{"id":1592,"date":"2017-02-02T16:54:33","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T21:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=1592"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:06:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:06:37","slug":"phantom-phone-alerts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2017\/02\/02\/phantom-phone-alerts\/","title":{"rendered":"Phantom phone alerts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1594 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/texting-1490691_1280-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"close up of hands texting on cell phones.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve fallen victim to \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/ns.umich.edu\/new\/releases\/24482-bad-vibrations-phantom-phone-alerts-linked-to-cell-phone-dependency\">phantom phone alerts,<\/a>\u201d\u00a0the mysterious phenomenon where you think your phone is buzzing but it isn\u2019t, it may be time to take a tech break. Experiencing the nonexistent vibrations could be an indicator that you are too\u00a0reliant on your cell phone. According to a new study headed by <strong>Daniel Kruger<\/strong>, a scientist at U-M&#8217;s Institute for Social Research, a hallmark sign of addiction is when people are hyperaware of the item and react accordingly. Kruger and his team analyzed surveys and assessments submitted by more than 700 undergraduate students. Unsurprisingly, those who felt anxious away from their phones (in other words, dependent on them) experienced more phantom notifications. Ultimately, Kruger hopes their findings alert people to the very real threat of device dependency. \u201cCertainly, it pushes in the direction of saying, \u2018Hey, whether you want to call it dependency or addiction, it\u2019s real, it\u2019s important, and we should be paying attention to this,\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>(<em>Updated March 22, 2017 to include a link to Professor Kruger&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/whats-behind-phantom-cellphone-buzzes-73829\">new article <\/a>on this subject.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve fallen victim to \u201cphantom phone alerts,\u201d\u00a0the mysterious phenomenon where you think your phone is buzzing but it isn\u2019t, it may be time to take a tech break. Experiencing the nonexistent vibrations could be an indicator that you are too\u00a0reliant on your cell phone. According to a new study headed by Daniel Kruger, a scientist at U-M&#8217;s\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2017\/02\/02\/phantom-phone-alerts\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[217,194],"class_list":["post-1592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-culture","tag-phone"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/texting-1490691_1280-e1486072379467.jpg",700,466,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/texting-1490691_1280-150x100.jpg",150,100,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/texting-1490691_1280-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/texting-1490691_1280-768x512.jpg",665,443,true],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/texting-1490691_1280-700x466.jpg",600,399,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/texting-1490691_1280-e1486072379467.jpg",700,466,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/texting-1490691_1280-e1486072379467.jpg",700,466,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/texting-1490691_1280-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/texting-1490691_1280-60x42.jpg",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/texting-1490691_1280-658x300.jpg",658,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/texting-1490691_1280-665x443.jpg",665,443,true],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/texting-1490691_1280-e1486072379467.jpg",376,250,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"News Staff","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/mitnewsadm\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"If you\u2019ve fallen victim to \u201cphantom phone alerts,\u201d\u00a0the mysterious phenomenon where you think your phone is buzzing but it isn\u2019t, it may be time to take a tech break. Experiencing the nonexistent vibrations could be an indicator that you are too\u00a0reliant on your cell phone. 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