THE NEGATIVES IMPACT OF SMARTPHONE ADDICTION ON TEENAGERS’ HEALTH (FROM 12 - 19 YEARS OLD) 1. Introduction Nowadays, smartphone has become popular all around the world. People, at least have one smartphone with them. According to Wilcox (2009), the first smartphone was released 22 years ago, exactly in 1993, which was IBM Simon. This smartphone was design and engineered by International Business Machine Corp. (IBM). Not only IBM, which produced the smartphone but also Nokia, Ericsson, and…
RFID TECHNOLOGY Radio-frequency identification (RFID): RFID Technology is a wireless electromagnetic field that is used to transfer data, or to identify people or objective, for the purposes of automatically identifying and tracking tags attached to objects. RFID is very fast, reliable and does not require any physical sight or contact between reader and scanner and the tagged items. There are some tags contains electronically stored information. It refers to small electronic devices that…
Tough to read isn’t it? That is an example of what is called SMS Language. When online or cellular texting services first came out, there was a limit to how many characters you could use. Therefore, many had to improvise what would be correct english of more than 200 characters, into improper english down to 140 or less. Standard English is the most widely accepted form of english by institutions such as schools and heads of state. With that being said, not all speak the same way. The concision…
Mobile Monsters? While the Globe and Mail article, Your Smartphone Is Making You Stupid, Antisocial, And Unhealthy. So Why Can’t You Put It Down?, makes some very interesting points, the reader is often left questioning its credibility. The article seems hellbent on sharing an anti-technology viewpoint, and fails to acknowledge the clear benefits these machines provide. The writer embraces many sources, but unfortunately leaves a number of them un-credited, causing the reader to wonder if…
Effects of smartphones Based on the article written by Jean Twenge, technology even smartphones in particular has caused an extreme change in behavior for children and teens born between 1995-2012. From my own personal experience, I do believe that the majority of teens today have an Iphone. I agree that more than ever less teens are going out, and kids rather chat on social media and gaming systems than to leave the comfort of their own homes to “interact” with their peers. When I was in my…
person and do some extracurricular activities. It is widely regarded as a risk reflects the broader social change. Only 33% of teens say that they have experienced online that made them feel closer to another person. After smartphones and social network are being popular, face-to-face communication are declined. Only 25% of teens meet with friends face-to-face every day. Besides, parents spend an average of 1500 minutes on the phone to family members each year, which makes children grow up…
Phones should not be on their phones during class because they don’t learn anything because of there distraction on there phones and they will not earn good grades on their test or on an assignment, and when a student is on their phone they don’t understand what their assignment was and they decide not to do it because they didn’t understand anything that was taught to them. In the article “ As Schools Lift Bans on Cell Phones, Educators Weigh Pros and Cons” it says that “Critics believe that…
Cell Phones vs. Teen Students Literacy Scores Take a second and imagine what life would be like without cell phones. Would you be less distracted, more active, and/or become more literate? About 88% of American teens from ages 13-17 years old have access to cell phones and many people are concerned about teens literacy. Many students use their phone on a regular basis and some parents are concerned about cell phones affecting their children's literacy. Cell phones can have both positive and…
Why we should be able to have phones in school Although cell phones are distracting we should have them in class because you can use them for many educational purposes and if there is someone who is taking advantage in the opportunity to be able to use their phone then they should face the consequences. allowing phones in class, you can use them in many different uses as in science class or math class you can use them as calculators it's not often a teacher doesn't have enough…
27.05.2016 GÜNEYCAN KARŞIGİL SEC.90 - 2036960 TURKEY'S NEW TREND: WEDDING SHOWS ON TV TV shows effect people's life. In Turkey, TV shows plays a vital role in our society. To increase the popularity of TV channels, producers are releasing a various of new programmes every time. One of them is…