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A model poses with a Microsoft multi-touch-enabled computer. Inset, a Palm Pre smartphone: People frustrated by technology have thought of crushing gadgets. Photo/REUTERS

A model poses with a Microsoft multi-touch-enabled computer. Inset, a Palm Pre smartphone: People frustrated by technology have thought of crushing gadgets. Photo/REUTERS 

By KUI KINYANJUI  (email the author)
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Posted  Thursday, October 15  2009 at  00:00

This is because iPhone’s touch screen only responds to the electrical charge emitted by fingertips.

But away from the intricacies of iPhones, psychologists are now weighing in on the increasing number of ‘incidents’ that are related to technology.

They even have coined a term for it: electronic aggression.

Electronic aggression is the term that most accurately captures all types of violence related to electronics.

And just like traditional forms of violence, electronic aggression is associated with emotional distress and conduct problems within the individual’s personality.

In September 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) convened a panel of experts to discuss issues related to the emerging public health problem of electronic aggression following what it noted as a steep rise in aggressive incidents.

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