...Tanya Meza English 091 Professor Archila February 24, 2014 Cell Phones Before internet was born, we had to research information in encyclopedias, libraries, or book stores. We communicated with people on landlines. Today, we have the internet conveniently located in our homes and cell phones. Advanced technology allows us to research an abundance of information all around the world. Dozens of websites and chat sites are everywhere ranging from educational, social, shopping, and gaming sites. Cellphones have evolved into smartphones and are no longer a luxury but a necessity because technology has become interlaced in our everyday lives. Technology causes schools technical hitches to keep up with the quick movement of change. One of the technical hitches that education leaders have to face is cell phone usage in classrooms. We want to believe that all students would act responsibly with cell phone usage in classrooms. In many cases, many students abuse policies. Cell phones in class should not be allowed because students can use them from cheating, disruptions, and cyber bullying. High school students may feel more tempted to cheat because they probably failed to study, have emotional/hormonal issues, or have involved themselves with the wrong crowds. High school is a very crucial time for humans because it is a transition in life from child hood to adult hood. These evolving students have parents at home that...
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...Ming Chuan University International College IBT-3B Program Research Methods Group Assignment # 2: Survey Result Analysis Due: November 25 (Tue), 2014 Group No:4Members:ID/Name/Nationality: | 01660101/ Olga Dominguez/ Salvadoran01660135 / Shurentsetseg Nyam - Osor / Mongolian01660242/ Mayra Leiva / Belizean01660162/Jose Galo / Honduran | Content: I. Abstract II. Introduction * Research Motivation * Background | | III. Research Question | IV. Hypothesis(ses) | V. Methodology | VI. Results VII. Discussion and Conclusion | VIII. References IX. Annexes * Survey sample | | Abstract: This study examined the usage and implications of social networking sites (SNS) among college students. A survey was administered to a non-random sample of 143 college students on SNS use, perceptions of SNS communications, and awareness of the impacts of SNS in academic performance. Data were collected from a non-random sample of students attending different universities during the fall semester of 2014. Results revealed that female college students spent more time on SNSs than male students. According to results obtained, the higher number of respondents belonged to junior class rank students. As for SNS usage per typical day and respective age, no significant differences were found, concluding that there’s no relationship among these two variables. Significant correlations were found between age and gender, and the influence of SNS on users...
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...USAGE OF CELLPHONES AND BRAIN TUMORS Living in the information age technology is around people twenty-four hours a day seven days a week. One piece of technology most people have with them throughout the day is a cell phone. This study will investigate the relationship between the usage of cell phones and the increased risk of brain tumors. Numerous research studies have been done to analyze how the usage of cell phones correlates with the instance of brain tumors. This paper will analyze the findings of these studies and provide a description of the findings from the research studies that have been done related to the question do cell phones cause an increase in brain tumors to the cell phone users. Literature Review Berg, G., Spallek, J., Schüz, J., Schlehofer, B., Böhler, E., Schlaefer, K., et al. (2007) found that exposure to radio frequency and microwave electromagnetic fields can contribute to an increase the incidence of brain tumors. The same kind of radio frequency and microwave electromagnetic fields are produced by cell phone phones. If Radio frequency and microwave electromagnetic fields are both produced by cell phones than this could be an issue to anyone who uses a cell phone. If exposure to these radio frequencies and or microwave electromagnetic waves increases the risk of developing brain tumors this is a problem for the majority of the USAGE OF CELLPHONES AND BRAIN TUMORS population worldwide at an estimated “number of cell phone users in...
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...Assignment 2: Research Proposal- Thesis, Major Points, and Plan Kiser Young Professor Paul Hackman ENG 215: Research & Writing April 26, 2015 Cell phone usage while driving should be a concern to all motorist and policymakers. Is that Facebook update, or retweet on Twitter, even that selfie for Instagram worth your life or the lives of others in the car or on the road? It’s often said that individuals take many things for granted but your safety should not be one of them. This “distracted diving” is becoming the new DUI. Needless lives are lost on our highways, and while doing our best to stay so connected to people in our lives that potential fatal accident could in fact sever those connections. Of all the topics that I could’ve chosen, the subject on whether cell phone regulations should be changed or not made me think about how often we as humans take this thing called “life” as a joke in so many words. I’m not excluded from this because I didn’t think a device the size of wallet, as thin as pencil could cause so many issues. Another reason why I chose this topic is because its shows that we need to start taking responsibility for our own actions. Before doing more research I didn’t know how many countless were lost. It’s estimated that every year at least 3,000 lives are lost because safety has become nothing more than a word. We know that drinking and driving is dangerous yet we drink. We know wearing seat beats can save lives, yet we refuse to wear them. We...
