Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Nomophobia

  • We use cell phones every day and for a growing number of people staying connected is an obsession. According to a study by SecurEnvoy, a company that deals in mobile phone technology, the fear of being apart from your cell phone is on the rise.
  • (do you have it? - msnbc.com)
  • A lot of us are extremely afraid to be without our cell phones, according to the results of a British survey.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Are you so connected to your cell phone that you are actually afraid of being separated from it? NBCMiami.com reports a new study has found such fear is on the rise and it has a name – Nomophobia, meaning "No mobile phone phobia.
  • (KING-5)
  • LONDON: Guess whats the biggest phobia in the world? Its nomophobia -- the fear of being without your mobile, says a new study which has found that nearly 66 per cent of people are affected by it.
  • (Economic Times)
  • Maybe it is wrong to call this a phobia. For a phobia is generally an irrational fear, and that pang of anxiety when you are without your mobile in this brave new connected world is perhaps an understandable feeling.
  • (the fear of being without your mobile - affects 66 per cent of us - Daily Mail)
  • MSN.com presents some astounding statistics on the number of people with nomophobia (fear of being without their cellphone). As an example, an astounding 75% admit to using their cell phone in the bathroom.
  • (Examiner)
  • But it was that same obesity problem that killed him. Scott Daniels reports. Growing number suffer nomophobia, or fear of being separated from their cell phone. Adam Kuperstein reports.
  • (globalnews.ca)
  • But it was that same obesity problem that killed him. Scott Daniels reports. Growing number suffer nomophobia, or fear of being separated from their cell phone. Adam Kuperstein reports.
  • (globalnews.ca)

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