Mobile Phone Addiction Essay

by texting and driving, are increasing more each and every day. Smart phones have made it easy for us to stay connected at all times, but it has also made it easy for us to become distracted while driving. Will this epidemic ever cease? The best way to end distracted driving is to try and educate everyone about the danger it poses. Twenty years ago, texting and driving was never even heard of. Drivers did not have cell phones to be distracted by. However, that is not the case anymore. In fact,…

Introduction: In Florida, there are many attractions that bring people from all over the United States to visit. Making the amount of people in driving on Florida highways a much larger number. With distractions in today’s society including phones, tablets, touchscreen radios etc; makes the rate of collisions at an all time high. But texting and driving has been a leading cause of collisions for years now. Recently Florida has passed a texting and driving law, that named it a second offense,…

Midlife crisis is a set theory that was proposed because of the great amounts of people that represented the theory. Mid-life crisis isn’t exactly scientifically proven it is just an over glorified theory. “Men, in particular, were said to leave their wives, buy red sports cars, and quit their jobs because of midlife panic”(Berger 2014, pg. 465). In my opinion mid-life crisis is more of a choice, or decision people in their 35’s to 50’s make. Recently media has made known the theory that maybe…

Scott Fischer saw her as a ticket to fame and an advertisement for Mountain Madness. He did whatever he could to get her to the Mount Everest Summit to make that call. “The previous afternoon, Lopsang had exhausted himself carrying a satellite phone for Pittman, in addition to the rest of his load, from Camp Three to Camp Four….’I don’t want to carry the telephone,’ Lopsang later admitted, in part because it had worked only marginally at Camp Three and it seemed even less likely to work in the…

Years ago when the first car phone was invented, it wasn’t even available for every car. Often times it was businessmen or the upper-class who had these luxuries. Fast forward 30 years, it is not uncommon for multiple cell phones to be in a car at once, along with iPods, laptops, DVD players, an abundance of distractions. The picture shown above shows just how easy, common, and dangerous distractions can be. If you were to just observe people while driving, you would notice a young lady at a…

Cell phones are seen as an important resource, some say they shouldn't be aloud but i argue this and believe they should. One example, of why it should be aloud is because of emergency reasons. This means to be able to have the cellphone for if anyone gets hurt or needs help because their lost or stuck somewhere. This example is describing how the use of the new technology in phones can take place in a school environment without being a huge distraction. Another reason to why phones should be…

daily. The time we spend in a single day to communicate with others using our phones and computers is something that we should consider because “as in our face-to-face interactions with others, both verbal and nonverbal messages are important when we communicate via mediated channels” (Bevan & Sole, 2014, Chapter 4.4, “Verbal and Nonverbal Communication in the Digital Age,” para. 1). In a single day, I communicate with my phone and computer at least seventy-five percent of the day because most…

has made great strides in the past years, but it has also had a very negative impact in people's lives. Technology has made people antisocial, unable to communicate, and detached from the outside world. People in society are constantly using their phones, laptops, and tablets. This leaves very little room for person to person communication. Technology has made huge changes in how people live their day to day lives. People are becoming very antisocial because of the advances in technology.…

If sixteen year olds are in danger, think of the fifteen year olds in america! With music blasting, friends jabbering and phones beeping, the teenaged brain is easily distracted while driving. These distractions in particular contribute to nearly sixty percent of teen accidents. Another danger for a teen, though you’ve heard it many times before yet still is a problem, is alcohol…

With technology being a still somewhat new part in everyone's daily lives, people can argue whether or not technology has a positive or negative affect on children. You can argue that technology is ruining today's youth, or that it is making the smartest generation that’s ever walked the earth. Education may be the most affected by the daily use of technology. “Superseding what was previously a simple room full of desks, writing utensils, and a chalkboard, technology is transforming the way…