The speaker refers to Smartphones as, 'A consumer communications device of _______________ _______________ style awesomeness.'
The speaker says, 'they may have also ensnared one other important thing inside these impressive little handsets: the human ________________.
The speaker says, 'I've spoken a great deal about the dangers of Facebook and social media, specifically how it _________________ and replaces real face-to-face human interaction, leads to social isolation and depression.'
The speaker says, 'a growing phenomenon is _______________ ______________, which studies have demonstrated as born out of the fact that users tend to display only one side of themselves online, which is to say an unrealistically positive and overly happy side.'
The speaker says that some users who look at Facebook very often may _______________ the happiness of other people.
The speaker says, 'One alarming finding is that addicted users tend to experience a similar _____________ in their brain when receiving notifications, as a gambler does when they place a bet.'
The speaker says, 'Smartphone addiction is particularly ________________'.
The speaker says, 'That _____________ you get to check your text messages, emails or social media accounts is very common...'
The speaker says, 'and a quick glance around in a social setting like a restaurant, park or pub, and you'll soon be made aware that it's reached ______________ levels.'
The speaker says, 'People seem to be talking to each other less and communicating with each other through their ______________ instead.'
The speaker says, 'It's when you combine social media into the mix you've got something entirely more sinister, a means by which users can not only ____________ ____________ into an emotionally and mentally detached observation mode that removes them from the moment...'
The speaker says, '...but one in which they can focus entirely on _______________ and seek the validation of others...'
The speaker says, 'I personally find it a repulsive and sickening development that so many people attending things like concerts or sports events to do nothing more than take and upload pictures and tweet about how great a time they're having, when in truth they're simply not fully _______________ or engaged with the spectacle at all.'
The speaker says, 'It seems Smartphones make people spectators and not participants in their own lives, as the moment becomes something to merely _____________ and not truly ______________.'
The speaker says, 'But more than that, I find it most troubling in terms of what Smartphones do to __________________.'
The speaker says, 'With the advent of social media the word ‘friend’ has become a ______________ ______________.'
The speaker says, 'You know what's __________________? Chat forums were designed to allow like-minded people to develop friendships not just online but also in the real world.'
The speaker says, 'And now technology seems to be allowing us to keep people at a ____________ and turn real world friendships into virtual ones.'
The speaker says, 'In short, people don't have to _______________ emotionally and physically to a friendship in a ________________ way anymore.'
The speaker says, 'Face-to-face interaction in a social setting seems to be a ________________ means by which to communicate.'