Cell Phone Addiction at UB? A Preliminary Survey

Abstract

Merriam Webster on line dictionary defines addiction as “a strong and harmful need to regularly have something or do something”. Humans have a need to communicate. When Antonio Meucci invented the telephone in 1849, he expanded our ability to communicate but probably did not suspect that his device would evolve to invade our consciousness and dominate our time and lives. This survey was designed to explore cell phone addiction on the UB campus.