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Quand l'usage du smartphone risque de virer à l'addiction
(When the use of smartphone can lead to addiction)
Newspaper | Les Echos
Date | 8.2.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | (mental) health, addiction, smartphone, technology-free, threat
Summary | A third of young people between 18 and 24 claim that they look at their phone more than 50 times a day. People are more and more addicted to their smartphone, and we should be worried about that. The "Days without smartphones" were created 16 years ago because of this new trend. 41% of French people state that they look at their smartphone in the middle of the night, and 81% say that they use their smartphone while having a meal with friends or family. People are anxious if they don't have their phone. We talk about nomophobia to characterize this new health problem.
Image Description | Photograph of three young people looking at their phone and smiling
Image Tags | female(s), male(s), smartphone
Et si nous repensions la place que prend le smartphone dans notre quotidien?
(What if we rethink about the role of smartphones in our daily life?)
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 5.2.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | privacy, smartphone, technology-free, threat
Summary | The 16th edition of "Days without smartphones" will be held this weekend. According to Phil Marso, smartphones can be dangerous (e.g. privacy issues, car accidents). Marso wants to show people that smartphones are convenient but that we can live without them.
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Peut-on vivre sans écrans?
(Can we live without screens?)
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 13.5.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | (mental) health, addiction, smartphone, technology-free
Summary | In the past few years, new technologies have been spreading so fast. We use our smartphone everywhere (restaurant, bathroom, street). A few French people decided to unplug for an hour, a weekend, or their whole life. Marie Bezou says that she felt free when she gave up her phone. People who try to regulate their use of digital devices are rare. A 16-year old girl claims that she doesn't use her phone very often, unlike other young people who are hyperconnected. People who own a smartphone look at their device about 150 times a day.
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Plus d'humain et de culture dès le plus jeune âge
(More people and culture from an early age)
Newspaper | Le Monde
Date | 5.1.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | (mental) health, addiction, childhood, technology-free, threat
Summary | As soon as a baby is born, he/she needs to be stimulated. Adults should talk to babies, play with them, look at them, and reassure them. However, more and more digital devices are starting to replace human presence. Adults don't hesitate to give their toddlers a tablet or a smartphone. This new trend can have a serious impact on children's cognitive development and language development.
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Pour être branché, débranchez-vous
(To be hip, unplug)
Newspaper | Les Echos
Date | 6.1.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | (mental) health, addiction, technology-free
Summary | The author of the article talks about one of his recent experiments: he tried to stay away from social networks for 10 days. Although it was difficult at first, he thought it was a positive experience. He found his ability to concentrate, and realized that his thoughts could be summarized in more than 140 characters. According to a British survey, more than half of adults consider themselves addicted. Harvard researchers claimed that Facebook and Twitter can be as addictive as alcohol or nicotine.
Image Description | Screenshot of a facebook page and a pointer clicking on "log off"
Image Tags | Facebook
Contre la tyrannie des e-mails, passons à l'« e-légement »
(Against the tyranny of emails, let's start the "e-relief")
Newspaper | Les Echos
Date | 15.4.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | addiction, email, technology-free
Summary | People spend a lot of time checking and writing emails at work. More and more companies establish "digital detox" measures to help their employees. Because of the immediacy and permanence of emails, workers spend most of their time on their keyboards. As a result, there is a deterioration of the quality of information and a negative impact on productivity.
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«La surexposition des jeunes enfants aux écrans est un enjeu majeur de santé publique»
("Overexposure of young children to screens is a major public health issue")
Newspaper | Le Monde
Date | 31.5.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | (mental) health, addiction, childhood, technology-free
Summary | Overexposure to screens can have a really bad impact on very young children's health. Some 3-year old toddlers don't even look at you when you're talking to them; they don't talk and are passive because they've been overexposed to screens. Some of the issues experts have noticed are similar to ASD symptoms: lack of language skills, relationship and behavior trouble.
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SMS, tweets, e-mails... Et si on se parlait vraiment?
(SMS, tweets, emails...What if we really talked to each other?)
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 27.1.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | emojis, language threat, technology-free
Summary | Since we're always stuck to our screens, have we lost our conversational skills? Nonsense. Many people complain that new technologies have killed "real life" communication, and that emojis are replacing words. The author of the article claims that this trend is not true; nowadays people communicate a lot. Fanny Auger, director of the School of Life Paris, noticed that her class "How to have better conversations" is very popular. The focus is on finding inspiring and stimulating exchanges.
Image Description | Photograph of four young people drinking coffee, laughing, and looking at each other.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s)
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