Phone Addiction
Ideas
-Bus (Travel)
-Lego
-Social issues (exam stress, mental health, social media, civil rights, racism, violence in schools, suicide rates)
-Brexit
-Body image
-Phones (sleep, long hours, social media, discrimination, addiction)
-Lego
-Social issues (exam stress, mental health, social media, civil rights, racism, violence in schools, suicide rates)
-Brexit
-Body image
-Phones (sleep, long hours, social media, discrimination, addiction)
Phones
Secondary Research
The official name for smartphone addiction is Nomophobia, which is to have a fear of not being with your phone.
-People check their phones around 100 times per day.
-40% of people use their phones on the toilet.
-1 in 10 people use their phones in the shower.
-Around half of teens say they're addicted to their phones.
-People feel uneasy without their phones.
-Dangerous on the roads (3 in 4 text while driving) (56% parents check their phones while driving)
-40% of people use their phones on the toilet.
-1 in 10 people use their phones in the shower.
-Around half of teens say they're addicted to their phones.
-People feel uneasy without their phones.
-Dangerous on the roads (3 in 4 text while driving) (56% parents check their phones while driving)
References:
Bankmycell. (2018). Smartphone Addiction Facts & Phone Usage Statistics. Available: https://www.bankmycell.com/blog/smartphone-addiction/#chapter2. Last accessed 9th Oct 2018
Sarah Karnasiewicz . (2018). 7 Scary Things You Never Knew About Cell Phone Addiction. Available: https://www.health.com/anxiety/cell-phone-addiction. Last accessed 9th Oct 2018
Sarah Young. (2018). How to overcome your phone addiction: Five tips to help you stop checking your moblie phone. Available: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/phone-addiction-how-to-overcome-checking-mobile-tips-catherine-price-new-book-a8171761.html. Last accessed 9th Oct 2018.
Bankmycell. (2018). Smartphone Addiction Facts & Phone Usage Statistics. Available: https://www.bankmycell.com/blog/smartphone-addiction/#chapter2. Last accessed 9th Oct 2018
Sarah Karnasiewicz . (2018). 7 Scary Things You Never Knew About Cell Phone Addiction. Available: https://www.health.com/anxiety/cell-phone-addiction. Last accessed 9th Oct 2018
Sarah Young. (2018). How to overcome your phone addiction: Five tips to help you stop checking your moblie phone. Available: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/phone-addiction-how-to-overcome-checking-mobile-tips-catherine-price-new-book-a8171761.html. Last accessed 9th Oct 2018.
Signs of addiction
-People touch their phones on average 2,617 times per day.
-Reaching for your phone first thing in the morning ( 68% of adults sleep next to their phones).
-Phone usage is increasing.
-Becoming anxious when phone is out of sight.
-Others complain that you're on your phone too much.
-Reaching for your phone first thing in the morning ( 68% of adults sleep next to their phones).
-Phone usage is increasing.
-Becoming anxious when phone is out of sight.
-Others complain that you're on your phone too much.
Negatives of using your phone
-Anxiety
-Stress
-Narcissism
-Depression & Loneliness
-Attention deficit disorder (people who have poor concentration)
-Sleep deprivation
-Stress
-Narcissism
-Depression & Loneliness
-Attention deficit disorder (people who have poor concentration)
-Sleep deprivation
People to interview
-Teenagers/Young adults
-Doctors
-Psychologist
-Stuart Dredge (Wrote an article on The Guardian: 'Mobile Phone addiction? Its time to take back control') https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/27/mobile-phone-addiction-apps-break-the-habit-take-back-control
-Doctors
-Psychologist
-Stuart Dredge (Wrote an article on The Guardian: 'Mobile Phone addiction? Its time to take back control') https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/27/mobile-phone-addiction-apps-break-the-habit-take-back-control
Physical effects of addiction
-Digital eye strain
-Neck problems -Increased illnesses due to germs -Car accidents |
PsychGuides. (2018). Signs and Symptons of Cell Phone Addiction. Available: https://www.psychguides.com/guides/signs-and-symptoms-of-cell-phone-addiction/. Last accessed 9th Oct 2018
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Teenagers affected
There are ways parents can reduce or 'control' the amount their children are on their phones but teens can also try their own ways as well.
