Negative Effects Of Cell Phones

Small wireless device that has at least the same functions of a standard wired telephone but is smaller and more mobile. A cell phone requires a subscription to a service provider and requires either a prepaid or monthly billing setup. Generally, they have more functions than traditional land lines and need to be charged after a period of time. Also called mobile phone or mobile device.—BusinessDictionary.com

Cell phones change how workers behave socially. One source says, “Only 12% of internet users feel that the internet has greatly improved their ability to meet new people” (Wellman). This means that almost ninety percent of internet users don’t believe that the internet or cell phones actually improve how they can socialize. According to Thornton, a University of Southern Maine professor, “With the presence of the phone, you’re wondering what those people are doing. Even if it’s just mental, your focus is not on the task at hand, whether it be trying to write an article, get this spreadsheet set up, or just socializing; your mind is elsewhere” (Worland). This professor is trying to say that even if we don’t notice, cell phones can distract us without even being in our hand and a cell phone can even distract an office worker from socializing during a meeting, while talking to a coworker, or even while talking to a client which can hurt production. The lack of socialization can also hurt how the employees work with their coworkers. Time says, “previous research ... suggests that having your cell phone out reduces the quality of social interaction, even if you don’t engage with your phone. Having the phone out stifled “interpersonal closeness and trust” and kept study participants from feeling empathy for one another. Mobile communication devices such as phones may, by their mere presence, paradoxically hold the potential

Life in the past was relatively different from today’s life. For instance, handwritten letters were the principal long-distance communication system, and oftentimes, it took several months before receiving a response. A weekly or monthly newspaper was the only way to maintain the population updated. Today, it is undeniable that the quick evolution of technology facilitates communication and connects the whole world. People are constantly using a cell phone to interact with each at their convenience. The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) reported that nearly 7 billion of cell phone users have subscribed by 2013 (as cited in Kim, K., Kabir, E. & Jahan, S., 2016). This significant number illustrates how cell phones became an essential part of today’s life. Cell phones are not limited to voice communication. It offers also various services including email/internet access, gaming, text messaging, photography, movie watching, song listening, and so forth. However, this new technology is not without harmful effect on human health. In fact, overuse of cell phones is likely to cause some important physical and mental health risks, and many users are not aware of those consequences. In this point, three negative effects of mobile phones use on human health are mental health problems, psychological addiction, and accidents linked to call situations.

People today literally do not get enough personal interactions during the day due to the fact that everyone they talk to is on their cell phone. This is a problem because average conversations with people are becoming increasingly more awkward and people simply do not know how to talk to each other. It is a fact that people even use their cell phones in order to make them feel better in awkward social situations. If a person is walking through a crowded social place and they are alone, they even fake that they are on the phone so they do not put themselves into social situations that make them feel awkward. This fact is enough for anyone to realize that cell phones have negatively affected how people communicate with each other and how they build relationships.

Another bad result is individuals having no social skills. Many people receive their first cellphone around eleven to twelve years old, and many of them struggle with social interaction. Some children are receiving phones as young as five years old. At a young age children are taught basic social skills such as, how to share, make friends, wait their turn, and good manners. These devices are preventing children from being taught these social skills because kids are too focused on technology. This makes our face to face interaction limited, it causes individuals to be antisocial and lose patience quickly (Voegeli). A further unfavorable result is individuals having difficulties expressing their emotions in person. Now a days people text more than talk in person, and they use emojis to express their emotions. This makes people struggle with

With the growth of new technology, society is becoming too dependent on cell phones. Although communication and information may be important over a screen, it may take away from interaction in society. Overuse can cause negative side effects when it is not available as well as take away the overall experience of life itself. Cellular technology has contributed to negative and positive factors. It is best to view each side and understand how to best use it for a healthy lifestyle.

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Technology has helped develop many important things that are beneficial in today's society. Phones, for instance, make it easier to communicate all over the world. As of 2012 according to (Mobile Fact Sheet, 2017) 77 percent of Americans own a smartphone. Each year new features are being added to smart phones to make them more advanced. Many people rely on their phones but I don't think we should depend on our phones as much as we do because their use has many negative consequences.

