Hooked on handsets
Ananova [UK]
07/24/06
Eight out of 10 adults are so addicted to their mobiles they can't turn them off during sex. The majority of adults questioned said they could not get through a day without their phone. Social anthropologist Kate Fox said: 'They have restored our sense of community and provided a highly effective antidote to the pressures and alienation of modern life.' Most of the 18 to 40 age group said a mobile has improved their lives reports the Mirror. A quarter of the 16,500 questioned said they would feel isolated if they lost their mobile and nine per cent said would be unable to carry on normally. [editor's note: This may well be the most depressing story in today's news - MLS]
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1926294.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
07/24/06
Eight out of 10 adults are so addicted to their mobiles they can't turn them off during sex. The majority of adults questioned said they could not get through a day without their phone. Social anthropologist Kate Fox said: 'They have restored our sense of community and provided a highly effective antidote to the pressures and alienation of modern life.' Most of the 18 to 40 age group said a mobile has improved their lives reports the Mirror. A quarter of the 16,500 questioned said they would feel isolated if they lost their mobile and nine per cent said would be unable to carry on normally. [editor's note: This may well be the most depressing story in today's news - MLS]
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1926294.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 25. Jul, 15:33
