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Aren't you using a somewhat circular definition? The trick is to differentiate smartphone usage from addiction, which is determined by whether it's harmful.
by edmundsauto 5y ago
Aren't you using a somewhat circular definition? The trick is to differentiate smartphone usage from addiction, which is determined by whether it's harmful.
- AlbertCory 5y agoI don't think it's circular. There are articles (I can't point to them now, sorry) about the effect on the brain of intermittent rewards, and how that IS addiction. Although certainly not identical to that of heroin, which is well-studied. So no, I don't agree that "the trick is to differentiate smartphone usage from addiction." It's to define a (probably) new type of addiction.
- danybittel 5y agoMaybe it's more like sugar?
- AlbertCory 5y agoGood question. "Sugar addiction" has some serious scientific attention [1]. If "gambling addiction" is a real thing (just search the web for it), then "social media addiction" can be, too. Casinos don't let kids under 18 gamble. [1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28835408/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28835408/