Smartphones And Its Effects On Society

At first, I wanted to analyze and write about smartphones, however I found it more efficient to write also about a particular smartphone to narrow it down from such a broad technology artifact, such as answering who designed it, what for, what their position and the impact they want to have on society was, and their future visions. Therefore, I chose the iPhone as the main piece I will be analyzing and an emphasis on applications. However, some of this information is relevant and interchangeable to all other smartphones. IPhones and smartphones allow us to accessconstant information and offer it the way we want it, as it is completely customizable now to fit our learning style. They keep us organized and send information to us in different ways. Smartphones capitalize on shared knowledge and has opened the door to inventors and those who have the knowledge to make our world easier by sharing it with us to use. We are able to communicate with other people far off through space-time compression or shrinking-space to gather news and information. It has led us to be more capable and more productive.

With this technological boom has come a massive shift in the way our culture functions, and though many of us don’t like to admit it, we are now undeniably connected to our smartphones. Many people mock those who spend hours on end absorbed in their smartphones, searching the web and exploring social media. However, this behavior is ultimately uncontrollable. Humans are innately wired to crave social interaction, as well as the acquisition of new information and knowledge. It is for this reason that many people, especially those of younger generations, have become addicted to the instant

How often do we see some people in society now a days on their phones? Whether this be to someone checking their Facebook or just messaging their friends to let them know where they are. How often could you witness to how they could cause accidents such as not paying attention when crossing the road, crime such as the increase in phones being stolen, or car accidents in the split second in which one is looking down at their phone rather than paying attention to what is on the road? If we were living in the time periods before the 90s, then we would be living in a generation in which no one would have come close to guessing that cell phones would be a vital source in living in these modern times.

Increased popularity of cell phone use has lead to unforeseen social consequences. We aim to inform the reader of these consequences. Cell phones are extremely useful, but according to the research the problems outweigh the benefits. These problems need to be addressed because they are prevalent in our time now, and can be addressed by personal responsibility in the use of cell phones when others are present. This study focuses on young adult between the ages of 18-29. Cell phones were originally created for connectivity; they have now evolved into a means which destroys social interaction. Research illustrates that cell phones are no longer making communication more effective; cell phones are part of everyday life, and as such adolescents need to limit usage because excessive time utilizing cell phones has negatively impacted social skills: impaired communication and promoted loneliness.

Phones can be a beneficial tool in today’s society that can keep people connected from all corners of the Earth. While cell phones can provide many good services to help the individual., they are ruining the basic aspects of social interaction with others. With the use of cell phones, it can make people become less aware and distract them from living life, which can lead to people having lesser abilities to actually talk and connect with others. Devices can cause a big disconnection and trust amongst other family, friends and others. Since most of the time students are spending a majority of their time in on their cell phones, it can make their grades drop due to them not paying attention in class, which leads them to have a lesser opportunity to learn. Sadly, the adamant use of phones is very much so negatively affecting the quality of living life to the fullest.

The pace of technological advancement is speeding up. For example, when cell phones were first available to people the most they were able to do was make calls and text. Now with these advances in technology cell phones have evolved into smartphones with different functions. However with every step forward in technology, society takes a step back to learn how to adapt. Currently, people should be getting used to the most recent evolution of smartphones, however they’re too distracted texting, tweeting, and instagramming pictures of pointless things. Although uses of smartphones might seem harmless, theres a problem. People’s overuse of smartphones make society feel okay with behavior that is harmful to health, relationships, and the feeling of being public. Which is why there should be more people educated with smartphone etiquette.

The amount of time we spend staring at screens has increased dramatically in the last few years. Prior to having these technologies at the ease of hand people spend more time outdoors and being expose to healthy elements. The time we spent staring at screens the impacted the not just our vision, but also other parts of our body. As digital use increases, so do potential vision problems, including eye strain, cancer, bacterial infection and many other that has yet to be discovered. A bacterial infection such as MRSA and E. coli bacteria that could lead to vomiting and diarrhea. When it comes down to the health issue for the use of cell phones is it really worth making ourselves prone to some potential health issues that could be avoided. The International Telecommunication Union reported nearly 6 billion mobile phone subscriptions at the end of 2011. That’s 86 out of every 100 people worldwide, those including millennial and generation Z. It a pity that we are so uneducated on how the device we use for mass communication and ease of life can actually turn around and hunt us.

