Young asian woman on bed late at night texting using mobile phone sleepy and tired in internet communication overuse and smartphone addiction. Wife using smartphone waiting husband with boring emotion; Shutterstock ID 768850765; Purchase Order: Arnaud POURPOINT; Client/Licensee: Fil /plateforme internationale
I REFER to the opinion piece “Being a slave to the smartphone” (The Star, Dec 8). While in that article the author described his personal experience with smartphone use, which I believe is widely shared by many working adults, I would like to draw attention to the worrying trend of smartphone or Internet addiction among school-going adolescents.
An Internet user survey conducted by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) in 2016 found that among all respondents, students spent the longest time online – at an average of 21 hours per week.
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