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cell phones. Rumors can be spread much faster than they would if there were no phones. A rumor can be spread one night and then everybody knows about it in less than an hour. Harassment is also a serious subject that happens because of cell phones. Text messages can be sent saying emotionally hurtful messages. Even though these messages are being sent from their home, more are sent during school to distract the other student. Because this bullying is online and hardly physical, it is hard to…

believe me but just incase, keep reading. I bet you didn’t know that 1 in 4 car accidents happen from texting while driving. Also texting while driving causes a 400% increase in time spent with eyes off the road. Another fun fact is that answering a text takes your attention away for about 5 seconds. Travelling at 55 mph,…

enforcement is the Commission 's most visible and effective tool for fighting online threats, including those in the mobile marketplace. The FTC has brought four recent cases that illustrate how Section 5 applies to the mobile arena, including unsolicited text messages…

you 23 times more likely to crash.. More people will be a statistic if our government doesn’t take this more seriously. That could be a family member of mine, or myself, who could get into a collision and cost my life. And lives are worth more than a text message in my…

Today in our modernized society having technology around us is a necessity. It allows us to connect to loved ones on the other side of the world and let us know events that are happening. So, how is this technology making us feel more alone? Technological devices such as laptops, mobile phones, cameras, iPads, televisions and much more were created to help us stay connected. But, is this really happening? people are continuously reducing the importance of talking to others because they would…

People find it easier to face a screen with bad news than a face in person. People would rather text than talk face-to-face. “In addition, 32 percent say they prefer to communicate with people via text message,” (Nakaya 11). This loss of verbal communication among adolescents is causing them to lose simple, yet critical social skills. The result of only talking behind a screen can cause them to hide…

some food for thought. Did you know that “the average time people look at a phone screen to read a text message, while driving, is 4.6 seconds,” and that “driving a car at 55 miles per hour, you would have driven the entire length of a football field ---essentially blindfolded” (Ruderman)? Tom Dingus, director of the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute says, “It’s impossible” for people to safely text and drive at the same time. “Research shows that your hands, brain and most importantly,…

not capable of multi-tasking as they believe they are. Researchers like David Hasansky have discovered that drivers who text while driving take their eyes of the road 100 time more compared to those who do not message on the road. Careless drivers put at risk many lives of innocent people who are just walking through the streets or of those who do follow the rules and do not text and drive. Many lives of persons have been destroyed by careless drivers. A journal done by Nathan Seppa reveals that…

In fact, only 12% of all teens do not have a cell phone at all ("How Having 3). In 2006, 63% of teens own cell phones. Since then, the percent has increased 25% in nine years ("How Having Smartphones). From 2009 to 2011 the amount of texts increased by 40 texts sent per day ("Teens, Smartphones & Texting."2). Over the years it is clear that there has been an increase. Pew Research did a survey in 2012 on the most common ways teens stay in touch. On an everyday basis, texting was the number one…

distracted, and it's illegal. While many states made it illegal many people still do it. Even with states, making some distracted driving illegal like texting and driving many drivers still do it. When the DMV did a survey on how many teens text and drive, many did text and drive. “In 2015 42% of teens say they have texted while driving… leading cause of death for teens (DMV).” About half of teens drive while distracted, that's a lot of people not looking where they…