Have you ever been in a silent room with no conversations and all you can hear are vibrating phones? For example, at Thanksgiving or Christmas, do you have a person in the family that always happens to be on their phone and barely talks to the rest of the family? In today’s society, people tend to text each other rather than have face-to-face conversation. However, thirty years ago if you were compelled to give a message or talk to someone, you would call or go visit them. Everyone needs to realize their worth in the world and technology isn’t helping them. So many of us are missing out on numerous different opportunities due to the lack of personal conversations. Significantly, there is more to life than our cell phones. Today, a simple text seems to do the trick, however, has this gratified our communication skills and how would we react without being able to use our cell phones? It is obvious that people need to restrict their phone dependency by holding themselves accountable for the excessive usage.

In a smartphone communication survey conducted by Monica Anderson of Pew Research Center, smartphone users were observed over a one-week period. The study shows that 97 percent of usage on users’ smartphones is text messaging. It also shows that 92 percent of usage is communication through video or voice calls. Less than 50 percent make up music, podcasts, and navigation. This survey concludes that smartphone users spend most of their usage time through communicating with friends and family (Anderson, 2015). The high percentages are because communication through smartphones is convenient, helpful, creative, fun, and accessible when it comes to communicating with friends and family and also long distance relationships. Smartphone communication features can benefit, rather than harm, how society communicates with one another.

social lives and behaviors have shifted into a world unknown. Nowadays, the use of portable electronic devices, like cellphones, has become a more common way of communicating, rather than true social interactions. With social

Everyday of our lives we watch as technology advances in leaps and bounds so it was only logical when the cellphone came into existence it would also be important to develop ways for a phone to be more than just a phone. With the explosion of the internet age people needed a way to bring their computers on the go, one that could fit in the palm of their hand. Whether it be checking emails, updating social networks or even playing games smartphones seem to do it all. There is however a dark side to every technological advance to everything that makes our lives more convenient. Smartphones are not only a huge distraction in our lives but are also known to cause health problems in those that use them and even have negative effects on society as a whole.

PDAs have turned into a need for some individuals all through the world. The capacity to stay in contact with family, business partners, and access to email are just a couple of the explanations behind the expanding significance of mobile phones. Today 's actually best in class mobile phones are equipped for accepting and setting telephone calls, as well as putting away information, taking pictures, and can even be utilized as walkie talkies, to give some examples of the accessible choices.

Decades ago, mobile phones were large, cumbersome, and expensive devices. A mobile phone can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link while moving around a wide geographic area. Through this, business men could see the value of being able to communicate while on the move so they were willing to pay the price and put up with the inconvenience.

In this day and age, it is almost impossible to not have a cell phone; the number of people who own a cell phone is growing every year. “At the end of 2011, there were almost 6 billion mobile subscriptions. That is a dramatic increase from 5.4 billion in 2010 and 4.7 billion mobile subscriptions in 2009” (International Tele - communications Union, 2011). With the introduction into society the cell phone established a convenient way to communicate between individuals, and they have also connected the world in a way that was thought to be impossible before their invention. When the mobile phone was first invented its only purpose was to be able to make a phone call while on the go. The mobile phone has gone through a great deal of technological advancement throughout the years. The cell phones today are called smartphones, which have the capabilities of a computer with the features of mobile phones. While society has benefited from mobile phones, there is a growing concern amongst a group of individuals who argue that with this influx of cell phone technology people have become too obsessed and dependent with their cell phone to the point where the device has had a negative impact on many people’s social skills. Some of the issues caused by cell phones are the way people use them as a method for avoiding face to face interaction, the way texting encourages poor grammar techniques, the numerous distractions cell phones create.

What is mobility? We hear the term a lot today. Websters Dictionary defines mobility as, “The quality or state of being mobile; as, the mobility of a liquid, of an army, of the populace, of features, of a muscle.” or “The quality of moving freely.” (Mobility, 2016) However, in our lives today the term in more so applied to the devices we carry. Such as our Laptops, tablets and cellphones. Mobile devices have become the mundane today rather than a luxury. However, as with any type of computing device, they come with security risks. Let’s look at them shall we?