Screens, smartphones and applications: towards a contactless society?

Passing by with smartphone in the streets of New Delhi.

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By: Raphaëlle Constant Follow |

Stéphane Lagarde Follow

2 min

Teleworking, dating apps, intimacy revealed on social networks: has our life become a permanent connection?

“Nomophobia” (fear of being separated from one's cell phone) has almost become a common addiction. This also has consequences on the development of public spaces: some Chinese cities have created lanes reserved for “Smombies” ( zombies from the laptop) to avoid pedestrian accidents.

In South Korea, where the rate of smartphone equipment is the highest in the world, light signals synchronized with traffic lights have been installed on the ground to alert pedestrians who have their noses in their smartphones!

How did we get here ? 

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With:

François Saltiel

, journalist, producer, author of

Léo Favier

, director of the

And at the end of the broadcast, the intervention of

, RFI correspondent in Beijing.

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