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What is Phubbing?

We’re all guilty of not being able to put our phones down at times, and it’s gotten even more difficult to be without it in recent years, since so many of us became accustomed to working online during the pandemic. But this dependency has led to a new problem: phubbing. Phubbing is the act of snubbing those physically with you, in favour of your phone. Kieran was joined by Paula Cocozza, journalist for the Guardian and author of the novel ‘Speak to Me’, which centres around this issue…

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14.00 28 Jul 2023


What is Phubbing?


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14.00 28 Jul 2023


We’re all guilty of not being able to put our phones down at times, and it’s gotten even more difficult to be without it in recent years, since so many of us became accustomed to working online during the pandemic. But this dependency has led to a new problem: phubbing. Phubbing is the act of snubbing those physically with you, in favour of your phone.

Kieran was joined by Paula Cocozza, journalist for the Guardian and author of the novel ‘Speak to Me’, which centres around this issue…


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