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La tentation de la déconnexion
(The temptation of being disconnected)
Newspaper | La Tribune de Genève
Date | 17.1.2015
Language | French
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | addiction, email, smartphone, threat
Summary | There is now a general feeling of overdose or "virtual burnout" with new media. This feeling touches both private and professional spaces. A professor a the University of Neuchatel condemns this phenomenon which can have bad consequences at work. Nowadays, even if we leave our office, our work does not stop; we can still receive emails and feel like we have to respond right away. Some companies have rules: for example, no email after 6 p.m. and during the weekend. This digital overdose also hinders our personal relations with people.
Image Description | Digital image with new media use statistics, and icons related to new media.
Image Tags | computer/laptop, smartphone
Du sollst kein Handy haben
(Thou shalt not have a cell phone)
Newspaper | Sonntagszeitung
Date | 30.8.2015
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | smartphone
Summary | People are annoyed by masses of refugees with smartphones. The fact that they own modern technological devices makes their right of asylum less convincing. What people forget is that if they had to flee their country, one of the first things they would pack is certainly a smartphone. Thanks to free WiFi or cheap international phone service deals, owning a smartphone has become a basic human requirement next to having food and shelter. WhatsApp and other messaging apps are refugees’ means to stay in touch with their family, navigate through foreign territories, and communicate with human traffickers.
Image Description | Photograph of a group of young men taking a selfie with a selfie stick on a beach.
Image Tags | male(s), selfie, selfie stick
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