Addicted to your phone?

Common, David (journalist). Smart, Virginia (producer). Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Added Author). Journalist: Common, David. (Cast).

Summary: Are you addicted to your smartphone? Companies are using science and artificial intelligence to keep you hooked, but tech insiders reveal to the Marketplace team how you can curb the urge to constantly stay connected. Plus they track a family's device usage over several months and reveal the staggering results — from the eight-year-old son, the teenage daughters to the parents. And reporter David Common tests how his cognitive efficiency changes when he hears that familiar "ping" on his cellphone.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (22 min 36 sec)
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videorecording
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Publisher: Toronto : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2017

Content descriptions

General Note:	From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access restricted to Curio.ca subscribers
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Producer: Smart, Virginia.
Participant or Performer Note:	Journalist: Common, David.
System Details Note:	Available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://curio.ca/en/video/addicted-to-your-phone-16706/
Language Note:	In English. Closed-captioned.
Source of Description Note:	Source of description from Canadian Broadcasting Corporation