8 in 10 Americans depend on cellphones

I lost my phone a few days ago for about 10 hours. I'm scared. Not only because I forgot my password. But like most Americans, I have a lot of attachments to my digital accessories.

According to a recent survey by Pew Internet and the American Life Project, mobile phones are an indispensable part of 83% of Americans' lives and are used for immediate acquisition of information, relaxation of boredom, or assistance in emergency situations I will.

As part of the report on "Americans and their mobile phones," Pew interviewed 2,277 adults (mostly arrived at fixed phones, noteworthy) from 26 April to 22 May , And

42% use their mobile phones for entertainment, and 40% really use their mobile phones in an emergency to help them when they are bored.

For us who are crazy about our smartphone, its lack (like my recent fear) is even more serious when you consider the findings of some of this survey: 27 % Of people experienced this In that case, they can not do something without a cell phone because they did something. "

One third (35%) has smartphones, nine out of ten smartphones use smartphones to send text messages and take pictures with mobile phones. Eight out of ten people use mobile phones to browse the web, send photos and videos. Activities such as comparing users other than smartphones and smartphones, accessing Twitter, video chat, and so on are almost exclusive fields of the former.

As with previous Pew Internet mobile usage surveys, SMS and photo capture are the most common use of these devices, with 73% of mobile users participating in these devices.

In this survey, 29% of people temporarily turned off their mobile phones and found that they were taking a break.

One in five people (20%) is irritated because it takes too long to download the mobile phone

At some point in the last 30 days, it is difficult for a tenth (10%) to enter a large amount of text on the phone.

Then this is for mobile phones, 13% of them recognize: pretend to use their phone to avoid dialogue with people around. I did not do it before!

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60% of households offering children mobile phones are between 10 and 11 years old and 20% of families are providing mobile phones to children between 8 and 9 years old. This aged 8 to 11 age group is part of "specific operation" of intellectual development of children. In other words, children have just begun to show concrete inferences logically. For example, Karlie Hay crowned Miss Miss USA in 2016. Eighteen hours after her coronation ceremony, there was evidence of the use of Hay's "N words" tweet, causing international controversy. Miss Universe chose to keep her title, but Hay was still being attacked for quite a while. She used her as a young American teen to promote Internet security and digital citizenship, so that no one would commit the same mistake as her.

Child care in the technology age involves a series of tasks, but there are no clearer things other than monitoring and monitoring methods of mobile phones. The average age for children to use mobile phones is 10 years old. According to a survey published by Nielsen in 2017, 45% of children who purchased mobile phones before 13 years old had mobile phones aged 10 to 12 and 16% were 8 years old. I have a mobile phone. In adolescence, 95% of children can use smartphones. All of these are converted to old phones. In other words, the phone has become commonplace in the past. Elementary and junior high school overnight etc.

Technology is an important part of recent plans, the use of children's mobile phones is growing. Most high school students do not leave home without a cell phone, but children who have just started school also have mobile phones. According to data collected by YouthBeat in the first half of 2012, one out of every ten of six to 10 years old children already have their own cells, YouthBeat is a research focused on technology used by preschool children It is a company. After shooting, the manager of the Ohio Township School reported that the student called their 911 using their cell phone and informed their parents that they are safe. The school is considering updating their plans called ALICE - instead of alerts, locks, notices, counterattacks, evacuation - if the phone plays an important role