▶ Your Answer : Some people think that mobile phone have given human more freedom. However, in my opinion, mobile phone has actually entrapped our lives in many ways. This is because nowadays, people are becoming more and more obsessed with mobile phone. To begin with, we are seeing increasing number of people who are suffering from smartphone addiction. Many people have shown symptoms of anxiety without their mobile phones. According to a study carried out in 2009 at the Korea University, almost 50% of people in their 20’s and 30’s showed serious level of anxiety without mobile phone. In the study, a total 1,000 young adults were instructed to be in a room without mobile phone and wifi. After an hour, more than 50% of people answered that they felt nervous and anxious. Moreover, 10% of people responded that they even trembled and broke into a cold sweat due to severe anxiety. On top of that, mobile phone has made works to disrupt our daily lives. Nowadays, most of office workers are always stay connected with co-workers even after their works. Bosses and colleagues can give their junior workers tasks easily through mobile messengers or E-mail whenever they want. For example, when I worked at my previous company, my boss made a group chatting room to make us freely discuss our tasks and projects. He sent us messages regarding our tasks whenever he wanted, which was really stressful to other team members. When one of our team members didn’t answer his massage, my boss was quite upset and blamed him about not being professional. To sum up, mobile phone have actually made our lives inconvenient rather than given us freedom. |