How People Consume

their Time Using

Mobile Devices
REPORTED BY:
MENCHIE BALAHAY, BEED-1
In my report I will be explaining on how much people
uses their mobile devices and with a help of some
research data we will understand more, it may help us
on controlling the screen time we intake because to
matter how amazing technology is there should always
be limitation because too much of anything will always
be a bad and dangerous thing.
Based on the research survey of somScore ages
18 and above spend two hours and 51 minutes on
their smart/mobile phones every day. But the
report made based on the survey on 2012 – 2018
by eMarketer on april 2016 says that ages 18 and
above spent 4 hours and 40 minutes on their
smartphones.
Still these surveys and reports on the textbooks
we are now using are inconsistent because these
days even young people aged 5 are spending
more time looking on the screens of their gadgets
rather than playing outside.
For example, on the 80’s and 90’s e-mails are
rather popular on sending messages to other
people, but as it replaced the post offices on
sending mails it too has been replaced by more
convenient way of communication.
 Nowadays we only use e-mail as a mean of
sending important documents online because
mostly communications are held elsewhere,
people now uses the likes of Facebook, Snapchat,
Instagram, Twitter, Tiktok, etc. in conversing on
real time. They even have video call on which you
can see the person you are having a conversation
with as if you were talking personally up front.
 As a result of this on growing technological
advantages more and more people of all ages are
taking up more time spent on their gadgets, not
just 2 or 4 hours because some are even doing it
almost 24/7 specially the gamers whose whole
world seems to evolve on their screens and has
taken comfort on the digital world rather on the
real world.
 These results today are very alarming because
most people cannot control themselves on how
much time they are supposed to spend on their
devices and this can cause an addiction and may
even result on having a medical condition like
anxiety and depression.
 To create awareness these surveys are conducted and
introduced to the public. So I would like to encourage
you, my fellow students to make a difference and let us
spread awareness. That too much of everything is
dangerous. Let us take our time to appreciate the world
around us not just on the screens of our mobile devices.
 THANK YOU FOR
LISTENING
HAVE A GOOD DAY!