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Student launches anti-phubbing campaign

In the past, you still got the other person's full attention during a conversation. Fashion questions, financial problems, heartache and all sorts of other emotional baggage - boyfriends or girlfriends always signaled interest through eye contact. Today, it's not uncommon for our eyes to wander to the smartphone display, checking status updates from Facebook friends, news and breaking news. “Phubbing” (an artificial word from the English “phone” and “snubbing” for “to offend someone”) is the name given to this bad habit of the digital age. Australian Alex Haigh thought it was annoying. The student from Melbourne launched the “Stop Phubbing” campaign and declares war on cell phone staring on his website. Here you can e.g. B. Photos of phubbers can be uploaded or all sorts of anti-phubbing stuff can be downloaded.

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Student starts anti-phubbing campaign In the past, you got the other person's full attention during a conversation. Fashion questions, financial problems, heartache and all sorts of other emotional baggage - boyfriends or girlfriends always signaled interest through eye contact. Today, it's not uncommon for our eyes to wander to the smartphone display, checking status updates from Facebook friends, news and breaking news. “Phubbing” (an artificial word from the English “phone” and “snubbing”)

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