UHLB 2122

ACADEMIC COMMUNICATION SKILLS

SECTION 43

TITLE :
GADGET ADDICTION: THE PROBLEMS AND
THE SOLUTIONS

LECTURER : DR YASMIN HANAFI ZAID

GROUP 8

NO NAME MATRIC NUMBER

1. ABRAHAM LOH TZE LUNG A20EC0001
2. ANG WAN XIN A20EC0015
3. LEE QING REN A20EC0065
4. LOW JIA YING A20EC0070

DATE OF SUBMISSION: 01/06/2021

 Technologies have been developed very well in these few years. Many kinds of
innovation of technologies, especially gadgets have been invented to provide conveniences to
humans in daily life. However, everything has an advantage and disadvantage. Smart gadgets
do have a lot of advantages to help us, yet, we will eventually get ourselves backfired by
gadget addiction, which begins to be one of the main issues in the new era of digital
technology. What is gadget addiction actually? Kumar & Sherkhane (2018) explains that the
term “gadget” denotes handy electronic devices. Meanwhile, the term “addiction” means the
inability to restrain oneself within the limits, craving, diminished recognition of surroundings
and interpersonal relationships and the abnormality of emotion. In a simple word, gadget
addiction is a mental inability to restrain the cravings for gadgets to surf the Internet, scroll
through social media apps and play MOBA games. According to Hümeyra Kutluoğlu
Karayel (2019), there are many types of gadget addiction, such as game addiction, social
media addiction, television addiction and online shopping addiction. These types of gadget
addiction become more common in society, especially among youngsters, when digital
technology dominates the world gradually.
Every why has an answer wherefore and this same goes to gadget addiction. Gadget
addiction will happens due to some causes. According to Lauran (2019), gadget addiction is
caused by the influence of friends and the expression of other addictions. Friends are our
sincere partners whenever we are in school or society. The behaviour of a person will affect
his or her friends’ behaviour. When a person starts to become addicted to gadgets, in order to
maintain the friendship, his or her friends may follow the actions or habits. Moreover, one
may also be addicted to gadgets due to underlying mental health conditions such as
depression and anxiety (Survana, 2020). Nowadays, people usually face some mental health
problems, which are most probably caused by the stress in life. They will do what is possible
to regulate the stress accumulated in life. In the era of digital technology, the easiest way to
release stress is having fun via gadgets. They start playing games, watching dramas or novels
and many others in order to release their negative energy in their minds. Gradually, they start
to become addicted to gadgets. Adolescents are more vulnerable to be addicted to gadgets as
they are born in the era full of digital technologies. They acquire the knowledge on how to
operate gadgets and are able to utilize them fully. However, they lack the mental ability to
control their spending time with gadgets and thus, become addicted to gadgets. Problems
related to gadget addiction will eventually arise. Therefore, in this article, we will discuss the
problems related to gadget addiction and the solutions to solve the problems identified.
VERY GOOD INTRODUCTION