Phubbing, another digital phenomenon that dumbs people

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Stop Phubbing – A Singapore Survey Finds That It’s Hurting Relationships More Than You Think   

http://www.shape.com.sg/lifestyle/stop-phubbing-singapore-survey-finds-hurting-relationships-think/

 

Looking at your phone while you’re out with someone? A survey by Singapore Polytechnic students finds phubbing to be quite damaging to relationships.

 

Phub, what?

In case you haven’t heard, phubbing is the act of snubbing someone in favour of your mobile phone – and it is becoming increasingly common.

The term phubbing (pronounced far-bing) was coined in 2012 as part of a campaign by Macquarie Dictionary, and has been widely used since then, thanks to the growing smartphone usage.

Remember when your friend kept looking at her phone while you were out shopping with her? Or when she couldn’t stop checking for messages over dinner? Whether or not phubbing is justified – perhaps you have an urgent message to reply to, or you’re trying to avoid an awkward conversation – it is considered rude most of the time.

A recent large-scale survey by Singapore Polytechnic students found that a majority of young adults in Singapore aged 15 to 35 perceive phubbing to be harmful to relationships with their partner, friends and family. The effect seems to be the greatest for romantic relationships.

Of the 785 interviewed, 61.7 per cent felt that phubbing deteriorates the quality of conversation, while 58.2 per cent believed phubbing negatively affects their relationship with their partner.

And here’s the interesting part: Men are more particular about phubbing than women are. According to the survey, 62.8 per cent of males agreed that phubbing worsens their relationship with their partner, compared to 54.5 per cent of females.

So the next time you’re out with your man (or anyone else you value), it’s best to leave your phone in the bag – unless you have established a mutual phubbing ‘protocol’, like if everyone uses their phones at a specified time, or if you know for sure that they wouldn’t hold it against you.

After all, no one likes to be phubbed. It’s the new-age way of ostracising.

[Mustank]

[Gnahp]

I don't like that in the beginning but now I will look at other women when she stares at the phone

[Shorty]

This has been a problem for a long time. n i agree i hate it. how sad is it when we see a grp of friends sitting ard a table but none r talking to each other? all looking at their phones.

 

even worse will be a family with kids, n the parents r bz with their phones n not engaging with the kids. some say it is unavoidable due to work emails n such. but many times i see ppl looking at FB, insta, twitter n such.

[Ender]

Reading this on my handphone now.

[Ysc3]

my wife hinted this to me before we were married ....

 

but now i wonder if she married me or her iphone ??

[Mustank]

my wife hinted this to me before we were married ....

 

but now i wonder if she married me or her iphone ??

If the piak is good, then all can be forgiven

[DACH]

If the piak is good, then all can be forgiven

 

[kdash]

Reading this on my handphone now. ðð

Btw, not use to cursive fonts, very difficult to read.

i think if you read on computer, the font is not cursive. its the mobile that somehow converts non standard font to cursive.

my wife hinted this to me before we were married ....

 

but now i wonder if she married me or her iphone ??

haha i thought usually its the wife that complains that the husband keeps looking at phone and not the other way around.

This has been a problem for a long time. n i agree i hate it. how sad is it when we see a grp of friends sitting ard a table but none r talking to each other? all looking at their phones.

 

even worse will be a family with kids, n the parents r bz with their phones n not engaging with the kids. some say it is unavoidable due to work emails n such. but many times i see ppl looking at FB, insta, twitter n such.

agreed. its a choice that we as parents need to make and remind ourselves continually. at most if its something urgent and important, the other parent should fully engage with the kids.

[Watwheels]

What the phub?