Having considered all of these aspects “offered” by technological devices that seem to both do us good, but at the same time harm us in other ways that are less obvious, the next step is to identify what makes people so susceptible to being influenced by these extremely appealing devices.
By this paper I will attempt to identify the characteristics and the persuasive traits that make mobile devices and the incorporated new technology so appealing. At the same time I will further attempt to establish and exemplify what other aspects appeal to our human nature and in which way they are influencing and determining our social behaviour.
1.1 Background