Cell Phones: A Revolution for our Ears The first idea of the cellular phone was concocted in 1947‚ however it was not until 1983 that cell phone service was first offered to US consumers. (Calem‚ 1). A Gartner report indicates that at the decade’s end‚ cell phone owners will make up almost 40 percent of the world’s population. (Charny‚ 1). The number of services now available on an individual’s cell phone in the year 2007 can be intimidating for a consumer that just wants to make a call from
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Cell Phones should not be Allowed in School – No When I first read the question‚ should cell phones be allowed in school?‚ my gut reaction is NO. If students are allowed to have cell phones in class then there is going to be a lot more cheating‚ more distractions‚ and less classroom focus. In order to keep students from cheating there would have to be more than just a few different tests made up. The distraction of students texting‚ reading texts‚ and such would go through the roof‚ and with the
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The pros and cons of owning a cell phone Broc Barchard COMM/112 April-08-2013 Kerry Moquett The pros and cons of owning a cell phone Annotated Bibliography: Are cell phones controlling us? I generally like this source because it goes into great detail about the evolution of cell phones. Starting back in 1984 the first cell phone was basically a brick‚ and now the cell phones used today are way smaller. Also this source talks about devices becoming
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Children Should Not Have Cell Phones 5/8/12 In today’s world‚ children want to grow up faster and faster. Kids want to be like their older brother or sister. They want to be like the people they see on television. There is an extreme desire for materialistic items by a majority of the population‚ and kids want cell phones. The idea of kids having cell phones seems a little absurd. Children under the age of thirteen should not be allowed to have cell phones; they a major distraction‚ they are
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about one another. You discover that you do not have a cell phone or any device to contact your parents. There won’t be any chance that you and your parents could contact each other. What would you do? How would you feel? It seems to me that if cell phones were allowed in schools‚ students could contact their parents easier and people could stay in touch. Therefore‚ cell phones should be allowed to be used in schools. For one‚ cell phones could provide students with academic help. According to
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Teens Should Have Cells Phones Cell phones‚ can always somehow be a very useful electronic. Cell Phones are always needed; like what if something happened‚ and it was an emergency you would need a phone to call your parents‚ police‚ or the hospital. (911) Cell phones are needed also when you have to call your parents to tell them that you are going to your friends house after school so that they wouldn’t worry. A big percentage of school don’t and do allow cell phones on school campuses
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BAD EFFECTS OF CELL PHONE ON SOCIETY A report by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) said there were about six billion cell phone subscriptions at the end of 2011-roughly one for 86 of every 100 people. Up to now‚ this number has continued to increase dramatically. This proves certainly that cell phone affects our society more strongly and more deeply in many aspects. No one can deny that cell phone is playing a very important and necessary role in our society because it not only
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Americans today tend to believe that cell phones are bringing people together‚ however‚ I seem to believe that cell phones are causing people to disconnect emotionally and verbally. In discussion of the cell phone‚ one controversial issue has been that there is an over obsessive use of the cell phone. On the one hand‚ argues that it is helpful to--- communicate‚ research‚ and distract yourself with videos. On the other hand‚ people say that people contends to lose communication skills. Other even
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In contrast to functionalism‚ the conflict theory sees groups with competing and clashing interesting‚ “they see struggles between and among categories‚ sectors‚ groups‚ and classes in the society‚ with winners and losers resulting from the outcome of these struggles” (Goode‚ 2011 pg. 58). The conflict theory is probably one of the strongest out of the three to better identify this issue. With the cyber realm playing such
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Principal‚ Technologies are getting high-tech. Everyone wants to have the latest gadgets like cell phones. As cell phones improved‚ more features are added that causes some problems to some school systems. Allowing students to have their phone in school has been debated over the years. Many school systems have adopted a policy that bans cell phones on school ground in which I support. Cell phones can interrupt class discussions. For instance‚ students often forget to turn off their cellphones
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