Negative Effects Of Mobile Phones

As the world grows larger, society is adding more technology. Cell phones have taken over the lives of many people. In most cases, people are either using their phones to pay bills, use social media, or to talk to someone in a quick way. Children have been impacted by cell phones along with adults. The users of cell phones have become blind to the negative effects that they have on a person’s health and attitude. The use of cell phones can greatly affect social skills, cause the development of hearing and eye problems, and cause an increase in stress levels.

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 the past 20 years there has been a significant increase in technology and technological dependency. A large portion of this dependency has been derived from smartphones, which have been dominating the phone market, primarily since the iPhone was introduced in 2007. There is nothing inherently wrong with smartphones, however they are causing more harm than help to this society. Smartphones and the dependency humans hold with them have become detrimental to society through creating a decline in human interaction, emphasizing value on inanimate objects, and ultimately creating a greater and more dangerous distraction than it’s worth.

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.

“Hey get off your phone! We’re eating dinner!” You hear this everywhere you go now, be it at Chucky Cheeses, or the Olive Garden. Mobile phones are taking control of our very lives. What once was a boisterous family outing is easily turned into utter silence, with only the sound of tapping fingers on an electric rectangles, to tell that anyone is even still alive. Mobile phones not only make us antisocial to our families and friends, but are also making us stressed and distracted in life. What started off as a great idea for connecting people has turned into a device that is doing the opposite of its intended purpose.

The average number of mobile phone around the world is on the increasing. In the United States, it is estimated that over 60% of kids and 91% of the adults owns, at least, one cell phone device (Singh, 2010). For example, a country where mobile phones increase the rate has hit the 100% mark is Kuwait. Cell phones have changed the communication that which people receive calls, alerts and messages being on the increase. The advantages of using mobile phones in help communication is responsible for the high number of mobile phone average in various societies. However, discussion have showed with some people claiming that cell phones are harmful to their users in different ways. Those people who think in that way have come under heavy of disagreement from those who argue that cell phone do not harm the users. The following reasons will show why cell phones are harmful in the society. Cell phones are harmful because it can lead to cancer, and causes eyes problems joined by chronic pains.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Electromagnetic Radiation, something that the human eye cannot see, yet it is everywhere. TV waves, Cell Phone waves, Wifi waves, X rays, these waves are what keep things to move forward in our modern society. But, how would modern society look like if we didn't have any of these waves, for example, what if the society that we live in did not have cell phone waves, or cell phones at all? We would be missing a huge piece in our society without cell phones, and to all the phone addicts, it would be a harsh world indeed. Without cell phones or cell phone waves, the world would be a very stale place because it would be difficult to communicate with others, hard to do research when you aren't at home with a computer, and it would be a safety hazard.

The first smartphones that were introduced into the mainstream market during the 21st century revolutionized the modern world. The concept of “phone” was completely rewritten, from simply being a communication device to evolving into a platform where one could document their lives, engage in productivity, access the internet, make money, entertain themselves, and become a functioning and contributing member of a larger global society by simply swiping and tapping their fingers. With the rise of smartphones came the rise of a plethora of applications, gaming services, and socially interactive technologies. These dramatic and innovative changes, while they connected people to the outside world, have paradoxically created a culture in which many preferred to be isolated, with their phones. This trend has acculturated the modern teenage demographic to the furthest extent. While it was subtle at first, the effects are now starting to be studied in depth and understood by both the scientific and the parental communities. Primarily, the increase of smartphone usage within the teenage demographic has been negatively associated with changes in the nature and frequency of real-time social interactions. To effectively address this growing issue, the future implications of smartphone usage on the social interactions of teenagers must be considered to create efficient solutions in the present. Over time, less in-person social interactions are taking place outside the home. Teenagers are

With the evolution of today’s technology, widespread smartphone use did not begin until the mid-to-late 90’s. Smartphones, being readily available, offer society a world of conveniences. This technology combines that of a computer with other electronic goods into a single handheld instrument. While one may argue that the smartphone has many negative effects, far more benefits come to mind. The smartphone does offer users several conveniences that make life easier and more efficient. It seems smartphones add value to people and businesses, as well as provide benefits to improve the quality of life using various functions. Today’s smartphones allow users to stay in touch with family and friends no matter what part of the world they reside. In times of emergencies, smartphones can even help users feel safe. The technology of today’s smartphone has enabled society to become more efficient in daily activities, communicate more effectively, as well as provide relief in emergencies.

Every day thousands of people use their cell phones as a major form of communication. The creation of the mobile phone or the cell phone changed the world because it allowed people to stay in touch over long distances. Though the creators of the mobile phone created it for just the porpoise of keeping in touch over long distances the people of the twenty first century have changed the phone. Where before the elite had mobile phones the Twenty first century brought cheaper versions of the original mobile phone. Eventually the phone became the most used piece of technology and form of communication in the history of the world. However, the phone that everyone uses today has lost its purpose, today because of the availability of the phone and the advancements in the phones technology the mobile phone could be more of a pest than a blessing. If we would only use our mobile phones for their original purpose we would see a change in our stress levels, the amount of sleep we get, our intelligence, and even our attitudes.