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Are we producing a generation of tech-obsessed sociopaths?

In SBS On Demand’s interactive documentary Are You Addicted to Technology?, you can discover exactly how much a slave you are to your screens based on the largest ever interactive survey of everyday Australians. The show has a blunt message for parents: from cyberbullying to declining literacy and attention spans to decreasing levels of empathy, sleep issues and depression and anxiety, our children’s brains are being rewired by the insidious spread of technology into their every waking moment. The ubiquity of smart phones is almost at saturation point, says Dr Sharon Horwood, a lecturer in Deakin University’s School of Psychology, who helped developed the interactive survey used in the show to measure  use of technology and levels of screen dependence. 

Are you addicted to your smartphone?

The term “addiction” is often bandied about when we think someone spends too much time on something we deem detrimental to their health and well-being. From checking our phones repetitively, to playing with specific apps and texting, the modern culprit is excessive smartphone use. Obsessively checking our smartphone apps may look like addiction but, for most people, it is reinforced behaviour that could be broken without severe or long-lasting withdrawal effects. Having said this, a small proportion of people may be more prone to behavioural addictions to smartphone functions such as online gambling, pornography, games and social media. Clinically speaking, you can’t become addicted to a device, but you can develop behavioural addictions to smartphone functions.

A meditation expert s tips for beating your screen addiction

Advances in technology have changed the way we stay connected with others. Computers, smartphones, tablets and even televisions are all serving information, which we are constantly consuming, sometimes simultaneously. But as we condition ourselves as a society to become engaged in stimuli from multiple devices at a time, we lose the ability to focus deeply on any one thing. Kevin Hume, Director of Sydney Meditation Centre, believes breaking a screen addiction by learning to focus on one thing at a time not only lowers stress and anxiety, but also “improves short and long-term memory, as well as boost productivity.” Here are some of his tips to make the break from your screens a little easier.

Dr Kim Le asks Are You Addicted To Technology? in this world-first interactive documentary

Dr Kim Le asks Are You Addicted To Technology? in this world-first interactive documentary
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