 |
スクリプトは事前提出されたものですので、ビデオの音声とは異なる場合があります。 |
 |
Is A Cell Phone Your Boss or Your Partner?
National Institute of Technology, Kagoshima College
A: Hello, everyone. My name is Chisa Muroya.B: My name is Yui Maeno.
C: My name is Yumi Tanaka. All three of us major in Information Engineering.
A: Recently, televisions say that cell phones have done harm to many people because they are too dependent on them. I'm very sorry to hear that. They were invented to make people's lives convenient, based on information engineering we study every day. Are cell phones really bad tools? Why don't you consider the relationship between you and your cell phone today?
C: ”Being Dependent on Cell Phones” Let's define them as “DCP”.
B: First, Let's check if you are DCP or not. Yumi will read you the checklist. Let's see how many of these apply to you.
C: No1. Often check your cell phone while eating.
No2. Hate to go to places where there's no reception.
No3. Often concentrate on it without talking to the person in front of you.
No4. Have ringxiety.
No5. Use SNS like Facebook, Twitter, and Line more than 5 times a day.
No6. Think the human relationship will disappear, if SNS does not exist.
No7. Often check your cell phone while you're with someone or during meetings.
No8. Continue to use it even if you know it is a waste of time.
B: How many “yeses” did you have? If you have more than 5, then you may be DCP.
A: Next, let me show you the present conditions of Japan. This is the survey conducted by the Ministry of International Affairs and Communications. The purple line represents smart phones. According to the percentage of smart phones to the total of mobile gadgets, many people already have smart phones.
Next, this graph indicates the utilization of the internet. The internet usage rate of from 13 to 59-year-old is over 90%. We can understand the spread of smart phones has increased the possibilities of the DCP among us.
And, this graph indicates the percentage of the dependence for each item. The percentage of people severely dependent on the cell phone is small, but the percentage of people on the point of being dependent on the cell phone is more than half of the total. Considering a great number of people use the internet with the smart phones, it is true that the DCP is becoming prevalent in Japan.
B: Now, I'll show you about our college's current status. We conducted a questionnaire to all students and teachers. We asked “Your phone, your boss or your partner?” in the questionnaire. The result is the percentage of people who answered “boss” was 5%, and “partner” was 50%. However, is it true? We added the same checklist showed earlier in the questionnaire and researched how many people were DCP. The blue area indicates the percentage of healthy people. The red area indicates the ones judged as DCP. And, the green area indicates the ones judged as hidden DCP. The hidden DCP means people whose check number was less than five, but answered yes in the last question, “Do you continue to use cell phone even if you know it is a waste of time?” In fact, it is said that the person who checked this needs to take professional advice. It is more fearful that about the half DCP or hidden DCP people answered “The phone is a partner!”
C: By the way, do you know “Digital Detox”? This is the treatment of the DCP that we asked in the questionnaire. But only a few people know about it.
A: Here, we experimented with Yumi to research the effect of the Digital Detox. To tell the truth, we found the surprising fact from the questionnaire. Yumi, our teammate, was suffering from the serious DCP. This is the picture at that time. She loved her smart phone and the internet, so that it was no wonder that she suffered from the serious DCP.
B: So, we suggested her to be the subject of the Digital Detox. We chose one of the easiest ways in the Digital Detox. We had her turn off her phone and keep it in her bag while she was at school. She was experimented for three weeks, but after she finished the Digital Detox, she changed very clearly. Yumi, how did you feel after you actually tried it?
C: At first, I was very nervous about getting the experiment Digital Detox. Before the experiment, as soon as the break time started, I took out my smart phone and checked received messages. Then, I looked at the status updates of my friends' SNS, or was being absorbed in playing games. Like this, I was idling my time away at school. So, when I started the Digital Detox, I wondered how I should get in touch with my friends and teachers. As I couldn't play games, I was afraid the break time might be very boring. It showed me that I was depending on my smart phone after all. However, by starting the Digital Detox, I felt I was released from being depended on something. Since the Digital Detox started, I have worked on homework during the break time which I thought would be boring without a smart phone. I realized I can use my time wisely. Using or not using a smart phone has its own good points. This experience has taught me a very important lesson. By deciding when to use my smart phone and using necessary functions only, I'll get along with it.
A: There are many useful contents in the mobile gadgets. For example, mail, calling, organizing schedules, and controlling our health. However, if you react immediately to the cell phone, and check it whenever you have spare time, it seems to be like your boss. Using it at your own pace, it will be your good partner. In other words, a mobile gadget itself is not bad. The cell phone can be either a good instrument or a bad one, depending on how you use it.
B: Lastly I'll show you important things to make your phone your partner.
1. Sleeping with your phone out of your reach.
2. Trying to remove the unlimited data plan.
3. Not keeping your phone in your pocket.
4. Trying to spend some time away from your phone.
A: Finally, Yumi, is your phone your boss or your partner?
C: Of course, my partner.
A: I'm very relieved to hear that. Our presentation should be significant for you if you use your phone not as your boss but your partner. Thank you.
