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World SMS mania hits Russian teenagers
This article is really funny (well, at least from where I sit), a must read from Russian newspaper Pravda describing "SMS dependence as serious and real disease, which exerts a very negative influence on mental abilities". My favorite part is where "the operators are blamed for attempting to infect users with de desire to SMS, to fill their pockets" and "texting communication ousts normal human contacts". Marvellous! Excerpts: "While cellular operators are counting money in the bank, psychologists say that cellular phones have generated a new epidemic in the whole world - the SMS addiction. Professional psychologists already offer their services in connection with the widespread SMS-mania. Little is known about this side of the cellular communication mania in Russia, although the SMS-addiction has laid foundation to several scientific works in the West. Specialists say that a big fan of SMS messages does not perceive them as a way of communication - they become a whole environment for such individuals. More importantly, a sick person may not even suspect himself of having psychological disorder. German experts say that not less than 380 thousand Germans are suffering from the SMS addiction. The short message service dependence is a serious and real disease, which exerts a very negative influence on mental abilities of a human being. To crown it all, a person may suffer numerous financial problems because of the obsession. There is no profound scientific research of the SMS phenomenon in Russia yet. For the time being, we have a work on the Internet addiction. A theory says that the virtual communication is gathering steam all over the world because people are gradually losing the art of personal communication," Sergei Enikopolov from the Russian scientific center for psychological health said. "Cell operators are trying to "infect" people with the disease, with the help of the short message service. Sending an SMS may seem a good way to get rid of the feeling of loneliness. On the other hand, the texting communication ousts normal human contacts," he added. The cellular market is developing very fast, which increases the number of those, who cannot live a day without an SMS message. According to experts' estimates, Russian people sent over three billion short messages in 2003. The number doubled in 2004; a further increase is expected in 2005." |
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