COMPASSION

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— Albert Schweitzer

1/11/2011

Experts Recommend Tech Detoxes to Help Us Unplug From Devices and Reconnect With Those We Love - WSJ.com

Experts Recommend Tech Detoxes to Help Us Unplug From Devices and Reconnect With Those We Love - WSJ.com

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10 Signs Your Devices Are Hurting Your Relationships:
1. You can't get through a meal without emailing, texting or talking on the phone.
2. You look at more than one screen at a time, checking email while watching television, for example.
3. You regularly email or text, other than for something urgent, while your partner or another family member is with you.
4. You sleep with your phone near you, and you check your email or texts while in bed.
5. You log onto your computer while in bed.
6. You have had an argument with a loved one about your use of technology.
7. You text or email while driving.
8. You no longer go outside for fun.
9. You never turn off your phone.
10. When you spend time with your family—a meal, a drive, hanging out—each person is looking at a different screen.


What We're Doing Online

Online activities that Americans engaged in during November 2010, ranked according to the total number of minutes spent and the percentage of online time. Nielsen Co. calculated the ranking based on a panel of 200,000 people age 2 and older, some randomly selected and some recruited online.
RankCategoryTotal Minutes (in billions)Share of Time
1Social Networks/Blogs63.523.8%
2Online Games26.19.8
3Email19.97.5
4Portals10.94.1
5Videos/Movies*10.74.0
Source: Nielsen Co.
* Refers to time spent on video-specific and movie-related websites only. Doesn't include video streamed on other types of sites (i.e. sports or news sites).
—Email Elizabeth Bernstein at bonds@wsj.com or follow her column atwww.Facebook.com/EBernsteinWSJ.







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