ASU professor weighs in on the dangers of too much screen time

If you automatically check email, scroll through Facebook, or open an app even though you just closed it, you may have an over-reliance on your device.

Your device helps you connect with friends and family, shop, get news, and search for information. But if you fill every moment looking it, hoping for a new email or "Like," that's where it becomes a problem. The issue isn't the technology but rather the stimulation you get from screen time and your over-reliance on it.

In this article on abc15 March 9, 2018:

There is this instant gratification of being rewarded with new content, simply by swiping refresh.&nbsp

— Clinical Assistant Professor of Information Systems Matthew Sopha.