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  2. Mobile phone use in schools - Wikipedia

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    Other notable portrayals include The Fosters (Season 3, Episode 13), where teachers navigate the impact of social media and cell phones on students' attention, and Boy Meets World, which touches on the broader theme of school-related distractions, with more recent spin-offs like Girl Meets World directly addressing the challenges of cell phone ...

  3. Problematic smartphone use - Wikipedia

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    Research indicates cell phone use adversely affects driver performance, delaying reaction time, increasing lane deviations, and decreasing time spent observing the road. It can also increase "inattention blindness" in which drivers see but do not register what is in front of them.

  4. Telephone phobia - Wikipedia

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    As a result, this phobia causes a great deal of stress and impacts people's personal lives, work lives and social lives. [2] Sufferers avoid many activities, such as scheduling events or clarifying information. [9] Strain is created in the workplace because use of phones may play a crucial role within a career. [7]

  5. The environmental impact of smartphones—and what the ... - AOL

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    Using reports and memos, Visible partnered with Stacker and looked into the environmental impact of smartphones and how the industry is looking to be more sustainable.

  6. Distracted driving: Why staying safe means staying focused - AOL

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    According to the Governors Highway Safety Association, 48 states ban texting while driving, 24 banned all handheld devices while driving and 37 states plus Washington, D.C., ban all cell phone use ...

  7. Nomophobia - Wikipedia

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    Nomophobia [1] (short for "no mobile phobia") is a word for the fear of, or anxiety caused by, not having a working mobile phone. [2] [3] It has been considered a symptom or syndrome of problematic digital media use in mental health, the definitions of which are not standardized for technical and genetical reasons.

  8. Digital media use and mental health - Wikipedia

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    "Fear of missing out" can lead to psychological stress at the idea of missing posted content by others while offline. The relationships between digital media use and mental health have been investigated by various researchers—predominantly psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists, and medical experts—especially since the mid-1990s, after the growth of the World Wide Web and rise of ...

  9. ‘Adult iPad kids’ are calling themselves out for their ...

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