{"title":"The Dark Side of Smartphone, Social Media & Co. – Teil 2","authors":"R. Kreutzer","doi":"10.3790/dbw.60.4.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3790/dbw.60.4.10","url":null,"abstract":"In many textbooks and reference books – including my own ones – the opportunities associated with the use of mobile devices, social media and further developments in the digital age are extensively described. In my two articles in \"Der Betriebswirt\", however, I draw attention to the risks, the \"dark side\", that accompany these changes. Only a holistic view of the lights and shadows of smartphones, social media & Co. allows responsible use – by the providers of these systems, the companies, the institutions relevant to the legislation and especially by the end users themselves. Especially in the case of the latter, I believe there is hardly any comprehensive awareness of the risks of social media use – and the levels of dependency are rising!","PeriodicalId":271855,"journal":{"name":"Der Betriebswirt: Volume 60, Issue 4","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116115495","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}