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Phone Addiction
July 21, 2015
If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.
-Eleanor Roosevelt

"A new Chinese ad campaign illustrates the way smartphones can affect family life and relationship," reports The Huffington Post "Titled 'Phone Wall," the campaign by Ogilvy & Mather China is a literal representation of the barriers to human relationships that screen addiction creates."

Juggi Ramakrishnan, Executive Creative Director of Ogilvy & Mather Shanghai, told The Huffington Post, "We want people to see [these ads] and rethink their relationships with others and their phone in a different light.  This is a definite pressure point that Chinese society is facing on its path of rapid development."

"This pervasiveness has the potential to be especially detrimental to families with kids," says Ramakrishnan.  "There is an alarming trend of parents ignoring their children of all ages, paying more attention to their phones and tablets than their immediate surroundings.  Consequently, children may feel they aren't getting the attention they need....  Addiction to mobile devices can put a strain on romantic relationships as well, as partners may become less responsive to each other's feelings and have fewer meaningful interactions."






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Lori · July 21, 2015
Pennsylvania, United States


Real human interaction, that's what children need, desire, and deserve! Even technology in preschool is just not necessary, the whole rest of their lives they will be glued to devices. This is a great ad campaign.



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