile-device-hand-article-1.1137811 WHAT IS ADDICTION?-unknown https://www.centeronaddiction.org/addiction 7 Scary Things You Never Knew About Cell Phone Addiction-SARAH KARNASIEWICZ http://www.health.com/anxiety/cell-phone-addiction Song Credits: Used Bright by Echosmith Game of Thrones Soundtrack by Ramin Djawadi Scratch custom sounds
