3. A 2013 study found
that 90 percent of both
college and high-school
kids owned a
cellphone, while a 2015
Pew Research Center
poll found that 92
percent of American
adults owned a mobile
phone, including smart
phones. [1] Photo: Pixabay
4. The rapid rise of technology has changed
the way we interact with others.
Photo: Pixabay
7. "We have been seduced by distraction. We are being
pulled away from paying attention to the things
that enrich our lives.” - Daniel Goleman [3]
Photo: Pixabay
8. Photo: Pixabay
''Research shows that
just having a phone
on the table is
sufficiently
distracting to reduce
empathy and rapport
between two people
who are in
conversation.” - Kelly
McGonigal [4]
9. Photo: Pixabay
We don't experience interruptions as disruptions anymore. But
they make it hard to settle into serious conversations with
ourselves and with other people because emotionally, we keep
ourselves available to be taken away from everything. [5]
11. Photo: Pixabay
We've become accustomed to a
new way of being ''alone
together.'' Technology-enabled,
we are able to be with one
another, and also elsewhere,
connected to wherever we
want to be. [6]
12. Photo: Pixabay
A 2014 Pew
Research Center
poll indicated that
one in four cell
phone owners in a
relationship or
marriage found
their partner too
distracted by their
cell phone. [7]
17. Photo: Pixabay
Services such as Skype
and FaceTime have
allowed couples to
connect not only by
phone, but also in video-
chat, which provide
access to their partner’s
eyes, face, and body
language. [9]
