CELL PHONE
AND INTERNET HINDRANCE IN YOUR WELLNESS
Internet and mobile phones have become our necessity in
day to day life. Both inventions have changed the world completely. From the internet, you can learn from How to design an airplane to How a needle is
manufactured. Cell Phones a small 15-20 cm gadget that allows you to access the
power of the internet, capturing videos, photos, and so on. But according to the
rule of “EVERYTHING COMES WITH A PRICE” half of the world is paying its price.
These things have cut human beings out of the social circle. People are in
pathetic conditions all over the world.
Compulsive use of this device has created chaos and the world is introduced with NOMOPHOBIA. It literally stands for “Fear Having no mobile phone”. For people, these addictions of taking photos of
themselves at every minute, texting, surfing at various media platforms and
online friends have become more important than real people and friends. All
these things are backed up by various studies which somehow shows the adverse
effects of mobile phones and the internet in our life.
A study was published in the journal of Cyberpsychology, Behavior
and Social Networking by Junqi Shi and colleagues in which a study was conducted
on 997 adults in Beijing and Shenzhen to study the relationships between
Internet self-efficacy(according to Bandura self-efficacy is how well a person
can execute his work), sensation seeking (it is a trait in which a person is willing
to seek or chase thrill, novel experiences), the need for cognition (it refers
to a personal tendency and willingness to absorb and engage knowledge and cognitive
activities), and problematic use of the Internet like loneliness, depressed and
homesick. The results were that the Adult Internet user’s self-efficacy level and
sensation seeking is a significant positive predictor of problematic internet
use.
However, Need for cognition is a significant negative predictor of problematic Internet use which means that these individuals use the internet in a healthy and productive way.
However, Need for cognition is a significant negative predictor of problematic Internet use which means that these individuals use the internet in a healthy and productive way.
Another study was published in the Journal of Behavioral Addictions
by Sanghoon Kang and Terri r. Kurtzberg in which a study was conducted on 414 undergraduate
students. The study investigated whether the type of medium used during breaks
(cell phone, paper, or computer-based) effects cognitive exhaustion and also measured the
subsequent cognitive ability to perform better in later tasks. Anagram Tests
were used as cognitive tasks. Cognitive depletion was analyzed by the time participants
spent in solving the anagrams and task performance was measured with how many correct
solutions were given by the participant.
The findings which came out was interesting and shocking, the group which used mobile phones performed worst and shows higher cognitive depletion than those who took another kind of medium for break. The group which used the medium as mobile phone performed equal to the group in which no break was given, which shows that the mobile phone using group was not able to do cognitive recharging.
The second thing which came out was that task performance was also subsequent low in the group which used mobile phones as a medium in break than any other group. However, in task performance, the mobile phone group performed better than the group in which no break was given. This shows us how cell phone breaks are affecting our cognitive level.
The findings which came out was interesting and shocking, the group which used mobile phones performed worst and shows higher cognitive depletion than those who took another kind of medium for break. The group which used the medium as mobile phone performed equal to the group in which no break was given, which shows that the mobile phone using group was not able to do cognitive recharging.
The second thing which came out was that task performance was also subsequent low in the group which used mobile phones as a medium in break than any other group. However, in task performance, the mobile phone group performed better than the group in which no break was given. This shows us how cell phone breaks are affecting our cognitive level.
A third study published in Neuroscience Letters by Tomoaki
Kozaki and colleagues studied the effects of short-wavelength control in
polychromatic light sources on nocturnal melatonin secretion. 12 healthy male
adults were exposed to various light conditions
(2300 K, 3000 K , and 5000 K) for 1.5 h midnight.
{What is 2300k, 3000 K and 5000 K? Kelvin is used in lighting to measure the color temperature of a particular light bulb. In simpler terms, the whiter the light bulb will be, it will be placed higher on the Kelvin. Color temperatures 5000K and over are called as bluish color.}
After the exposure to 5000K, the melatonin levels were lower
than the exposure to 2300K. A significant increase in melatonin secretion was
observed in dim light compared to 2300K. Many other studies have proved that blue
light emitting from the electronic gadgets or screen manipulates with the melatonin
secretion and sleep patterns. CFL (Compact Fluorescent lamps) are 5000 K and
our LCD’s screens emit somewhere around 6500-9500K. Continuous exposures to
these screens and high emitting light bulbs disturbs our sleep pattern by affecting
melatonin secretion levels.
There is a huge literature on how mobile phones and the internet affects
us adversely on the psychosocial, psychomotor, and cognitive domain. One can raise
the question that no Indian study was included in the article, as of June 2019 in India
was the second largest population of 560 million active internet users in the
world after China. We can’t expect different results as more and more people
are able to purchase cheap mobile phones with good features.
In another Indian study, on 200 students in different 20 central universities, it was found that 14% of people who were surveyed uses less than for 3 hours, while 63% uses smartphones for 4-7 hours in a day and 23% are using mobile phones more than 8 hours a day. However, the sample size is questionable as it was too small to cover 20 Central Universities.
In another Indian study, on 200 students in different 20 central universities, it was found that 14% of people who were surveyed uses less than for 3 hours, while 63% uses smartphones for 4-7 hours in a day and 23% are using mobile phones more than 8 hours a day. However, the sample size is questionable as it was too small to cover 20 Central Universities.
We have to take initiative by ourselves to control and use mobile
phones for our benefit and to increase cognitive awareness. There are many ways
to tackle this problem :
- By using grey mode or grey wallpapers for screen locks so mobile phone become less appealing for use
- By opening up social media accounts only in desktop computers and not in cell phones
- By using motivational wallpapers and screen locks
- By fixing time period and auto-lock apps whenever you exceed the time limit of using a particular application.
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