The Influence Of Cell Phones

Over the past decade, we have integrated technology into many parts of out lives. We use our cell phones for everything from finding directions, to taking pictures of moments you do not want to forget. Everywhere you go, you cell phone goes with you, if you forget it at home, somehow we feel naked without it. Cell phones have become so powerful and useful for so many things other than just making phone calls; I do not even know why we still call them phones. With that, we have the right to feel secure and free from unwarranted searches though our cell phones and electronic devices.

In the modern-day world, there are about 6.8 billion cell phone subscriptions. Mobile telephones have really changed the way we do things in our daily life. Before cell phones were invented individuals were more interactive with each other. In the late 1900’s, Martin Cooper invented the first mobile telephone. Today we have a variety of mobile phones to choose from such as Apple and Samsung. Widespread cell phone use has definitely affected the world negatively because it is a distraction, can be harmful, and addicting.

With 87 percent of American adults owning a cell phone (Jerpi, 2013), it becomes obvious that cell phones have become a staple device in today’s society. Although cell phones offer convenience, they arguably come with negative affects. Cell Phones have become one of the fastest emerging technologies (Campbell, 2006). With 87 percent of American adults and teenagers owning a cell phone (Jerpi, 2013), it becomes obvious that cell phones have become a staple device in today’s society. Since the release of the first cell phone, they have immensely evolved and some would say, have become an essential to everyday life. Although cell phones offer convenience, they arguably come with negative and impactful effects on our social

As you look around the world today, just about everyone you run into has a cell phone. The brand of the cell phone or the size of the phone is irrelevant because, in the end, they are all mainly used for communication. Cell phones bring a new outlook on communication. Behind a screen, cell phones allow a person to be whoever they would like to be and say anything they would like to say. Cell phones give you the opportunity to exclude from the real life conversation and allow you to type exactly what you want to say and to go back and edit to make yourself sound the way you want to sound. Personally, I feel that this opportunity decreases one’s communication abilities and makes a negative impact on the self-confidence to communicate. Cell phones have negatively changed communication in ways such as a decrease in direct social interaction, an increase in anxiety and stress, and eventually causing isolation and alienation.

There has been a lot of controversy over use cell phones along with the positive and negative impacts that it has reflected on society. Today, cell phones are used for numerous amounts of things that could play a role into a person’s everyday life. Cell phones could also be overpowering when not being used for certain things. Therefore, it is truly up to the individual on how they interact with their cell phone or smart phone.

Although smartphones have allowed people to communicate easily long distance through texts and calls, they have also made proper, meaningful, oral conversation almost extinct (Liew 1). When talking to another person, many people use text language instead of proper and advanced vocabulary. In today’s society text language, such as jk or lol, is common in everyday texting, but to past generations the use of this language is foreign. That shows the major change that cell phones have had on society. People who were born before 1973 grew up without cell phones,and when they did finally get their first phone, they used it only for calling people. Young teens today will hang out with each other, but there is a secret tag along friend, their phones, that never seems to leave them alone. It is not uncommon to have both people checking

Cell phones are one of the numerous technologies that have changed our lives in astounding ways. Similar to any external stimuli, cell phone usage can form an addiction that negatively impacts your life. Two covers for The New Yorker, “Unmasked” and “Sweet Nothings” convey the same message of cell phone addiction distracting people from living in the present moment and enjoying their lives.

It is easier for someone who grew up in a previous generation to notice the real effects of cell phones on society. Almost all kids today have grown up around this technology and many are using it at younger ages. Cell phones appear to have replaced the need for everyday items such as alarm clocks, calendars, and watches. They also have taken place of our memory in several instances. Many people, including myself, no longer find it necessary to memorize phone numbers since they can quickly be obtained by scrolling through our cell phone, which is sure to be with us. Important upcoming dates can be programmed into our phones, complete with a reminder that will ensure we don’t miss an event. The thought here seems to be the more information you can access from the same source, the simpler life becomes.