In this day of age cell phones are everywhere and used for everything, but this technological wonderland comes with a price, a price that teens are paying with their health. “What this generation is going through right now with technology is a giant experiment, and we don't know what's going to happen,” says Frances Jensen, chair of neurology at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine (Heid 2). So far this experiment has yielded negative results, causing teens to have less sleep, depression, and Internet addiction.

The cell phone, perhaps the most important invention of the twenty-first century, revolutionized the way we communicate by making it more mobile. However, even with its accomplishments why has it become so popular in the past few decades. The simple answer is that cell phones have become a near essential part of everyday life, as they allow for parents to instantly communicate with children, connect to the internet a for near infinite amount of knowledge, keep up with people across the world through talk and text, and to entertain the individual when they are feeling bored. However, despite all the good that cell phones can do which makes them so essential there are several effects of this which must be addressed. The effects which will be addressed are distracting the individual, connecting people to the world, and social isolation.

When my 9-year-old cousin got her first smartphone, she changed from being social environmentally to being social in the digital world. From a girl who loves going outside, she is now in her room on her phone. She is more focused on what’s going on in the world of social media, rather than the things that are going on around her. The smartphone also impacted her grades in school, since she was so focused social media, and she never got the chance to study and do her homework. Once my cousin is on her phone, it is almost impossible to get her attention. I have to call her name at least seven times to get part of her attention, and then she would just go back on her phone as I am speaking. Her behavior changed the day she got the phone.

On the third of April 1973, Martin Cooper, a Motorola researcher and executive, made the world's first mobile phone. Since then, there have been many remarkable and extraordinary advances in the technology surrounding the mobile phone. Today, it is unusual and considered strange to not own a mobile phone. It has become an essential item for people in everyday life. In fact, around half of all mobile phone owners in America have stated that their mobile phone is “something they could not live without,” according to a survey conducted by Pew Research Centre in 2015. Another study showed that nearly eighty percent of American children aged 12 to 17 have mobile phones. In addition to this, teenagers tend to spend 9 hours on their mobile devices per day. The drastic encroachment of mobile phones on young people’s lives is compromising their social skills, and the problem will only get worse.

If you're a young person with an iPhone, you need to listen to this. Using your phone can impact people’s social skills and lives a great amount. With the spread of mobile cell phones, it is easier for people to maintain contact with their social media networks online. Many people are taking advantage of the opportunity. “A recent survey of adults in the U.S. found that 71% use Facebook at least occasionally, and 45% of Facebook users check the site several times a day” (Larry Rosen). The problem, they say, is that people spend so much time online chatting that we are not talking about deeper real-life conversations, that we should talk about more. There is too much chatter, too little real conversation. Technology is distracting us from real-world relationships that we need to have in our lives. People are using their iPhones too often and other technology, that it is impairing people’s social skills strongly.

Smartphone technology has become increasingly affordable and attainable over recent years and has overtaken other electronic devices as a means of connecting with others on the internet. Owning a smartphone has become an expectation amongst younger generations, with up to 95% ownership amongst adults below 40 years old. (Sensis, June 2016). The benefits of this small, versatile device are clear. Smartphones have massively improved quality of life, especially through easing access to social media and information online. Consequently, many people are reliant on this device for daily living with 45% of Australians stating “I can’t live without my mobile phone”. (Roy Morgan Single Source Australia, 2015-2016).

In a society that’s so focused and heavily revolved around technology, it has become difficult to minimize the usage of technology because of all the beneficial factors that they bring to education. The use of technology, especially with the introduction of smartphones has been increasing over the years and, doesn't show any sign of decline. Because of its influence on society, it's best to limit ourselves from our smartphones as they make society lazier and less intelligent. Some people may argue that smartphones are only beneficial for society but in this paper, I will focus on how smartphones are making society lazier, why people may think it's beneficial for education when it’s not, and how it ultimately does, in fact, makes society lazier in the long-run from an educational stand-point.