A study investigated if people seem to perceive if their relationships and are affected due to the use of cellphone that assessed students on cell phone usage (Avelar, 2015). The first question was how frequently do participants use their phones and think other people used their phones in the same settings. The survey assessed the appropriateness behavior of calling and texting in public settings. The survey also included questions about the people’s perceptions of the effect of cell phones on their interactions with others and was ask to recall when their companion was texting. They were asked to note on how it made them feel and how they reacted. The survey was conducted in 2003 in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and California and 85 percent of
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About 83 percent thought it would impair a relationship with a person who is physically present if they were to make a phone call (Avelar, 2015). However only 67 percent thought it would impair relationships in the same situation it they were to text. Most students agreed with statements like “I wish my friends would turn off their cellphones” when together yet disagree with the statement that using “my cellphone interferes with my relationships” (Avelar, 2015). As the scale ranges with professionals to a group of friends, more people are more incline to not look at their text when having a meal together (such as with a professor, a boss, or advisor (1.8 percent)) rather than a group of close friends who in which 92.8 percent would look (Avelar, 2015). This suggests that students make a way to seem polite and to show respect to higher powers. It interesting that students reported to never use their phones with professors during an intimate meeting but it is often seen in class that they use cellphones for a list of various things like to text, look at emails, play games, etc. This is caused by interactions not held one on one with the professor. Share personal ideologies between college students of this case find it to be a scene of breaching when using phones with higher powers because it shows lack of care and
About 83 percent thought it would impair a relationship with a person who is physically present if they were to make a phone call (Avelar, 2015). However only 67 percent thought it would impair relationships in the same situation it they were to text. Most students agreed with statements like “I wish my friends would turn off their cellphones” when together yet disagree with the statement that using “my cellphone interferes with my relationships” (Avelar, 2015). As the scale ranges with professionals to a group of friends, more people are more incline to not look at their text when having a meal together (such as with a professor, a boss, or advisor (1.8 percent)) rather than a group of close friends who in which 92.8 percent would look (Avelar, 2015). This suggests that students make a way to seem polite and to show respect to higher powers. It interesting that students reported to never use their phones with professors during an intimate meeting but it is often seen in class that they use cellphones for a list of various things like to text, look at emails, play games, etc. This is caused by interactions not held one on one with the professor. Share personal ideologies between college students of this case find it to be a scene of breaching when using phones with higher powers because it shows lack of care and