Bright screens, large screens, small screens, tall screens, wide screens, touch screens and more and more screens. These are what are taking over our brains and consuming our time. Technology is advancing and people are taking advantage of it, but is this a good thing? Cell phones are taking over people’s lives and the pattern is going to continue if people keep using cell phones the way they are, and allowing their children to use them equally as much. One 's relationships, values, and time management would all be better if cell phones were not as significant of a part of people’s lives as they have become. Howard Rheingold says it so beautifully and accurately. Cell phones and other technology is changing the world and, “will enable people to improve life and liberty in some ways and to degrade it in others. The same technology has the potential to be used as both a weapon of social control and a means of resistance. Even the beneficial effect will have side effects.” Cell phones seem to have many wonderful things about them, but even the good aspects have the potential to cause something undesirable. These undesirable things can include: reliance on the device, exposure to dangers and violence, and even a form of addiction. The world needs to take a break from cell phones and a break from technology. If people cannot live without cell phones, then is it really living life with them?

Technology advances every day and surely cellular phones are revolutionizing the XXI Century. New mobile devices contain most of the functions of a computer, better known as smart phones. They also give you the opportunity to stay in touch with whom you wish to and also you can take pictures, listen to music, and most significantly, it connects you with the rest of the world through the network. But have you ever stopped and think, how much time you spend using your phone, and how so often you check it? And without realizing that, most people who own a cell have created a dependency to their device, and sometimes spending too much time on it. Cellphones can have really good assets on society, but there are also some negative effects.

Cell phones have been around for hundreds of years. It’s no surprise that more and more people are beginning to partake in cellphone use. Cell phones provide society with an easier way of communicating and obtaining information, but at the same time there are some negative consequences. What most people don’t realize is that cellphones are actually quite harmful to modern society. Scientifically cellphones emit radiations that can potentially produce fatal results. Overall cellphones have many benefits, but indefinitely they are detrimental to one’s wellbeing.

Cell phones harm users’ ability to be in touch with others face to face communication. Cell phones have made less communicate with families and the people around them. For example, when someone sitting around a community of people, and a person starts gazing at his/her phone searching for work emails or texting someone else, that makes the other person feel unimportant. Also, when people are using their cell phones excessively, they will be lonely and disconnected from their families and friends. When a person is addiction stuck to their Mobile phones, he or she will not be aware to the things that

Everyday, smartphones, laptops and tablets can be seen being utilized everywhere. Rather if is it during a lecture, out at lunch, or even in the bathroom; the world is filled with technology. Technology and technological advances in communication, such as smartphones, were initially introduced in society to connect individuals together. However, because of the growing obsession of smartphones and technology, it becomes evident that technology is causing an opposite effect. The addiction of smart phones and technology has pushed individuals even farther apart. Further, in cell phones, an individual has a different life unknown to the people around him or her. In other words, individuals with cellphones are living two different lives that is unable to live simultaneously. It is because of the separation of these two lives that inhibit the individual from living his or her own authentic life. This is because the technology consistently distracts the individual from living his or her own genuine life, and ultimately distracts them from living through real experiences. In Ruhl’s play, “Dead Man’s Cell Phone,” Ruhl portrays the idea that advances in technology and communication has inhibited and distracted individuals and other around him or her, from truly living their authentic lives away from their cellphones.

Instead of obtaining information only through reading text, visual arguments provide more conveniences for viewers to understand the information by a quick glance at the given images, which are related to the main idea of the information. Compared with text information, in-text visuals make the arguments to be more attractive and vivid, which can inspire readers to think and affect their ideas directly. This report will focus on two informative images "Radiation from Cell Phones and Other Electronic Devices"[2] and "Graphic Science: A World of Food Delivered to America 's Doorstep"[1]. These two visuals are taken from Science American website and the author for both visuals is Mark Fischetti who is a senior editor at this website.

Cell phones are not just a source of entertainment anymore. The devices are used for a multitude of reasons—they benefit people every day. They assist everyone from adults, to children, to seniors, for whatever their needs may be. Safety, responsibility, and daily processes have been transformed by the additions the phone has brought to one’s daily routine. Others may say that phones bring only dangers and disadvantages to everyday life. The advantages of having a cell phone are unsurmountable compared to the disadvantages of the device.