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Yeslam Al-Saggaf, Associate Professor, Charles Sturt University

'Phubbing': snubbing your loved ones for your phone can do more damage than you realise

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It’s pretty normal to walk through a university campus and see students sitting together, yet ignoring each other for their smartphones – but not in Spain. I’m currently visiting the University of Navarra, where each time I pass the open space outside the Institute for Culture and Society, I see the vast majority of students talking to each other without their phones in hand.

As Inés Olza, a linguist from the institute, explains:

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