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Educational Impact (add on to section of the article): Although smartphones today give students the ability to communicate with others and listen to music while they work, they can be a tremendously huge distraction or a crutch to students. “With smartphones starting to be readily available to more and more people, there’s a big chance that students can go on social networks, play mobile games, chat, shop, browse websites, listen to music and watch videos all while they’re in school” (Dems). Furthermore, a study from analytics firm Flurry stated that the average person spends 5 hours a day and as usage data goes up, the socialization people once had will only deteriorate in the long run and leave kids socially awkward. Another issue that that harms a student’s education is their notifications because of social media apps and news updates. A student can be very productive but can get easily distracted and at high risk for losing any focus they once had. The biggest 2 issues that go hand in hand is that students cheat by looking up answers on their phone or reliant on their smart phones to search for answers instead of critical thinking. Even though smart phones enable people with truly remarkable capabilities, they are a double edge sword.

Privacy (New section of article): Aside from mobile phone companies tracking smart phone users, smart phone users are vulnerable to hackers. The best way to combat hackers is getting a VPN to shield yourself from others looking for your location.

Entertainment tv and streaming services (New section of article): Prior to smartphones let alone cyberspace people could only watch video content through televisions and DVDs. Today there are hundreds of streaming services that are primarily geared to smart phone users to watch video entertainment wherever on the fly. The first of whom Netflix took the leap to innovate how people can enjoy entertainment on the go and other business companies who traditionally do not invest with streaming services such as Amazon to invest in the streaming world. Today, “Approximately 44% of consumers are currently subscribing to an average of 3-5 paid streaming services, whereas only 7% are subscribing to as many as 7-10” (TransUnion). Researchers are now expecting a migration of streaming services on smart phones to be the primary source of entertainment.

Easy access to information (New Section of article): Smart phones have revolutionized how people receive their information and consume so this leaves press associations to innovate because everyone does not consume television the same way people used to. Since 2013, 89% of all smart phone owners have access to thousands of news sources in the palm of their hands. News stations are developing apps and expanding onto social media platforms to share major current events. According to a custom Neilsen research study it proves that people are using news sites and new apps to gather information significantly more then television. With the cultural shift to smart phone news apps and access, news stations are constantly modifying how to make information easier to access and appealing more to younger generations.