Technology And The Cell Phone

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.

The Social Construction of Technology (or SCOT) is a new research tradition rooted in the sociology of technology. SCOT provides a multi-directional model based on the property of interpretative flexibility, and emphasizes on social influences on the technology design and development. This paper will apply SCOT principles to explore the development of cell phone, define the development of cell phone into three different stages historically, and analyze the interpretative flexibility of the cell phone accordingly in the three different stages. Based on SCOT theory, this paper will discuss how the original huge cell phones are shaped and developed by social influences to the smartphones in today’s life.

In today’s society, smart phones are a part of a student’s average, everyday life. No matter what people are doing, they find time to look at their phone and make a call, read a text, check e-mails, or search something on Google. Even though people find so many uses for them throughout the day, they are a controversial subject to talk about in their use in the classroom. Many schools have policies strictly prohibiting the use of smart phones in school. For schools to ban the use of smart phones is a major mistake. They only look at cell phones as a distraction to students, and don’t understand that this generation is dependent on the technologies of today. What educators need to do is ask themselves

Nearing the end of the 20th century, at a time that is today characterized by disco and bellbottoms, America was entering an era of the future: the Digital Age. Starting with the release of the personal computer in 1970, and likely ending with the release of the iPhone 890 in 2450, the Digital Age shaped America as we know it today. This nationwide obsession with technology has led to massive changes that now simply fall under the mundanity of everyday life. Of course, there is pushback, and certainly no shortage of grumbling about children swapping a day in the park for a video game controller (which is not completely unwarranted; I've had my fair share of, as my father once put it, "reading about going outside instead of actually doing it").

Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the 1860’s, people have rapidly improved people’s lives with technology. The first generations of computers started the base of computers and their system. These generations were influenced by inventers like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Steve Wozniok facilitated the computers, tablets, and smart phone we use today. With tablets and smart phone being so accessible it is no surprise that computers are not as popular as they used to. Many people would prefer to have an item that can fit in their back pocket or bag, instead of having to carry a big, space consuming item. They would rather have a hand held tablet and can fit almost any where somebody needs it to. Everywhere there is technology;

Technology has advanced over the years, causing our lifestyle to change drastically and head down a new path. With these advances in technology, the cell phone appeared and has evolved throughout time. The cell phone has become a necessity to many. All ages use this mobile device for either personal or business use. Higgins states that the amount of cell phones active has increased from “one billion in 2000 to 6 billion.” Although cell phones play an important role in the lives of many, the negative possibilities could cause destruction to our society.

Culture is what defined as the behavior and beliefs of particular groups of people. One of the most highly researched cultured countries in the world is, America. The concept that “America is a disposable society or the throw-away society” gives an insight an overconsumption and excessive production of items. “Out with the old, in with the new” is a cliché that defines America’s relationships with products. Americans justify their wastefulness by keeping up with the latest fad. People typically discard things that no longer have the same value as it once did. A perfect example of this, are cellular telephones. In the early and mid-2000’s, cellular telephones became a part of America’s everyday life. Cellular telephones are no longer a want

Thesis: The usage of cell phones in modern day society has caused quite the problem for citizens in this generation by being a major distraction, causing addictions, and has sadly became the main resource of communication.

Cell phones in the U.S. have changed us. They have changed us mentally and physically. This has also changed some of our history. Cell phones have also made some problems. Some of the effects that this has caused are effects on the brain, communication, and social.

Following the time when the mid 1980s, phones have been rapidly moving their route into our commonplace lives, particularly with the presentation of cam telephones in the early part of the new thousand years. As cells develop they have more of an effect on our commonplace lives and I need to exactly how much they are affecting. Similarly as with new engineering in whatever other structure, phones have changed enormously over their generally short life compasses. As these progressions happen, so does the populaces like and here and there loathe for these new advanced cells. One of the real issues happening with cell telephones in present day times is that individuals use them at wrong times, for example, when they are looking at of a market. Despite the fact that there are a couple negative perspectives about phones, my exploration and my paper are going to mostly the profits of Pdas in the United States of America. My exploration concentrates on a few key regions in wireless correspondence, for example, the advancement of Pdas, content informing, Pdas and other PDA applications and in addition my own particular exploration including a overview that I dispersed to some of my colleagues.

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When looking at technology in families, parents are often not the focus of research and most studies examine the children. However, with parents being part of a child’s microsystem which directly effects their environment it seems crucial to also look how parents use technology. Technology use in parents could potentially have the ability to shape their child’s use of technology and how they view technology.

Waking up, what is the first thing you do? We, as most teens, check our phones for the time, or any messages from the day before. Others get rudely awaken from it. Don’t you see how much we rely on our cell phone? It has become one of the most natural thing to do. These devices have affected us in tremendous ways, such as, shaping our perspectives, changing how we interact, and also controlling our education.To begin with, cell phones have modified our views of one another. For example, we use our phones so much, that we think it’s common to use it anywhere. According to Article 1, it states that, “..adults saw texting in more situations, using it to contact friends, and see texting as acceptable.” It also claims that many see using cell phones during church and dinner was fine. This shows how welcoming we are to using these technology, even during other events. Furthermore, texting has made us misguided and confused. It has made us assume the worst outof everyone, just based one simple text message. Erin Stewart, author of “Does cell phone use really affect our communication skills?”, mentions “..if two people are involved in an escalatedconflict, and they each assume that the other is going to be aggressive and hostile, then any ambiguous message will be interpreted as aggressive and hostile, even if it was not intended tobe that way at all.” This explains how quick we are to just judge one another. Texting has misledus to believing anything we want on the other side of

When cell phones were first introduced, they were large and expensive. In 1983 the first truly mobile phone was released by Motorola. It was the Motorola DynaTAC 8000x. To some people it is known as the “Zack Morris phone.” He used this phone on a regular basis in a popular television show called “Saved by the bell” which took place in the late 80’s to early 90’s. It was an extremely large device compared to the ones we are used to now and it was only designed to make phone calls. It was not often used for personal use like today. “They were primarily used in the sales and business world, but not for personal use like you see today” said Kreg Jones, an industrial designer and industrial design instructor at the Art institute of Philadelphia (“The History and Evolution of Cell Phones”). Initially cell phones could only make phone calls. In later cell phones eventually voicemail was added, but the main feature was still talking. Eventually companies realized the potential to integrate other technologies into the phones.

Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, the world has become a smaller place. The time used to travel to far distances has diminished; with the growth of new technologies, traveling and communicating have become simple daily tasks for many people. Through the growth of global communication, people have become closer to others across the globe, and business has gone world wide. One invention that came along with the technological revolution is the cell phone. Cell phones allow us to be reachable anywhere at anytime, letting us communicate even during travel. As time becomes more valuable for people, the importance of accessibility to communication also increases. With cell phones, the communication and