(Extra Blogging) Addiction 1 : SmartPhone - Shim Yun Hui 심윤희

The issues raised      Recently the concept of addiction is beyond the concept of drug and substance addiction like gambling game, it is spreading the concept of a smartphone with the same addiction behavior. Due to the Internet, smart phones are rapidly evolving media regarding the conduct cutting-edge IT industry is that addiction has caused new problems. Until now, the IT sector development in Korea was brilliantly done. In particular, Korea has shown the face of IT powerhouse over the world using broadband wireless station 1. But at the same time, the rapid spread of smartphones and high accessibility on the Internet has caused serious problems for the conduct addiction in vulnerable groups, including young people.    In addition, the smartphone is simply a computer, cell phone, mp3, video players, and has a lot of features. In particular, the advantage of time to get the desired information easily from anywhere, has received wholehearted love because of their many advantages, including modern entertainment. The end of 2012, smartphone subscribers in Korea is 20 million (the Korea Communications Commission, 2011, 11) exceeded. With a population of about half of the people currently using a smartphone, it will live in the so-called 'smart times'. Subway, bus, coffee shops and restaurants, even going is walking the streets, even while driving in the car, we hand this smartphone has raised.   Naver Image : http://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?docId=2109946&cid=51011&categoryId=51011   Side effect    Smartphones are causing poisoning that has all the same features of the mobile phones and the Internet tolerance, and impulse control disorders such as difficulty of withdrawal symptoms and everyday life. In addition to the rapid spread of smartphones and the ease in use and cause the device with a number of side effects, and thus the severity of the recent problems with the concept of "smart phone addiction 'has emerged.    Examples of various side effects due to excessive use of the smart phone can be easy to access all around us. Examples frequent watching a video with your smartphone on the streets and even dangerous look careless and often seen crossing the road without traffic lights, the generation of smart phones while driving accident. From kindergarten to high school students suffer from stress admissions can be found in the game missed the appearance of smart phone applications often, many students busy using your smartphone can not concentrate in class.   Preventive    Smart phones and now there are tens of simply suppressing its use as one of the most important instruments to give convenience to modern man. Therefore, the time and space to use the smartphone to deliberately restricted, repetitive or compulsive use, due to the body does not have to be always good to check. In particular, the parents will take the time to seriously talk about the hazards of vulnerable children and the over-use smart phones to smart phone addiction. Direct exchanges between people more than anything else, through the day-to-day relationship to ensure that understand the importance of the conversation, which is the most necessary preventive measures in the smartphone addiction.