The "Media Club" addresses smartphone addiction
No cell phone? Unthinkable for the «Smartphone Generation.» Young people are connected around the clock; they chat, play games, and post updates. Older people warn against online addiction and the dumbing down of society. Young people ask in return: What’s the problem? On Tuesday’s «Medienclub,» Franz Fischlin discusses cell phones with his guests.
The fact that young people are constantly staring at their cell phones and online is a recurring source of controversy in families, schools and apprenticeships. Parents, teachers and employers are unsettled: Is this normal, or are the children already addicted? How should they react, with controls or even a ban? The boys, on the other hand, don't see the problem. They organize their entire lives with their cell phones, they are their most important means of communication. A recent study shows that for 80 percent of Swiss children and young people, cell phone use is unproblematic, but for 20 percent, the behavior is classified as risky to problematic. The experts agree that more media literacy is needed to be able to use cell phones properly - not only for young people, but also for adults.
In the "Media Club" on Tuesday at 22:25, presenter Franz Fischlin joins the discussion:
- Samuel Scheidegger, apprentice, 15, and heavy cell phone user
- Larissa Hauser, teacher and psychologist, addiction prevention, City of Winterthur
- Daniel Süss, Professor of Media Psychology ZHAW
- Angelika Schneider, Therapeutic Director of Selhofen Addiction Clinic Burgdorf
