People using phones while walking Smartphone zombie or ‘Smombie’ has been used in popular culture to describe pedestrians who walk slowly and without attention to their surroundings because they are focused upon their smartphone. Safety hazards have been noted due to such distracted pedestrians. Cities such as Chongqing and Antwerp have introduced special lanes for smartphone users to help direct and manage them. Whilst used in some countries more than others, the terminology was suggested to be pejorative by Tom Chatfield of the BBC, noting it is "more sinister", "suggests disapproval of (the) subject(s)" and that "terms of technological disapproval, conjured from hyperbolic hopes and fears, are as old as electronic communications." A 2017 review considered the popular culture term in regards to the medical diagnoses of internet addiction disorder and other forms of digital media overuse.
People using phones while walking A smartphone zombie is a pedestrian who walks slowly and without attention to their surroundings because they are focused upon their smartphone. Safety hazards have been noted due to such distracted pedestrians. Cities such as Chongqing and Antwerp have introduced special lanes for smartphone users to help direct and manage them. Whilst used in some countries more than others, the terminology was suggested to be pejorative by Tom Chatfield of the BBC, noting it is "more sinister", "suggests disapproval of (the) subject(s)" and that "terms of technological disapproval, conjured from hyperbolic hopes and fears, are as old as electronic communications." A 2017 review considered the popular culture term in regards to the medical diagnoses of internet addiction disorder and other forms of digital media overuse.
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Smartphone zombie or ‘Smombie’ has been used in popular culture to describe pedestrians who walk
A smartphone zombie is a pedestrian who walks