-Time limits: to stick to an amount of time when you should come off the phone. -Put the phone out of sight: This maybe be difficult for people who are starting to suffer from having Nomophobia but before sleeping its best to keep the phone out of reach, maybe putting it in another room so you don't wake up next to it. Noticeably mental health has increased nowadays, a cause of depression and even suicide is phones, where cyberbully can occur, people spend too much time looking at a screen, social media, Photoshop (where people think they're expected to look a certain way). Reference:
https://www.bankmycell.com/blog/smartphone-addiction/#chapter1 |
Infograph
Primary Research
This was part of the survey to ask teenagers about their phones and how much time they spend on them.
As a result out of 15 people, around 66% have an iPhone. There were also questions asked about do you take your phone into the bathroom or do you prefer to socialise on your phone or in real-life.
As a result out of 15 people, around 66% have an iPhone. There were also questions asked about do you take your phone into the bathroom or do you prefer to socialise on your phone or in real-life.
The question here was 'How old were you when you got your first phone?' the ages do vary a bit but commonly the age seemed to be around 8,9 and 10, but are children nowadays much younger when they get their first phones?
This question was 'What's the longest phone call you've ever had?' this question helps show how long someone could use their phone to talk to someone rather than meeting in person, though depending where the person is having a phone to communicate is very useful and keeps everyone in-touch. The longest time on the survey was 14 hours but a few people were varying around an hour onward.
'How much do you use your phone before sleep?' the answers for this question varied quite a bit, some would say 'a little bit' and others would give an actual time. But everyone in the survey didn't say 'not at all' everyone gave an answer that concludes all 15 people use their phones before bed.
Pitch
Feedback
Do you think that this would be relevant for the British Youth?
The most common answer was Yes, someone's response was "Yes, as Britain is a first world country with mobile phones."
The most common answer was Yes, someone's response was "Yes, as Britain is a first world country with mobile phones."
Is there any locations we could add?
For this we got places such as phone shops, public places (town squares), phone factories and Apple stores. Though some of these ideas are good, we were not able to put down all of the ideas as the replies were either 'no' or not appropriate..
For this we got places such as phone shops, public places (town squares), phone factories and Apple stores. Though some of these ideas are good, we were not able to put down all of the ideas as the replies were either 'no' or not appropriate..
Is there any B-roll we need to add?
People using their phones in different locations (examples: college, towns, shops), people using their phones and people not on their phones, "maybe someone walking up and then going onto their phone straight away".
People using their phones in different locations (examples: college, towns, shops), people using their phones and people not on their phones, "maybe someone walking up and then going onto their phone straight away".
Is there any people we should aim to interview?
People of different ages, phone stores, phone resellers, non-phone users and Apple store manager.
People of different ages, phone stores, phone resellers, non-phone users and Apple store manager.
Did you think that this pitch was good?
"Yes, quite informative and clear"
"It was okay"
"Yes"
"Guess so".
"Yes, quite informative and clear"
"It was okay"
"Yes"
"Guess so".
Evaluation
Comparing our documentary to other professional documentaries, we have quite a lot of similarities then differences but I still find our documentary unique. Just like any other documentary we had interviews and lots of B-roll filmed. Some documentaries have either one interview which is from someone experienced in what the whole documentary is about, while we also have that, the expert we talked to fixes phones and doesn't actually work with selling the phones but he does have an idea about the popular phones and what phones are good or bad because he's always working on a range of phone brands. Though the differences with other documentaries with ours was the lighting, we were going to bring our own lighting but with poor planning we ended up not bringing any and had to deal with the lighting that was in the locations we went to. Other documentary professionals would bring their own lighting and would use different equipment to block out harsh lighting, something that we didn't do. We did have our own microphone, which really helped our audio because some places were so busy, we didn't on the other hand ask if we could go into a quieter room if we found the location too noisy, which would of been better for certain interviews to be much quieter and we would probably have to use music to block out as much as we possibly can.