Nomo-phobia - They’re having a laugh
Writing by aj@lecraic on Monday, 31 of March , 2008 at 3:22 pm
Apparantly, there is a new phobia called nomo-phobia. It is the fear of being phoneless and out of contact. The survey was conducted by YouGov in the UK. A number of UK newspapers are running the story and quoting the statistic that 53% of the UK’s 45 million mobile phone users suffer anxiety over their battery dying or their credit running out.
Take a look at the Press Release from the Royal Mail and you’ll see that the story is quite different. They say that:
“Experts warn that nomo-phobia could affect up to 53 per cent of mobile phone users -with 48 per cent of women and 58 per cent of men questioned admitting to experiencing feelings of anxiety when they run out of battery or credit, lose their phone or have no network coverage.”
What none of the reports seem to mention is that participants in the survey were given a list of 10 stressful situations to choose from. Would the same participants even mention their mobile phone if asked to name what causes them anxiety in their lives? I doubt it.
Rick O’Shea conducted an experiment some time ago where listeners to his radio show gave up texting for a week. I don’t know how they got on, but I’m sure there were no long term casualties.
I got wind of another phobia being announced tomorrow. 37% of the population suffer anxiety over cheap loo roll. They are calling it Rollo-Phobia. The survey was sponsored by Andrex. You heard it here first, before it is announced tomorrow.
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