numerous of problems such as: distraction from the road‚ a decrease of attention once he or she turns away from the road in responding to a text‚ and limiting physical ability because texting requires the use of one or both hands to reply to messages. These are some of the issues researchers investigate in finding a conclusion to if the individuals should or should not text while operating a vehicle. Solving the problem of texting while driving is important to Team A because it will reduce the
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Elderly and Mobile Phones In Rich Lings’ article “Should We Be Concerned That the Elderly Don’t Text?” he discusses the reasons as to why the elderly don’t use mobile phones. The first reason that he brings to readers attention is how each generation communicates. He then goes on to explain that since elderly don’t live close to their adult children there is a lack of communication between them. Rich continues with saying that elderly are not up to date with technology but are “active users
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Subject: Reminder: of company policy on the use of email and text messaging. TO: All Employees: Good morning‚ In the past few months our company has grown‚ considerably‚ thus I would like to take some time to go over our company policies on sending company for emails and text messaging. These policies are not meant to limit and censor your emails and texts. However the company provides guidelines for appropriate usage of emails and texts. Please follow these policies and ensure of the proper use
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Twitter‚ checking out new apps‚ and “checking in” so our friends know our whereabouts (Jayson). When is the use of cell phone’s too much? It is unfortunate that real-life interactions are on the outs as cell phone conversations‚ texting‚ instant messaging‚ and emails start to take up more of our time (Glaser). For young people especially‚ having a cell phone or iPod in hand at the ready is the default mode while walking the streets. That means much less chance of conversation with the people who populate
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BUSINESS COMMUNICAYION TRENDS Douglas E. Williams COMM285 February 15‚ 2010 Bryan Spearman “Mr. Watson come here I need you” Alexander G. Bell said during his famous phone call to his assistant. Mr. Bell not only invented the telephone he develop a trend in business communication. Business communication trends change as society changes and some current trends in business communication will be discussed throughout this paper. The trends discussed will answer the following three questions
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Sorrentino. This article was found at www.education.com and is one of many on the topic of 21st Century Leaning. In this article‚ Sorrentino asks‚ “Is it possible to think that there could be‚ in between the deafening ring tones and the obsessive text messaging‚ some redeeming educational qualities to these devices?” This question‚ which is posed in the opening paragraph‚ quickly draws me into the remainder of the article as I struggle with the daily excessive cell phone usage of my three sons. As
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name is Barbara Poe‚ my goal today is to convince teens that texting and driving can be hazardous to their lives and everyone else on the roads they travel. I will be trying to persuade them not to text while driving by giving them scary statics. I will be asking teen drivers to take the pledge not to text and drive. Texting and driving is: A. Distractive driving – Taking your eyes away from road while B. About 6 times more likely to cause an accident than driving intoxicated C. The same as
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part of everyday life. People wake up check their texts‚ emails‚ Facebook‚ twitter and even the weather with the touch of a button. New generation smartphones are now constantly glued to every hand or head that passes by. The result of this obsession is the ongoing issue of distracted driving. This issue started when drivers would get constant phone calls while on the road causing them to lose focus on their surroundings. Now texting‚ emailing‚ messaging and status updating has added a new concern to
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Texas texting while driving bill In 2009‚ Alex Brown crashed her car on her way to school because she was distracted by the text messages on her phone. Alex Brown was from Texas and was going to a school in West Texas. Her family founded the Alex Brown foundation. They traveled around the country‚ to educate the drivers about the dangers of texting while driving. This accident got attention from the media and it led to the ban of texting while driving in various states in the United States‚ but ironically
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"Our youth now love luxury. They have bad manners‚ contempt for authority; they show disrespect for their elders and love chatter in place of exercise; they no longer rise when elders enter the room; they contradict their parents‚ chatter before company; gobble up their food and tyrannize their teachers." -Socrates "It has become exceedingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity." -Albert Einstein Kids’ behavior and technology: Neither is a wholly new set of conundrums‚
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