INTRODUCTION
First of all, have you ever experienced or noticed yourself can’t live without any mobile devices? If yes, that’s what we called it as ‘Technology Addiction” that will be included in this magazine ! TechnologyAddiction is when someone become overly dependent on mobile devices or online activities such as smartphones, social media, video games or the internet itself.
Furthermore, people with technology addiction especially students may lose focus in class, ignore school or homework because of technology use without any control.
Although technology itself isn’t bad, too much screen times can lead to mental, physical or stress, isolation and poor sleep quality.
Le’s diving into this magazine to show you the world of TechnologyAddiction!
EDITORIAL MESSAGE
HYE EVERYONE!
First and foremost, I would like to praise andAllah SWT for giving me the chance and strength for me to face the hardships while doing this magazine. Without his blessing I will never manage to publish this magazine smoothly.
Let’s be real our phones are basically our best friends because we actually use them everyday in our daily lifes. But have you ever noticed how one quick scroll can turn into hours without us realizing ?
This magazine will show you about the issue of TechnologyAddiction which is our love-hate relationship with screens. We’re diving into how technology makes our life easier but also can mess with our focus, sleep and our social life.
Moreover, tech should make our life better, not to take over our lifes.
So, grab your favourite drink now and put your phone in silent for a little while and enjoy every slides of this magazine. Who knows you might scroll a little differerent after this !
WHY THE TECH ADDICTION ISSUE MATTERS?
• Technology addiction is increasing because digital life is connected in everything from education to entertainment. This article will highlight more research and intervention programs are needed in the future especially for youth.
• There’s so many suggested preventive steps in reducing this issue of tech addiction.
Firstly, by limiting the screen time. Secondly, it’s important for parents to enable their parental involvement and guidance. Last but not least, try reducing the number of devices used by daily.
TYPES OF TECH ADDICTION
The most common types that will be highlighted in this article are included:
• Internet addiction
• Social networking site addiction
• Smartphone addiction
• Game addiction
• Mobile email addiction
For your information, all these addictions are common especially among adolescents and young adults who use the technology without any control.
INFOGRAPHIC OF TECHNOLOGY ADDICTION STATISTIC !
CURRENT ISSUES OF TECH ADDICTION
Amajor study (published in JAMA) found that compulsive, “addictive” use of phones, social media, and video games was strongly associated with worse mental health outcomes in children
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those reporting such issues
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a small proportion of the population supporting them should be taken seriously.”
Mostly teenagers who show signs of being addicted to social media, mobile phones and video games are at greater risk of suicidal behaviour mental problems according to research.
For mobile phones, about half of the children was reported showing high addictive used without any control.
For social media, 41% of children had high or increasing addictive used.
More than 40% of the youths had a high addictive use for the video games.
To sum up, the total amount of time spentonsocialmedia,mobilephones and video games
CONCLUSION REFERENCES
Causes and Consequences of TechnologyAddiction
Based on Uslu, O. (2022)
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/18/teena gers-social-media mobile-phones-video-games-mentalhealth?
Technology addiction’s contribution to mental wellbeing: The positive effect of online social capital Kate Magsamen-Conrada,⇑, China Billotte-Verhoffb, Kathryn Greenec (2014)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/computers-inhuman-behavior
TechnologyAddictions: Social Media, Online Gaming, and More
( https://www.psychiatry.org/patientsfamilies/technology-addictions-social-media and-more
To sum up all of this facts, TechnologyAddiction has becoming a concern especially among the young generations who find it difficult to control the use of technology nowadays.
Eventhough technology bring so much benefits but using it without any control can effect our mental health and our daily lifes without us realizes. Last but not least, always keep in mind that the key is balance. Always learning to enjoy technology without letting it to take over our lifes.
In this modern era, we need to setting boundaries and practicing healthier digital habits so we all can create a more positive and mindful relationship with the digital world.
