By: Iker Morillas, Yvet Maeso, Sheila Ruiz, Christian Moral, Pol Llauradó, Alex Entrena
This addiction is like a disease. Everyone wants a mobile phone or a console, from the biggest to the smallest. The screen is the biggest addiction in the world which makes you not spend enough time with your beloved ones. The mobile phone can be good for entertainment, but not all the time. You can have a mobile phone for security, for online resources, for entertainment, or for socializing.
For the latter, we have social media, an online place where everyone can participate to create content or see others’ content. Some people install them because they feel they need them. After all, almost everyone popular has a social media profile. On the one hand, it’s not dangerous; it’s only a place to make content and see others’. For a lot of teenagers, it is a dream to be a famous influencer. But on the other hand, it might not be that good. For example, inappropriate content. It is usually found in social networks like Instagram (because they don’t censor the content).
Also, video games are addictive. Most of them are created with this objective. Why? People keep buying more and more video games, because they are so addicted to them. The people who create video games don’t care about the public’s health or time, they only want money. They are created for all the family, and they look very cute and educational, so people don’t think they are too dangerous. Addiction can be serious, but most people don’t realize the dangers of them. Most of the time, people get aggressive to their friends and family, they can stop socializing because they only want to play video games or spend money on virtual games. Some kids steal their parent’s credit cards to buy virtual items. Another danger is the online mode, which lets you play with other people around the world. It seems there is no danger, but some people scam others, so they don’t have to spend money on the game. Also, you can find strangers, and they can get your personal data. And despite everything, they are always SUPER expensive (and not including the consoles!).
And finally, we have TV programs. They’re not as addictive as social media, but nowadays there are still people addicted to Cable TV because there are a lot of channels for seeing anything you want. Some people get addicted to TV because they want to always be informed of the latest news. Then there are the channels that make 5 or 7-hours marathons for keeping the audience on. People get very addicted to them. Finally, we have Netflix; a paying program that gives you the option to see almost every movie you want (including exclusives) for a few euros a month. There’s not only Netflix, we also have Amazon Prime Video or HBO.
In conclusion, we have to be more responsible with the technologies not to get addicted. Remember that they can have a lot of advantages, but only if we make a good use of them.
