Nomophobia as a phenomenon in modern educational process

the modern world brings a lot of different technologies and devices into our lives, and the smartphone is one of the most popular gadgets used by every person regardless of age. Today it is impossible to imagine a modern person without a phone, as it is a connection with society, a source of information search, and a business assistant. But, the problem is that along with the convenience of using this technology there is a dependence and fear of being deprived of this technology, i.e. nomophobia. This term refers to the fear of being without a cell phone, which is almost impossible in today's world. Students were asked to answer a number of questions on this topic, to try to determine whether they have such dependence and to express their attitude to this problem. The result showed that more than half of the surveyed students will not be able to attend classes without phones and a very small percentage can stay without a phone for no more than a day. The relevance of the paper is to analyze to what extent nomophobia affects modern students and the educational process in general, is it really a problem or is it a tribute to modern society rather than a phobia?

nomophobia, technology, gadgets, educational process, analysis, addiction, communication