{"id":11098,"date":"2024-06-01T20:56:49","date_gmt":"2024-06-02T03:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/?p=11098"},"modified":"2024-06-01T20:59:30","modified_gmt":"2024-06-02T03:59:30","slug":"mobile-culture-and-instant-gratification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/2024\/06\/01\/mobile-culture-and-instant-gratification\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Culture and Instant Gratification"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The article attached, found on Medium.com discusses how mobile culture, smartphones, and social media have contributed to the rise of &#8220;instant gratification culture&#8221;(Flex, 2023). Discussing the role of dopamine and reward-seeking behaviour versus delayed gratification and long-term happiness, mobile culture and social media have had a significant impact on impulse control and life satisfaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@neonmaxima\/the-rise-of-instant-gratification-culture-how-smartphones-and-social-media-contribute-33bfa3a43ab4#:~:text=Smartphones%20and%20social%20media%20hijack,us%20crave%20more%20of%20it.\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@neonmaxima\/the-rise-of-instant-gratification-culture-how-smartphones-and-social-media-contribute-33bfa3a43ab4#:~:text=Smartphones%20and%20social%20media%20hijack,us%20crave%20more%20of%20it.\">The Rise of Instant Gratification Culture: How Smartphones and Social Media Contribute<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Flex, A. (2023, August 21). <em>The rise of instant gratification culture: How smartphones and social media contribute<\/em>. Medium. https:\/\/medium.com\/@neonmaxima\/the-rise-of-instant-gratification-culture-how-smartphones-and-social-media-contribute-33bfa3a43ab4#:~:text=Smartphones%20and%20social%20media%20hijack,us%20crave%20more%20of%20it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How Smartphones Sabotage Your Brain&#039;s Ability to Focus | WSJ\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ig6I3prnlnE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Wall Street Journal. (2019, May 20). <em>How smartphones sabotage your brain\u2019s ability to focus | WSJ<\/em>. YouTube. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ig6I3prnlnE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Smartphones: It\u2019s Time to Confront Our Global Addiction | Dr. Justin Romano | TEDxOmaha\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2ldLwkj4dRc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Romano, J. (2023, January 26). <em>Smartphones: It\u2019s time to confront our global addiction | dr. Justin Romano | tedxomaha<\/em>. YouTube. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2ldLwkj4dRc<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watching the previous two videos about the brain&#8217;s ability to focus and cell phone addiction, it&#8217;s no wonder that more and more students are having a hard time concentrating. Teachers and parents are struggling to connect and maintain attention in and out of the classroom, and we are seeing an increased number of diagnoses of ADHD. Could those be connected? Does this shift in mobile culture, centred around instant gratification, be the cause or a symptom of ADHD in adolescents and adults?<\/p>\n\n\n\nLoading\u2026\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The article attached, found on Medium.com discusses how mobile culture, smartphones, and social media have contributed to the rise of &#8220;instant gratification culture&#8221;(Flex, 2023). 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