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...time a company announces a release of their latest device. Cellphones alone developed tremendously and increased in usage this past decade. These new cellphones are opening a door to communication like never before. According to the Nielsen 2010 Media Industry Fact Sheet there are over 223 million U.S. mobile phone users over the age of 13. More than 26% of households in the U.S. have only a wireless phone (Snider, 2011). As consumers continue to move to wireless, states are passing, or considering, laws to end the requirement that phone companies provide everyone landline service (Sylvain, 2012). The enormous increase in wire-less technology is pushing landline phones into obsolesce. According to Gebeloff (2011), nearly 40 percent of all adults living in poverty use only cellphones, compared with about 21 percent of adults with higher incomes who use both cellphones and landlines. Cellphones have become more affordable, thus households in poverty, instead of having only landlines, switched to having cellphones only. Also, forty-seven percent of house renters were wireless-only, compared with 15 percent of owners. Another factor is age. The older generation has a higher need for landlines, while the younger generation got so used to cellphones that when they move out of their parent’s house, they see no need to get a landline of their own. The younger generation of Americans is growing up in a society where cellphones, laptops, and Wi-Fi are as abundant as bread and water. This...
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...Essay Topic: use of cellphones in school Cell phones should be allowed to use in every school in the united states. Although cell phones can be a distraction during class time also can be helpful for students and teachers. There are many reasons to allowed students use their phones during school. The cellphone can provide safety to students and also it can be used as a learning tool for them. Instead of having schools wasting time trying to get rid of cellphones, we need more schools giving cellphones an educational usage for their students. Now almost every teenager own a cellphone, tablet, or a device used for entertainment. Many schools since these devices appeared have watching it as a problem for their institutions. Schools don't realize the real capacity of the cellphones. If schools start making students to use their cellphones to learn,research, and read it would be easier to learn. Students would not text or play with their phones because they would be learning on their phones. There are a lot of educational apps like electronic books,calculators, word processors educational games and they can access to educational websites. These things would improve every school and student of America. Not only better education improves a school also a very important factor is the safety. The main reason some parents buy cellphones to their children is because it provides safety to them. You dont know what can happen during school, students could have an accident , an attack...
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...Research Paper: The Harmful Effects of Cell Phones There are many reasons why people are concerned that cell phones might have the potential to cause harm physically and emotionally. Physical problems include certain types of cancer or other major health problems. However, one of three main factors that has researchers worried is that cell phones emit radio frequency energy (radio waves), a form of non-ionizing radiation. Another main concern about cell phone usage is the rapid increase of the device over a small period of time. Also as technology and cell phones increase, the quality of relationships have decreased because of the emotional attachment felt toward it. The biggest issue in using cellular devices is the radiation that the devices give off and the uncertainty if it is harmful or not. When looking at radiation, there are two types. One is Ionizing radiation (IR) – which is capable of causing changes in atoms or molecules in the body that can result in tissue damage such as cancer. Examples of ionizing radiation include x-rays, microwaves and gamma rays. The second one is non-ionizing radiation (NIR) – which doesn’t cause these changes, but can prompt molecules to vibrate. This can lead to rises in temperature, as well as other effects. Examples of non-ionizing radiation include ultraviolet radiation in sunlight, visible light, light bulbs, infrared radiation, microwave energy and radiofrequency energy. For example, RF radiation from a mobile phone has the biological...
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...activities. Nowadays, almost all work and human activities done are assisted by machines. Gadgets aid us in almost everything we do and it has really impacted the way we live our lives. Everything from cooking to studying uses electronics in some way. We cannot deny the fact that we are now more dependent on machines and technology to make our lives easier, especially in this time and age. But one of the most universally-used gadget in this age is the cellular-phones or simply known as cellphones. A cellphone is a portable device whose primary purpose is to make and receive calls for easier and more convenient communication. In today’s time, it’s very hard to find a person who does not own a cellphone. According to Yopie (2011) in her article “Cellphones in our Daily Life”; Cellphones, formerly regarded as a luxury, are now one of the basic needs of our lives. Currently, almost all people carry cellphones, including young children. The mobile phones were barely portable compared to how we see cellphones today. Motorola was the first company to produce a handheld mobile phone, made by Martin Cooper in April 1973. The first ever mobile phone used to make a call was known as a brick phone because of its brick-like shape and size. In 2000, Nokia released their globally-successful Nokia 3310, packaged with more features such as a simple calculator, a stop watch, a reminder function and it also had four games. The 3310 was popular for SMS text messaging because it allowed long messages...
