Negative Effects of Cell Phone

The negative effects of cell phones

With the increasing popularity of cell phones comes many adverse effects not only on a social level but also on our health. Many of us can't imagine a day without our cell phone but by Are we losing the ability to communicate face to face? How tragic it is to hear bout accidents caused by talking and texting while driving. We are easily convinced that we need new phones with new features but neglect the fact that the old phones that we dispose of can harm our environment greatly. Cell phones have many negative influences and hidden dangers. Over the years as cell phones have become a major part of our society they have presented major physical and psychological dangers. Due to Phone bulling or " cyber bulling" there have been many reported suicides.< In the year 2000 a 15 year old girl committed suicide after receiving many anonymous calls.> This is just one many examples of phone bullying. < In a poll taken in 2006 by and organization called Fight Crime: it was found that nearly 1/3 of all teens and every sixth preteen had been a victim of cyber bullying.> Another misuse of cell phones among teenagers is the violent trend none as " happy slapping". Happy slapping is when kids record violent acts and send it to other kids. It originated in London. The first attacks were minor and were perceived as harmless fun. The videos were circulated on the web and the level of violence increased and in some cases the attacks ended in death. Cell phones have become smaller and the power to invade ones privacy has gotten greater. Instead of cameras on cell phones being used to capture fun memories they are being used to violate people's privacy. Voyeurism has become a perverse trend among teenagers. It's not to hard to feign to be texting on a phone while taking a picture of a person that doesn't suspect it. The tragedy is that these pictures eventually end up on the web and cannot be contained or deleted. Sexting is just one more way to abuse the use of cell phones.< Teenage Research Unlimited, a trend analyst group, surveyed 1200 teens and found that 1 out of 5 claimed they have participated in this act before. This behavior can also be illegal. In some cases, teens sending pictures of themselves have been charged with child pornography.>< Approximately 20 percent of teens surveyed admitted to sending rude or sexually suggestive images of themselves through their cell phones, according to a 2008 study conducted by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy and reported on the CBSNews.com website.> Another very dangerous situation is combining an inexperienced teenage driver who is distracted by the compulsion to talk and text while driving. Cell phone use while driving increases the risk of accidents because the driver cannot fully concentrate on driving.< Using a cell phone severely impairs a drivers memory and reaction times by disrupting signals to and within the brain. It is also considered that people talking on cellphones are even more impaired than intoxicated drivers.>< Studies have shown that this multitasking causes less acute visual sensory, sometimes making the driver four times more distracted.> A possible danger of cell phone use that teenagers may not be aware of is the risk to their health.