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What Can We Do To Crack The Phone Habit Or Is It Too Late?

Studies have shown how the addiction to social media and the smartphone is just as equivalent to ...

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08.30 12 Aug 2021


What Can We Do To Crack The Phone Habit Or Is It Too Late?


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08.30 12 Aug 2021


Studies have shown how the addiction to social media and the smartphone is just as equivalent to crack cocaine. But is it too late to try and crack the habit of the smartphone and has the pandemic escalated our attraction to social media even further? For more on this, we spoke to Keith Falkiner, Assistant Editor of The Irish Daily Star.

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