The Psychology of Phubbing

The Psychology of Phubbing

seminar room framed in the challenge challenge ICS 2022-2023 "Young people, relationships and psychological well-being" about what happens to your child, partner, family member, friend and colleague when you ignore them and look at your cell phone.

 
Synopsis:
Next time you enter a café (not in Spain), the chance you will see most people engaged with their smartphones, 'phubbing', instead of paying attention to each other is very high. The research indicates that phubbing is associated with profound detrimental effects on the well-being of those ignored in favor of the smartphone. In this seminar, I will address the following question: What happens to your [1] child, [2] partner, [3] family member, [4] friend, and [5] colleague when you ignore them in favor of your smartphone? In addition, I will also discuss the root causes of phubbing (the triggers), followed by a broader discussion of other effects of phubbing. I will conclude the talk by looking at the role of social norms in explaining the act of phubbing beyond what triggers the behavior as I pick the audience's mind on what will happen to Spanish society if phubbing becomes normalised.

speaker:
Yeslam Al-Saggaf (researcher visitor at the ICS of Charles Sturt University, Australia).