Parents
should be aware that cell phones are very dangerous. Two factors play into
this: sexting and texting and driving. Sexting is when someone takes a nude
picture of him/herself and sends it to someone else. It might seem like
harmless fun, but it’s just the opposite. Sexting does more harm than anyone
knows, there have been deaths related to sexting. One of the most talked about
cases was of a young lady named Jesse Logan. Jesse was a high school graduate
with many plans for her future. At the time she had a boyfriend who she sent
nude pictures too. After they broke up the boyfriend decided to send the
pictures to some of the girls in school. Jesse was tortured by her fellow peers
and her so called friends. Eventually the torture was just too much, she ended
up killing herself. This goes to show that sexting is no joke and should be
taken more seriously. Parents should
also monitor their children more, so nothing like this happens to their child. Then
we have the issue of texting and driving. Before cell phones became an
important part of our society you never heard of texting and driving. Now every
state has laws against this common phenomenon. In a recent poll by Health Day,
it has been confirmed that 1/3 (37%) of drivers have admitted to either
receiving a text or sending a text while driving. The texting and driving law
is, “All drivers are prohibited from texting – that is, typing, sending or
reading a text message with a hand-held mobile telephone or mobile electronic
device. Exceptions to the rule exist for emergency calls and calls made while
using a hands-free device.” As you can see texting and driving is not taken
lightly. Parents should also set a better example when it comes to this topic
of texting and driving; my mother has texted while she was driving numerous
times. It’s more likely that you’re going to do the same thing, because it’s
like monkey see, monkey do. Therefore, parents should make a better example by
not texting and driving.
Cell phones do have their
many pros and cons. However, in this case the cons out weigh the pros.
Therefore, we as a society should try to use our cell phones less, and then
maybe the car crash rate will decrease along with our spelling and grammar
problems. Just by reducing your texting time or anytime you spend on your phone
you’ll be able to do something more productive or beneficial with your life
Cell Phones In Our Society
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Parents are to blame for most of the problems with cell phones. By letting there kids get one at a young age they allow them to be vulnerable to the many health problems and etc.. However they do have some positives, for example if their kid goes out, the parents do not have to worry because they’re just a phone call away. In the
70s and 80s teenagers never had cell phones leading to the parent staying up
all night just to see you walk in the door. You might see this in a lot of
older movies. Cell phones give parents a sense of security and power. Most cell
phones nowadays have GPS trackers which locates you wherever you go. Because of this parents no longer
have to worry about their children as much.
Also
many think of the cell phone as a learning tool. Since the first smart that came out in 2000 many have used cell phones as a
way of finding information quickly and easily. For example, say you’re far away
from your computer or any computer and you really need to search something up for your English class, your cell phone is right there
to help you quickly search information. Cell phones have become a quick
reference tool when wanting to prove someone wrong, or trying to find
information on a paper you’re writing. Then cell phones have become a reliable
tool for many occasions. Cell phones make it convenient for any person to get
in touch no matter where you are. Also, gives our society a way to communicate besides the old fashion
calling on the phones or writing letters, like they did over 50 years ago. However, many argue that because we text to
communicate we no longer know how to act socially around people. A CNN article, they] state “Developmental psychologists studying the impact of texting worry
especially about young people, not just because kids are such promiscuous users
of the technology, but because their interpersonal skills — such as they are —
have not yet fully formed.” Meaning they are still developing there
interpersonal skills which is important because if the first thing they learn
is to text people instead of talking to them face to face, they are less likely
to be socially outgoing.
More then anything cell phones have had a great impact on my generation, along with many others.A recent
Washington Post article points out
that there are more cell phones than there are people (Cecilia Kang 1).
It’s impossible to escape the fact that we as a
society are dependent on cell phones. Walking out of class every day I witness
my peers glued to their cell phones, just sitting there waiting to go to class.
Our dependency on cell phones gets worse every generation. The older
generations are very unfamiliar with cell phones as a whole. They usually only
have cell phones to make frequent calls or conduct searches. But our generation
is completely dependent on our cell phones. We use our cell phones to go on
twitter, Facebook, or instagram, which are very popular apps. It would be
hypocritical for me to say that I’m not dependent on my phone because I am. However,
I do believe that cell phones are doing more harm than good, such as destroying
the English language.
Cell
phones have many negative effects in our generation. One of the most important negative
aspects is it completely murders spelling and grammar. Before there was a full
keyboard on any phone they had the regular ABC which was under the number one.
People would have to repeatedly hit one of these numbers to get one letter,
which was a pain to deal with. This is where we started to murder the English
language. We started texting 2 instead of to, also started saying b instead of
the word be. However, there are people like David Crystal who disagree with
this claim. He believes that cell phones aren't actually murdering spelling and
grammar, but are actually having an opposite effect. He states that abbreviations have been around
for hundreds of year, so it’s only normal to abbreviate. However, there’s a
difference between abbreviating all the time and doing it every once and a
while.
For the last couple years there has been recent controversy on whether or not cell phones have a negative effect to there body. Well, cell phones do harm the body eventually maybe even causing cancer. Cell phones emit radio frequency energy, which can be absorbed by the tissues closet to where you have you phone. This means if you have your phone held to your ear most of the time, your more likely to have cancer in that area, or any other health problems. Some common problems that cell phones could cause are, increasing heart rate, increasing blood pressure, for men they will have a problem with DNA, low sperm motility low viability, low morphology, and increased OS. (http://www.precisionnutrition.com/all-about-cell-phones-health). Other symptoms include fatigue, burning near ear, headache, numbness, tingling, and low concentration. We all tend to thing that cell phones are harmless, but they are now where close as you can see. Cell phones have also been linked to sleep and immunity. Some cell phone users have reported that they are more fatigue and have more headaches, however its not clear whether these are connected to other things or activities such as overworking, or constantly focusing the eyes to see the text screen, or even the brightness of the screen. According to Ryan Andrews, "Scientists speculate that cell phones might harm our bodies in a couple of ways:
- Thermal: Radiation can elevate body temperature (think: microwave oven). With a cell phone in our pocket or by our head, slight temperature increases might disrupt cellular functioning. The eyes and testes appear especially susceptible.
- Non-thermal: Radiofrequency energy can alter cell membrane permeability, the movement of calcium ions, cell excitability, free radical production, blood-brain barrier integrity, the stress response and/or neurotransmitter release.
What does this mean? Well it means we have to be way more careful of how we use our cell phones and how much we should use or cell phones.
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Cell phones, a menace to society or the savior of your society? Cells phones have been around for more than 10 years now and almost ever person in America has one. Don’t get me wrong, it would be hypocritical for me to say that I don’t depend or love my phone. However, where do we draw the line of just using it for communication vs. using it for useless unsafe fun. When the cell phone came out so did many other problems. One of the least commonly talked about topics that is associated with cell phones is how cell phones affect our environment.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
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