What is Phubbing?

Published: July 28, 2023, 2 p.m.

We\u2019re all guilty of not being able to put our phones down at times, and it\u2019s gotten even more difficult to be without it in recent years, since so many of us became accustomed to working online during the pandemic. But this dependency has led to a new problem: phubbing. Phubbing is the act of snubbing those physically with you, in favour of your phone. \n\nKieran was joined by Paula Cocozza, journalist for the Guardian and author of the novel \u2018Speak to Me\u2019, which centres around this issue\u2026