majority of the people own cell phones and they spend the majority of their time using them. The majority of the people around the world view these electronic devices as a useful. There are many useful benefits that these devices provide to the people, however they are not seeing the harmful consequences in this case towards the college students.Therefore, cell phone usage is harmful to the college students and their experience throughout college. One of the harms that the cell phone uses is a distraction
Over the past years, improper smartphone usage has been a widespread concernedly problem among teens and college students. According to Hawi and Samaha (2016), “Smartphones are becoming an integral part of the lives of all age worldwide. People feel inseparable from their smartphones” (p. 321). Problematic smartphone use are considered as an “important indicators that someone is on the path to smartphone addiction” (Cevik, Gokcearslan, Haslaman, & Mumcu, 2016, p. 640). As the emergence of smartphone
to Turn It into a Cure Once cell phones were invented, they took the world by storm. Cell phones are the everlasting technology. Since they got introduced to the people they changed a lot in the ways of communication between people. Cell phones made life much easier and communication more efficient. Cell phones had two main features when features when they were invented, that is calling and texting, but that didn’t stop humans from developing cell phones. Nowadays individuals have their hands
Social Media Campaigning to Reduce Unintentional Pedestrian Injury Due to Mobile Device Use Keondra Midgette Delaware State University SCWK 660-63 Whitney Howzell, M.P.H May 4, 2015 Introduction With the increasing amount of personal use of mobile phones at any give moment throughout the day, there is an implicit notion that such usage influence how individuals behave in their environments. It is a rising concern that proper usage of mobile phones is being practiced, especially when regarding
OVERVIEW: Internet usage has become a heavily integrated and important characteristic of current and contemporary society. It would be rare to meet anyone who has not yet used any aspect of the Internet. In fact, according to the article, Social Media Update 2016 written by Shannon Greenwood, Andrew Perrin, and Maeve Duggun of the Pew Research center, “86% of Americans are currently internet users” (Greenwood et al.) This percentage includes teenagers, emerging adults, and adults. Below are observations
Today’s society is a generation that is being raised on conveniences, and with this generation, cell phone use has exploded. Millions of people are obsessed with their cell phones and literally will not leave their house without it. People center everything they do around their cell phone. People are checking their text messages and social media day and night. They face time, tweet, Pinterest, Instagram, and Snapchat. Teens on their smartphones. Photo Credit Highwaystarz-Photography/iStock/Getty
Countless people feel as though a cell phone is another limb on your body and that it helps you keep concentration levels up. To address the concerns of the opposing view there have been studies and scientific proof concerning this issue. I believe while cell phone use can be accepted, it can also cause disruptions and causes chronic phone users level of confidence declines. These only causes problems and terrible drawbacks. Cell phone use and texting cause concentration levels to diminish and it
Countless of you may feel as though a cell phone is another mere limb on your body and that it helps you keep concentration levels up. To address your concerns there have been studies and scientific proof concerning this issue. I believe while cell phone use can be acceptable, it can also cause disruptions and causes your level of confidence go down. This only causes loads of problems and terrible drawbacks. Cell phone use and texting cause concentration levels to go down and it is difficult to redirect
Effects of Cellphone Usage Among Teens The reality of our current generation is that the technology, such as cellphones, has taken over. Children used to go outside and play with toys, but now children demand to play on cellular devices. As they grow older, the amount of time spent on these devices among young individuals gradually begins to increase. Cell phones are often viewed as a device that are useful in many ways such as being able to call family and friends or using it as a GPS to navigate
In the past two decades, advancements in technology increased throughout the public with the usage of cell phones, tablets, and computers. According to a digital analysis from the GSMA Intelligence (Groupe Spéciale Mobile Association), a research organization that calculates the amount of electronic devices made in industries, they recorded that there were more than 7.2 billion cellular devices in 2014 and that the number of cellular devices increases five times faster than the number of people in