Negative Effects On Cellphones : A Good Tool For Learning Social Skills

Cell phones bring people together. “The idea behind Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram is to make us feel connected all the time” (Document 1). Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram can help us keep in touch with our friends (Document 1). Facebook connects more of us to more of our friends and family in more places than we have ever been connected before. (Document 1). Along with this I can say that cell phones are a useful tool.

A little too much of everything is bad, including phones. Kelly Wallace from CNN posted, “Fifty percent of teens feel they are addicted to their mobile devices, according to the poll, which was conducted for Common Sense Media, a nonprofit focused on helping children, parents, teachers and policymakers negotiate media and technology.” This is very concerning because a total of 50% of teens admit to it, but there are still more kids who are who are not aware of it. Addiction is bad because it can cause people to not get things done and lose relationships with people. The worst part is without these objects to fuel their addiction, they will be violent. If a heroin user does not get his or her heroin because of not being able to afford it, they will go to extreme lengths to get it. In “The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury, there is a nursery where the kids can imagine whatever they want and it will appear. When their parents realize they are addicted to it and cannot live without it, they decide to shut it down. This leads to the kids leading the parents into the nursery where they are killed by lions. The extremes people will go to so they are able to get their addiction met are crazy. Due to the kids not being able to use their special nursery, they decided it was necessary to kill their own parents. Addictions to cell phones will lead to people being violent over

Today I think people, especially teens, are on their phone way too much. When I walk down the street, all I see is the top of people’s heads. The things that really stand out to me are how we overuse our technology to the point where people are being distracted when they drive and how people are becoming lazy and passive learners. While some might say we should not limit how much we use our cell phones, I think we would be better off limiting our time and usage on our phones.

When children at a young age have cell phones it brings on many problems. Children will start to spend more time on their phone than they do with their family or friends. As it says in a news report by the Chicago Tribune, “A recent report by Common Sense Media, a nonprofit group that helps families navigate issues related to media and technology, showed mobile screen time on the rise for children 8 and younger.”(George). The quote provides information about how children are starting to spend more time on their phone. With children spending more time on their phone they are starting to become unsocial and are losing or not even making personal relationships with people. Some may argue giving a child can help them to be more social. These people say this because they can communicate

The AVID weekly article says, “Do get on your phone in front of family or friends to look up important, relevant information. This shows that if we do bring in more devices then we can try teach to use phones only when needed. The quote also shows that not all teens use their phones when there is no need for using them. The Scholastic article says, “94% of teens who have a smart phone use it daily.” This quote shows that if we do bring in other devices that it would more likely be easier to use them because teens use their phones so much. The quote also supports that it would less likely happen of someone breaking the devices because so much people would know how to use the devices. The AVID weekly and Scholastic article show that teens use their phones a large amount of time but it can be a good thing and a very bad thing result

How do cell phones affect our social skills? A multitude of news outlets talk about this issue, even debate it. Parents fear that these devices might be ruining their children’s social skills. Others say that the frequent texting between friends might fill in the gaps between social gatherings. Should parents be concerned about how much their children decide to text their friends instead of establishing real life connections? With all the evidence, I agree with parents, they should be concerned.

We all might still recall back to our school days and the bully on the playground making recess intolerable for some; or perhaps in the lunch room bully who helped themselves to our desserts. That bully might have ended up in the principal’s office, but likely not much more became of them. Bullies have always been around, but now they have changed their preferred tactics. With the growth of technology making our ordinary lives simpler, criminals and bullies have also used technology to aid them in their transgressions. Many bullies have advanced to become cyber-bullies and their chosen scare tactic makes use of computers, cellular phones, or some other type of communications device.

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

In the past few years cell phones have become an object of need rather than want. Everywhere you look people are on their cell phone either texting, calling, ‘facebooking,’ or emailing. The cell phone is the smallest most convenient connection that nearly everyone has. The idea, of course, is fantastic.The ability to communicate wire-free from anywhere is perfect. Cell phones have their advantages, like most digital devices. Parents have the luxury of calling up their children to know that they are safe, but, what are the consequences of that cell phone?

People have cell phones everywhere, especially teenagers. Teenagers are glued to their cell phones; they need cell phones almost everywhere they go. Today teens are depending on their phones for everything. The number of cell phones users has increased and as of 2010, there were more than 303 million subscribers in the U.S., according to the cellular companies (Hanna). As a result of teenagers over using cell phones, teens are being impacted emotionally, socially, and physically.

You have most likely used a phone at some point in your life. Whether it was to make a plain phone call,or just to play candy crush on your phone you have probably used a cell phone at some point. Younger people tend to use cell phones more often than older adults, but what they don’t know is the impact cell phones can have on social interaction. Cell phones can impact your relationships with people, the way you communicate, and your plain everyday life.To begin with, the impact that cell phones have on social interaction is that it can affect your relationships with people. Younger people have higher expectations when it comes to texting friends, than older adults. In the article “Cell Phones are Changing Social Interaction” it states “everyone expects a respond relatively quickly. So when you get a text from your partner, stop what you’re doing and respond. Oh, and if you are slow to respond to young adults, they will get irritated with you more quickly than other adults.” younger people tend to be the ones who use texting in more situations and their everyday lives. This results in them getting into habit of always getting and wanting a quick response back, so when they text their friends they are going to have high expectations of how fast their friends reply should be. If they don’t get the quick response they wanted they will most likely get irritated. It doesn’t only impact friendship it also impact romantic relationships. Most people

In the 21st century, cell phones have been a popular choice of entertainment and communication for most of the population. It is not uncommon to walk around a grocery store or to venture out in public without seeing an individual using a cellular device of some sort; even at restaurants or the movies. When a teenager or an adult gets their hands on a smartphone, they just don’t know when to put them down. Although smartphones shouldn’t be banned in certain facilities (if they pay their own money for one, whoever bought it should be able to use it whenever and wherever they may want), they should be only used in moderation because of how much of a distraction the phones can really be.

A negative impact of cell phones is that a lot of younger people are getting cell phones. And a lot of younger people are not responsible enough and sometimes forget to pay their phone

An increasing number of kids are being bullied by text messages through their cell phones. These phones are challenging the ability of adults to monitor and guide children because, unlike a computer placed in a public area of a home, school or library, mobiles are personal, private, connected - and always accessible. Kids tend to keep their phones on at all times, meaning bullies can harass victims at school or even in their own rooms. Built-in digital cameras in cell phones are adding a new dimension to the problem. In one case students used a camera-enabled cell phone to take a photo of an overweight classmate in the shower after gym. The picture was distributed throughout the school e-mail list within minutes

Children's these generations are strongly effected by smart phones. Parents would buy their kids phones to contact during emergency, and kids nowadays would prefer electronics than toys. Children may be over playing games which can damage their eyes and not wanting to out doors.There is also a big possibility of having inappropriate things like offensive messages and 18+ videos, which would effect the child's mental heath. The presents of cell phone may also cause cyber bullying such as text messages or emails, rumors sent by email or posted on social networking sites, and embarrassing pictures, videos,