With this increased use of cell phones in cars there has been much concern on the effects it could have on driving performance. Even though several studies have come up with varying conclusion there has been common findings on this matter, generally, it has been reported that: use of cell phones distracts a driver; and causes many changes in behavior of drivers thereby negatively affecting traffic safety (Axiom Research Company, 15)
The use of cell phones distracts drivers in a number of ways. First and foremost, "drivers gets physically distracted since the driver will either use one or both hands when manipulating the phone, this means the driver will not concentrate on the physical tasks necessary while driving such as steering" (Kunreuther and Slovic, 271)
Despite of these, there are some benefits associated to the use of cell phones in cars especially as viewed by those involved in this behavior. Benefits to individuals include peace of mind of the drivers, fewer trips and shorter trip duration, expanded productive time, ease of contacting emergency services, and strengthening social networking (Redelmeier & Weinstein, 6)
A number of organizations concerned with safety are advocating for a complete ban on cell phone use in cars such as the National Safety Council in the United States. The National Transport Safety Board (NTSB) had also recommended that all the states should ban use of cell phones in cars in every form (Terlep)
" However, recent studies have proposed that cell phone use does not cause cancer. Some researchers argue that the link between cell phones and cancer is nonexistent (Kolata, 2000)
" Still, even though customers are aware of the risks, phone sales continue to increase. Experts advise that studies that say there are no proven inks between cancer and cell phones are not the definitive answer to the debate on the health effects of cell phone use (Dwyer, 2000)
Cell Phones and Cancer In today's innovative era of technological breakthroughs, we enjoy many benefits of technology, which give us the power to get things done faster, enjoy greater convenience, and have access to wonderful tools that improve all areas of life (Siepmann, 2004)
Only a few short decades ago, the thought of nearly every person on the planet having a personal, cellular phone in their possession at all times was an incomprehensible concept. As of 2010, however, the International Telecommunication Union reports there are 5 billion cell phone subscriptions globally (Parkes)
Meanwhile, if you're a person concerned with privacy issues, the latest cell phone technology has gone quite a bit past just providing parents with a way to keep track of their children. Indeed, for those who have recent phone models, there is a new capability to it called "E911," which means that phones now - all cell phones - are "embedded with a Global Positioning Chip, which can calculate your coordinates to within a few yards," the online journal Legal Affairs points out (Koerner 2003)
.raise social, psychological, legal and interpersonal questions," according to Matt Richtel writing in the New York Times (Richtel 2006)
The end-state goals set forth by San Juan Cell Phones' management require Lisa to assure maximum profitability while also adhering strictly to the company's Statement of Values, meaning she must strive to keep her employees working on a continuous basis while providing clients with the specific product standards they have come to expect. To accomplish this tenuous balancing act, Lisa must remember that managerial economic theory considers both tangible gains, such as increased profit margins from a particular production method, and intangible gains, which include things like positive media exposure, consumer satisfaction, and the formation of productive relationships with manufacturers (Salvatore, 2006)
One of the reasons that radiation and cell phones has become such a mute issue is due to technology. (Nordenberg) the article explains that technology is one of the primary reasons why it is difficult to assess the effects of radiation in cell phones
On the other hand, a lot of people hold the opinion that using cell phones is particularly helpful during events of emergency. However, a majority of police officers that are assigned to the educational institutions consider that cell phone usage by students in fact get in the way of school safety in a catastrophic situation (Obringer & Coffey 41)
It is a real unfortunate fact that networks are increasingly used for the purpose of entertainment and instead of using cell phones for better things, today's Face book Generation is using this useful device for text-messaging during lectures, labs' experiment etc. (Rover)
They even get the pictures of their answer sheet captured to deliver them to other fellow students. Thus, it can easily be said that "Cell phones can be the devil's handmaiden when teachers are giving tests -- some students are so familiar with the keyboard, they can text-message answers to friends by reaching into their pockets and never pulling their phones into view" (Sturgeon)
However, new communication technologies do more than allow readers to correct inaccuracies in stories or denigrate poorly written articles. They actually allow consumers to participate in the journalistic process themselves by participating in what Karmen Erjavec and Melita Poler Kovacic call "the genre chain of mobi news," in which professional news and editorial teams dictate the subject matter and produce the ultimate product, with the actual content (often visual) being provided by consumers and citizens via their mobile communication devices (Erjavec & Kovacic 2009, p
In her essay "Generational and Lifestyle Differences in Mobile Phone Usage," Sun Kyong Lee examines the possibility of differences in rates and breadth of mobile phone usage depending on age or lifestyle (often as a function of age) in order to determine if mobile phones suffer from the same age-related bias inflicted on nearly all new media upon its inception, from the novel to the radio to the internet. While Lee finds that "generation and lifestyle are statistically significant variables that are related to both the motives and behaviors of mobile phone users," the most crucial aspect of her findings is the fact that "younger generations have a wider variety of motives and use functionally enhanced services of the mobile phone more diversely than the older generations do" (Lee 2006, p
200). Thus, "mobile" extends not only to communication device, but to the user itself, because "the use of digital media, in particular the mobile, facilitates and enhances mobility in praxis and virtually" (Staid 2007, p
In the 2011 study "Invisible Whispers: Accounts of SMS Communication in Shared Physical Space," Aksel Tjora studied a particular form of SMS (short message service) communication, namely, when both parties are in the same physical space but are nonetheless using SMS to communicate. The most crucial aspect of the research revealed the way in which SMS communication allows for "communicative layers of transparency," meaning that participants are able to maintain multiple levels of communication with a variety of different people at once, even if all are in the same physical space (Tjora 2011, p
This is a fundamentally new way of communicating, only made possible by the robust connections provided by the internet and mobile communication technologies. To see how this democratization of power and communication can have genuine effects on the state itself, one may look at the protests in Greece following two devastating fires in 2007, in which simple SMS messages, copied and forwarded from phone to phone, resulted in protests that "affected and involved everyone within the citizenry regardless of age, social class, or political orientation" due to the fact the entire community was able to communicate and organize not through official, constricted channels, but via the superfluid transmission of information only made possible by emerging mobile communication technologies (Tsaliki 2010, p