Man and Three Days
How long has it been since you last checked your phone? 5 minutes? 1 minute? 10 seconds? Did you imagine that last vibration? In 2019, that smart phone of yours - is a fixture of you - and for many in…
Man and Three Days
How long has it been since you last checked your phone? 5 minutes? 1 minute? 10 seconds? Did you imagine that last vibration? In 2019, that smart phone of yours - is a fixture of you - and for many in our world, they don't even know escape is an option. Digital addiction is a hidden epidemic among us, and it has our society in a vice grip. Modern society is affected by the revolution of the smart phone in many difficult ways ranging from abuse of digital use, depression, changing family dynamics, serious hinderances to development in youth, and even total technological dependence on the devices. According to Pew Research Center, 77 percent of U.S. adults own a smartphone, and adoption has more than doubled since 2011 and that rapid adoption has created numerous social and health problems within our society. Our film "Tethered" addresses the trends surrounding the dependency on our smart devices, educates on the scientific reasons why this is happening, and promotes a platform for all of us to finally overcome this seemingly entrapping companion to our regular life. Tethered begins by posing the framework for our conversation surrounding digital addiction. It seems like our screens have an impossible hold on us, a never ending ball and chain that we crave. We show the ominous realities of the situation we're facing - an essential digital companion that is so integrated into our life, we hardly even noticed it took over. Early on, we dive into the chemical issues the screens are causing - never before in human history has dopamine been this abundant or readily available. The best way to see any concept in action is the actual laboratory it is currently playing out in. This leads us to showcase the many different landscapes surrounding our screen use. We witness firsthand how our technology use is turning to abuse and equates the patterns to drug addiction. We see how these dependencies are affecting our family dynamics, both within marriages and in parental/offspring relationships. Our children are actively having their developments hindered by the early onset of screens in their life, and the vicious cycle of neglect that digital addiction within the parents is creating. Afterwards, we travel all around the country to explore a variety of cultural and generational perspectives on how this rising epidemic is affecting us, and how we might somehow find a way out of it. We help inform our audience on how healthier patterns, including limits on screen use, can ultimately create a better environment to combat side effects of these dopamine addictions. Many cite digital addiction as a mental illness equivalent to alcoholism, and it must be treated like such. Many who are under the influence of a total dependency on their smart phones suffer depression, lack of motivation, anxiety, and many more negative effects. In the film's conclusion, we're able to understand how important our own well being is in relationship to our screen time. We must learn to care for ourselves by putting our screens down, and by facilitating positive environments for us to live. As a modern society becomes more and more tethered to our digital world - we have to educate and inform our world on the adverse effects they are causing themselves and most importantly, how they can break free of the addictive hold.
Man and Three Days
Comedy,Drama,Fantasy
Film Details
How long has it been since you last checked your phone? 5 minutes? 1 minute? 10 seconds? Did you imagine that last vibration? In 2019, that smart phone of yours - is a fixture of you - and for many in our world, they don't even know escape is an option. Digital addiction is a hidden epidemic among us, and it has our society in a vice grip. Modern society is affected by the revolution of the smart phone in many difficult ways ranging from abuse of digital use, depression, changing family dynamics, serious hinderances to development in youth, and even total technological dependence on the devices.
According to Pew Research Center, 77 percent of U.S. adults own a smartphone, and adoption has more than doubled since 2011 and that rapid adoption has created numerous social and health problems within our society. Our film "Tethered" addresses the trends surrounding the dependency on our smart devices, educates on the scientific reasons why this is happening, and promotes a platform for all of us to finally overcome this seemingly entrapping companion to our regular life.
Tethered begins by posing the framework for our conversation surrounding digital addiction. It seems like our screens have an impossible hold on us, a never ending ball and chain that we crave. We show the ominous realities of the situation we're facing - an essential digital companion that is so integrated into our life, we hardly even noticed it took over.
Early on, we dive into the chemical issues the screens are causing - never before in human history has dopamine been this abundant or readily available. The best way to see any concept in action is the actual laboratory it is currently playing out in. This leads us to showcase the many different landscapes surrounding our screen use.
We witness firsthand how our technology use is turning to abuse and equates the patterns to drug addiction. We see how these dependencies are affecting our family dynamics, both within marriages and in parental/offspring relationships. Our children are actively having their developments hindered by the early onset of screens in their life, and the vicious cycle of neglect that digital addiction within the parents is creating.
Afterwards, we travel all around the country to explore a variety of cultural and generational perspectives on how this rising epidemic is affecting us, and how we might somehow find a way out of it. We help inform our audience on how healthier patterns, including limits on screen use, can ultimately create a better environment to combat side effects of these dopamine addictions. Many cite digital addiction as a mental illness equivalent to alcoholism, and it must be treated like such.
Many who are under the influence of a total dependency on their smart phones suffer depression, lack of motivation, anxiety, and many more negative effects. In the film's conclusion, we're able to understand how important our own well being is in relationship to our screen time. We must learn to care for ourselves by putting our screens down, and by facilitating positive environments for us to live.
As a modern society becomes more and more tethered to our digital world - we have to educate and inform our world on the adverse effects they are causing themselves and most importantly, how they can break free of the addictive hold..