Merlino Are Cell Phones’ Dangerous (Cell Phone Distractions) Critical Thinking- Philosophy 210 Professor Bass June 10‚ 2012 Are you sick and tired of having your life endangered by drivers who feel they are too important to put their phones down and pay attention to what is going on around them while they are driving? Well many people are? There are already many distractions that a person has to avoid while driving‚ or even when they are walking down the street‚ let alone texting and cell phone
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2012 Why Cell phones Should Be Allowed In Schools I believe that students should be allowed to have their phones available to them during school hours. The administrators of our school have shunned the use of cell phones at all time during school hours. We can’t even have them within reach. If they’re not in our lockers or cars then you run the risk of it being confiscated. I believe that if administrators allow phone use in schools then grades will become much better. Some schools in Texas‚ including
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CELLULAR PHONES Each day something like 30‚000 people in the United States sign up for and start using a cellular phone. With a cell phone you can talk to anyone on the planet from just about anywhere (80% of the U.S. has coverage). A cell phone is really an extremely sophisticated radio. A cell phone is a duplex device which uses one frequency for talking and a second‚ separate frequency‚ for listening. A cell phone can communicate on 1‚664 channels and operate within cells. They can switch cells
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The influence of cell phones in society In today’s society communication is huge. Cell phones have allowed us to talk to whoever we want wherever we want and whenever we want. “The mobile allows us to communicate whatever we want‚ whenever we want to‚ with other people who possess telecommunication devices.”(Rippin) It is not rare in any country these days to see someone talking on their cell phone. It has become part of daily life. Cell phones are not only for just texting or calling; they are
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Cell phone dependence ‘just as real as substance addiction’ Cell phone and instant messaging addictions are similar to compulsive buying or substance addiction and are driven by materialism and impulsiveness‚ says a Baylor University study in the Journal of Behavioral Addictions. The data emerged from a self-report survey of 191 college undergraduates to measure materialism‚ impulsiveness‚ and mobile phone and instant messaging addiction (MPA and IMA). In the study‚ impulsivity was shown to increase
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Misuse of Cell Phones Apart from the plenteous advantages of cell phones‚ it has become a nerve-wracking part of everyone’s life. In 21st century‚ we ought to get rid of its unnecessary‚ undue uses. “It’s easier for a rich man to ride that camel through the eye of a needle directly into the Kingdom of Heaven‚ than for some of us to give up our cell phone.” Cell phone has reduced the distances‚ but wasting money and time on its needless use cannot be justified. Is it not imprudent? Elimination
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One of the leading causes of car accidents is using phones while driving. Some states have already taken action to stop this deadly problem. They enforced a law prohibiting cell phone use while driving. This solution is the best way to stop the misuse of cellphones because it allows the police to stop those who do text while driving and reduces the amount of accidents that would have occurred if the law had not been in place. Granted‚ there are some calls that cannot wait till the end of
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Cell Phone Radiation Written by: Jacob Nickerson Cell phone radiation is something we as consumers are exposed to each and every day. What effect does this have on us? Can this radiation alter the cell structures and functions of our bodies? For what amount of time can our bodies be exposed to this radiation without health risks? These are all questions many scientists and researchers are trying to answer with every day that passes. Researchers are divided on a conclusion of whether or not
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and Use Cellphones? It is difficult to imagine a time when we did not have cell phones. Many of us rely on our phone throughout the day in order to stay in contact with our business‚ friends and families. Whether we like the cell phone or not‚ it has become an essential part of our society and there is little chance of its use being curtailed in the near future. Even children have begun to carry their own cell phones‚ not only for emergency and family use but to stay in touch with their friends
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“Largest Study on Cell Phones and Cancer Finds No Link”‚ Associated Press‚ Time‚ October 21‚ 2011 This article talks about how cell phones are not linked to cancer. According to Danish researchers‚ the biggest study ever consisting of 350‚000 people found no evidence of any link. This concluded that people who have used a cell phone for a decade don’t have different cancer rates than those who have not. Last year‚ a different study found no connection between cell phones and cancer. But
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