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Teenagers use a smartphone or tablet computer in Hong Kong
A woman using a smartphone in traffic.

The term generation head down (also generation head down , generation head down , head -down generation head-down generation , English head-down generation or head down generation ) describes the head posture with which many young people in particular in everyday life are on the move and have their eyes and attention primarily on an electronic device ( cell phone , smartphone or tablet ).

This behavior is always the cause of accidents. In this context, the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) started the campaign “Watch out for your line!”.

At the same time, the intensive use of electronic means of communication leads to changes in communication behavior and can lead to painful complaints.

Generation smartphone

The term generation smartphone describes the phenomenon in such a way that the smartphone is an essential means of communication .

See also

Web links

Commons : Generation upside down  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Buchenau, Dominik Fürtbauer: Chefsache Social Media Marketing . 2015, p. 115 ( books.google [accessed January 10, 2016]).
  2. ↑ Ferdinand Knauß: The rolled-up generation. Smartphone instead of friendship. In: www.wiwo.de. May 13, 2014, accessed January 10, 2016 .
  3. ↑ a b Excessive smartphone use: Cheer up. In: www.test.de. August 28, 2014, accessed on January 16, 2016 : “The English call smartphone users the head-down generation: head-down generation. The excessive use of smartphones can cause painful discomfort "
  4. ↑ Doris Wolf : Dangers of the intensive use of smartphones. In: www.palverlag.de. 2016, accessed January 10, 2016 .
  5. ↑ BBC Radio 1 aims to 'crack smartphone generation' by embracing video
  6. ↑ Ben Cooper: Radio 1 for the 'head down' generation. In: www.bbc.co.uk. July 28, 2014, accessed on January 10, 2016 (English): "If you are reading this on the bus or the train, look around you and see how many people are staring at a screen. Welcome to the HD generation - that's the 'Head Down' generation. "
  7. ↑ "Generation upside down" - How lonely does the smartphone make you? In: www.welt.de. May 12, 2014, accessed on January 10, 2015 : “In the last few months a new name for it has become commonplace: the“ head-down generation ”or“ generation head down ”- so named after the position of the head of those who work with smartphones or tablets Kids. "
  8. ↑ The generation "head down" lives dangerously. Reading emails, writing messages: You can do this with smartphones while walking. However, distracted pedestrians run the risk of being both the cause and the victim of traffic accidents. It hits one group in particular. In: www.tz.de. January 26, 2015, accessed on January 10, 2015 : “Similar accidents can be fatal, but the 17-year-old was comparatively lucky: With her eyes on her smartphone, she crosses the street, a driver can no longer avoid it and hits her . The young woman falls, she gets away with minor injuries. Distracted by the smartphone - this cause of accidents can be found again and again in police reports. It has long since ceased to be just about car drivers talking on the phone, but also about pedestrians. "
  9. ↑ Generation "head down": More and more accidents caused by smartphone users. Reading emails, writing messages: You can do this with your smartphone while walking. But the distracted walkways can endanger yourself and others. In: www.augsburger-allgemeine.de. January 25, 2015, accessed on January 10, 2015 : "" People are becoming less attentive, "says Petra Reetz. She is the spokesperson for the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG). Distracted pedestrians who run across the tracks just before the squeaking tram are not new to drivers. This development started early: in 1979 the first Walkman came onto the market. Since then, many pedestrians have been walking with music on their ears. Years ago, the BVG launched the "Watch out for your line!" alert to dangers. With the smartphone it has now been added that some users no longer pay attention to the traffic with their eyes. Instead, they check emails or write WhatsApp messages while walking. "
  10. ↑ "Generation upside down" - How lonely does the smartphone make you? (No longer available online.) In: www.zeit.de. January 26, 2015, archived from the original on January 10, 2016 ; accessed on January 10, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.zeit.de
  11. ↑ nano special: Generation smartphone. In: www.zdf.de. November 26, 2014, accessed January 17, 2016 .
  12. ^ Claudius Reinicke: Ambivalent processes in the digital information age: The social handling of private information in the digital age. In: Diplomica Verlag. July 23, 2014, accessed January 11, 2016 .