Phubbing

Hello World!
I hope you are well and that you are not phubbing. What is phubbing? It is essentially choosing to interact with your phone in the presence of another person, instead of that person. We have all done it. We have all had it done to us. It is not just annoying, but research (yay Science!) shows that it is harmful.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phubbing

https://time.com/5216853/what-is-phubbing/

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jasp.12506

It is ironic how something meant to connect us can make us feel more isolated.

It is also an example of careers in science! Love technology? Interested in Behavior? You can combine those in the study of human systems integration, human factors, or human machine interface studies. You can read a wide variety of interesting articles detailing the interaction between humans and computers- from our buying influences to our reward mechanisms to our feelings of inadequacy when we check in on social media too often.  https://www.journals.elsevier.com/computers-in-human-behavior

It isn't all bad of course, there are positive outcomes as well, from improving the physical interaction elements (making things easier and more enjoyable to use, read, comprehend, hear, etc.) to the creation of something beautiful and useful, there are plenty of things to be studied, learned, understood, and applied! https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01449290500330331

I hope you have a wonderful phub free day!

:)