Application of ARIZ to Social Issues: Case of ICT Device Addiction in Pre-teen Children in India

Abstract

.While information and communication technology (ICT) has facilitated the exploration of online content through applications and games, there has been a significant increase in research on the pathological use of ICT devices, particularly smart phones. India is home to a growing number of people using ICT devices; many of these people were born in the 2000s. This scenario poses significant challenges in development and parental control. We are contributing to the literature on the application of TRIZ (Theory of Inventive Problem Solving) to social issues by examining the issue of addiction to ICT devices among pre-teenage or grade-school children in India. We adopt a case-based approach to studying ICT device usage and apply TRIZ-based methods to solve for both exploration and parental control. We present a set of innovative solution concepts for further development. Further, we propose potential developmental models that can be adopted by device manufacturers, considering the recent activism in the area.