Jeff JarvisJan 3, 2024

"There is no standard diagnosis for ‘phone addiction’," says the Guardian. Yeah, because it doesn't fucking exist. Bullshit #MoralPanic.

Everyone is on their phones. But is it really phone addiction we’re experiencing? https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/ng-interactive/2024/jan/03/what-is-phone-addiction-definition-science-debate?CMP=share_btn_tw

Everyone is on their phones. But is it really phone addiction we’re experiencing?

There is no standard diagnosis for ‘phone addiction’, and a debate rages about whether there should be. But will medicalizing a behavior help or harm those suffering from it?

The Guardian
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@jeffjarvis too easy to communicate. addicted to social interaction
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@jeffjarvis used to be the only chance a member of the general public had a chance at so@wide an audience was getting in the air at a call in radio show or having a letter to the editor published. the world now can be fully connected in the true graph theory sense. Previously inconceivable.
Jan 3, 2024 at 9:05pmWeb