What is nomophobia? Nomophobia is a word you don’t hear every day, but it applies to many people. Nomophobia, or “No-mobile-phone-phobia”, relates to all the feelings that come along with a phobia in regards to not having your smartphone (Holohan). Nomophobia is not recognized as an actual phobia, but people of all ages experience the symptoms. The many uses of smartphones and technology becoming a part of American culture have made nomophobia what it is; nomophobia will continue to grow as technology advances.
The advancement of technology has made the use of smartphones increase dramatically. Smartphones can be used for just about anything. Through observing peers at school, my own family, and random strangers I have found that people use …show more content…
In an experiment to understand the feelings of nomophobia I went without social media for an entire week. The night before I started the experiment I moved all of my social media applications from the home screen of my phone and turned off all of my notifications. Normally, I would use Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, Tumblr, and Wattpad every morning, during the day, and before I go to bed. I was surprised at how social most applications are. I never noticed that after almost every line in my reading app people would comment and tell the author what they think or just express how they feel about the story. After realizing how social the reading app was I had to go to the library to get books. It amazed me that I couldn’t read on the app, having to stop myself from clicking the comments and seeing other people’s opinions. Not being able to use any of these social media sites left me feeling lost all week. I would catch myself unlocking my phone and clicking on an application that wasn’t there. I felt like I had to do things to keep busy because I was tempted to just use the websites anyway. During the course of the week I started to feel sad because I would remember it was the day that a certain youtuber uploads their videos and I was missing it. In addition to sadness, I felt anxious because I was missing out on the people’s lives that I normally …show more content…
“Material culture…is the physical things created by members of a society, everything from armchairs to zippers (Macionis 55). Smartphones and technology in general, have become a common piece of society. People use smartphones just as much as they use beds, jackets, curtains, or shoe laces, which are all forms of material culture. Contrastingly, a nonmaterial culture in America is people’s belief that everyone should have their own voice and express their opinions. It is in the constitution that we have freedom of speech and freedom of the press. Social media has become the platform for this nonmaterial culture. People use social media to talk about what they wore to an event, what they believe about a political debate, and a wide variety of other topics. Opinions are given on everything, whether it’s a movie review, a comment on a YouTube video, or comments on a reading website. With technology being the supplier of social media, it is used every day by millions of people to express themselves and join in what has become a major part of our larger culture. In summary, I believe that nomophobia exist because people need an outlet for their voices to be heard. Without technology people experience nomophobia because they lose their voice and a part of their material
The advancement of technology has made the use of smartphones increase dramatically. Smartphones can be used for just about anything. Through observing peers at school, my own family, and random strangers I have found that people use …show more content…
In an experiment to understand the feelings of nomophobia I went without social media for an entire week. The night before I started the experiment I moved all of my social media applications from the home screen of my phone and turned off all of my notifications. Normally, I would use Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, Tumblr, and Wattpad every morning, during the day, and before I go to bed. I was surprised at how social most applications are. I never noticed that after almost every line in my reading app people would comment and tell the author what they think or just express how they feel about the story. After realizing how social the reading app was I had to go to the library to get books. It amazed me that I couldn’t read on the app, having to stop myself from clicking the comments and seeing other people’s opinions. Not being able to use any of these social media sites left me feeling lost all week. I would catch myself unlocking my phone and clicking on an application that wasn’t there. I felt like I had to do things to keep busy because I was tempted to just use the websites anyway. During the course of the week I started to feel sad because I would remember it was the day that a certain youtuber uploads their videos and I was missing it. In addition to sadness, I felt anxious because I was missing out on the people’s lives that I normally …show more content…
“Material culture…is the physical things created by members of a society, everything from armchairs to zippers (Macionis 55). Smartphones and technology in general, have become a common piece of society. People use smartphones just as much as they use beds, jackets, curtains, or shoe laces, which are all forms of material culture. Contrastingly, a nonmaterial culture in America is people’s belief that everyone should have their own voice and express their opinions. It is in the constitution that we have freedom of speech and freedom of the press. Social media has become the platform for this nonmaterial culture. People use social media to talk about what they wore to an event, what they believe about a political debate, and a wide variety of other topics. Opinions are given on everything, whether it’s a movie review, a comment on a YouTube video, or comments on a reading website. With technology being the supplier of social media, it is used every day by millions of people to express themselves and join in what has become a major part of our larger culture. In summary, I believe that nomophobia exist because people need an outlet for their voices to be heard. Without technology people experience nomophobia because they lose their voice and a part of their material