“We touch our mobile phone 600 or 700 times a day, according to studies,” warns Bruno Patino, president of Arte.

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Updated 10/08/23 at 7:04 p.m

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The head of Arte France, who specializes in media and digital issues, has published the book “Submersion” with Grasset in which he discusses the extremely invasive place of the smartphone in our society

We already knew that we were living – at least for most of us – a love story very close to our mobile phones. But can we imagine that it was to this extent? “We touch our mobile phone 600 or 700 times a day, according to studies,” said Bruno Patino, the company’s president.Arte France He specializes in digital issues in Great interview on France Inter. In his last works, ImmersionIt analyzes the disproportionate position it has taken smart phones In our daily lives.

In particular, he cites the case of the United Kingdom: half of the population spends more than eleven hours a day on their phones. Yes, yes, you read the “eleventh hour” correctly. This was such a staggering number that he had to confirm it to his publisher. According to Bruno Patino, we can quickly be inundated with “100 million” requests or “services” offered to us by our smartphone. And this is without them really realizing it.

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