Cellphones
It has been said that cell phones are taking over our lives. Is this true? Most people will disagree because we use cell phones for everyday life, we can’t go anywhere without them. It seems as we really can’t live without them. What most people don’t know is that cell phones are actually extremely harmful to our health.
Researchers have found that Cell phones have materially affected language use. These days, it's a common sight to see people write "LOL" or "srsly" instead of expressing themselves through fully realized action and language. Text talk is now affecting how we speak and is taking over our everyday life. Language has become compacted even further by cell phone links to social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook. Because of character count restrictions on these sites, messages are restricted to 140 characters. These shortened thoughts often necessitate abbreviation of words that could become a habit, given enough time and use, with the potential to spill into normal conversation. But, studies show that the shortened speech may help children with reading comprehension, and that there are no negative effects from texting. This shows that cell phones can be harmful.
In February of 2011, New York Times stated that researchers from the National Institutes of Health have found that less than an hour of cellphone use can speed up brain activity in the area closest to the phone antenna, raising new questions about the health effects of low levels of radiation emitted from cellphones. Cell phone use affects us in a very big way because we start relying on our technology for everything. We use it for alarm clocks, school, organizing, working with clients, confirming appointments and so on. It has become such a big part in our lives that we start to ignore the outside world sometimes. Cell phones have affected our speech and our language, the way we talk to people, we become illiterate. Not only that, but cell phones affect our
Researchers have found that Cell phones have materially affected language use. These days, it's a common sight to see people write "LOL" or "srsly" instead of expressing themselves through fully realized action and language. Text talk is now affecting how we speak and is taking over our everyday life. Language has become compacted even further by cell phone links to social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook. Because of character count restrictions on these sites, messages are restricted to 140 characters. These shortened thoughts often necessitate abbreviation of words that could become a habit, given enough time and use, with the potential to spill into normal conversation. But, studies show that the shortened speech may help children with reading comprehension, and that there are no negative effects from texting. This shows that cell phones can be harmful.
In February of 2011, New York Times stated that researchers from the National Institutes of Health have found that less than an hour of cellphone use can speed up brain activity in the area closest to the phone antenna, raising new questions about the health effects of low levels of radiation emitted from cellphones. Cell phone use affects us in a very big way because we start relying on our technology for everything. We use it for alarm clocks, school, organizing, working with clients, confirming appointments and so on. It has become such a big part in our lives that we start to ignore the outside world sometimes. Cell phones have affected our speech and our language, the way we talk to people, we become illiterate. Not only that, but cell phones affect our