Are we becoming slaves to our cellphones? A new report out in the UK suggests that we are:
They were supposed to provide freedom, independence, control and fun. But instead it seems that mobile phones have enslaved us. We are emotionally dependent on them for our identity and feelings of self-worth and incapable even of going to the shops without whipping them out at regular intervals to call family and friends for advice…
The research, based on a survey of 1,000 people, 50 in-depth interviews and three focus groups, was conducted jointly by the Henley Management Centre and the research company Teleconomy. It found that more than a quarter of all users regard their phone as “essential”, with a significant minority reporting that they feel strangely detached from life if they do not have it with them or are made to turn it off.
