We all know that humans have a tendency to get emotionally attached with almost everything, whether living or non-living. But most of us living on earth will shocked to learn that the most precious thing which humans we all have is our smartphones.
A study done by the researchers from Loughborough University and University of Iceland in Reykjavik shows that people are getting emotionally attached to their smartphones.
“Smartphones are creating a huge ripple in the pond of human behavior and it is important that, as smartphones develop, we continue to study the way they affect behavior, emotions and emotional attachments,” said Tom Page from Loughborough University Design School.
The launch of devices such as the Apple iPhone in January 2007 gave users a sort of mini computer in their pockets.
Thorsteinsson and Page wanted to know whether attachment to one's smartphone has a serious emotional element. Researchers used a questionnaire given to 205 smartphone users in the age range 16 to 64 years from the UK, Hong Kong, China, Canada, Australia, Peru and the US and a case study to draw a preliminary conclusion.
Smartphones play a huge and important role in our today's life as they not only make calls and send text messages, they provide immediate access to the internet, social media and network systems, e-mail accounts, video clips, music files and a vast array of phone-based software apps. Without these things nobody can imagine their lives to be like what they are now.
It is the ease with which smartphones can be used, the need to keep them close to us, the ability to pour one's life out into the apps and networks to which it connects and the customization and personalisation options of a smartphone that bring emotional baggage to ownership, researchers said.
For teenagers, journalists, business users and other professionals, it is even considered something of a social faux pas, a sign of being inept not to have a constant connection with the outside world via one’s smart phone regardless of the circumstances one finds oneself at any given time.
A study done by the researchers from Loughborough University and University of Iceland in Reykjavik shows that people are getting emotionally attached to their smartphones.
“Smartphones are creating a huge ripple in the pond of human behavior and it is important that, as smartphones develop, we continue to study the way they affect behavior, emotions and emotional attachments,” said Tom Page from Loughborough University Design School.
The launch of devices such as the Apple iPhone in January 2007 gave users a sort of mini computer in their pockets.
Thorsteinsson and Page wanted to know whether attachment to one's smartphone has a serious emotional element. Researchers used a questionnaire given to 205 smartphone users in the age range 16 to 64 years from the UK, Hong Kong, China, Canada, Australia, Peru and the US and a case study to draw a preliminary conclusion.
Smartphones play a huge and important role in our today's life as they not only make calls and send text messages, they provide immediate access to the internet, social media and network systems, e-mail accounts, video clips, music files and a vast array of phone-based software apps. Without these things nobody can imagine their lives to be like what they are now.
It is the ease with which smartphones can be used, the need to keep them close to us, the ability to pour one's life out into the apps and networks to which it connects and the customization and personalisation options of a smartphone that bring emotional baggage to ownership, researchers said.
For teenagers, journalists, business users and other professionals, it is even considered something of a social faux pas, a sign of being inept not to have a constant connection with the outside world via one’s smart phone regardless of the circumstances one finds oneself at any given time.
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