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...Together telecommunication companies keep people connected twenty-four hours a day seven days a week worldwide. Service Strategy Knowing the demand of today’s consumers, cellphone carriers have partnered with cellphone manufactures to offer a unified product and service. This consolidation has resulted in one stop shopping for customers. They come to one brick and mortar facility to get a working phone and walk out with the ability to immediately connect with the world. Our strategy would be to provide fast and reliable service via a superior product with those traits. Service Workforce Having knowledgeable personnel is crucial to the success of selling cellphones and helping customers obtain the right phone and plan to meet their needs. Incentives to encourage staff to use the product would give direct insight and feedback to the product and help customers when setting up their cellphone service. This could come at nominal cost to the company but promotional aspect to consumers would be far greater. It will also motivate the workforce to share their satisfaction with consumers. We would also provide comprehensive training on the product to increase employee understanding of the product’s capability (Jacobs, 2013). Service Quality Consumers want a service the can rely on. As a cellphone service provider, we want to ensure continuous communication capability at all times possible at an affordable price point. This involves working with other carriers to provide...
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...Table of Contents 1.INTRODUCTION 1 2. IMPACTS OF THE MOBILE PHONE ON SOCIETY 2 2.1 Impacts on Society in The Past 2 2.2 Positive Impacts on Society in The Present 3 2.3 Negative Impacts on Society in The Present 5 2.4 Positive Impacts on Society in The Future 7 2.5 Negative Impacts on Society in The Future 8 3. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF CELLPHONES 12 3.1 Lifecycle of the Cellphones 12 3.2 Cellphone Accessories 14 3.3 Energy Consumption in Internet Applications 16 4. IMPACTS OF THE MOBILE PHONE ON HUMAN HEALTH 19 4.1 Positive Impacts on Human Health in The Past 19 4.2 Negative Impacts on Human Health in the Past 19 4.3 Positive Impacts on Human Health in the Present 20 4.4 Negative Impacts on Human Health in the Present 23 4.5 Positive Impacts on Human Health in the Future 26 4.6 Negative Impacts on Human Health in the Future 27 5. CONCLUSION 28 Works Cited 29 1.INTRODUCTION Mobile phones are spreading around the world faster than prior communication technologies including the television and the internet [1]. They have been adopted faster than any other technology ever introduced to human history [2]. According to the International Communication Union (ITU), from 2005 and 2009, the number of mobile phone subscribers doubled going from 34 subscribers for every 100 inhabitants to 68, respectively. Subscriptions continue to rise questions are raised, it is important to explore the society which consumes such a technology [3]. Mobile phones went from being...
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...Texting and Driving: Two Technologies Collide Harry Williams Jr ITT Technical Institute Abstract Texting and driving has become a serious problem in recent years. In 2011, at least 23% of auto collisions involved cellphones. The death rate caused be texting and driving is higher than that of drinking and driving. The financial burden caused be texting and driving affects everyone from the individuals involved to the public services. Penalties are not severe enough to deter drivers from texting. Public awareness of the consequences of texting and driving is not where it should be. In recent years there has been an alarming increase in traffic accidents and deaths related to cellphone usage while driving, the most notable being texting and driving. The purpose of this research is to identify the causes of traffic incidents and to propose solutions to help curb the number of incident and mortality rates caused by this highly dangerous and illegal behavior. In 2011, 23% of all auto collisions involved cellphones. That’s 1.3 million crashes. (Texting and Driving Saety.com/texting-and-driving-stats, 2013) “The minimal amount of time your attention is taken away from the road when you are texting and driving is 5 seconds. If you’re traveling at 55mph, this equals to driving the length of a football field without looking at the road.” (NHTSA, 2009) “A study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration last month found...
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...when you move. Consumers can store power to the ‘portable charger’ like an extra battery for your smartphones, and your smartphone will be refilled by connecting to the ‘portable charger’ whenever you want. How it addresses the problem/pain: While phones and tablets now get decent battery life, frequent travelers can infinitely use their cellphones and students can be unlimited to use their iPhones daily. Long days away from power outlets and heavy usage can drain even good batteries dry. What it is: Portable power chargers are small battery packs that can be used during the day to top off batteries when they get low. What it does and how: Our products will charge your smartphones when you move. Consumers can store power to the ‘portable charger’ like an extra battery for your smartphones, and your smartphone will be refilled by connecting to the ‘portable charger’ whenever you want. How it addresses the problem/pain: While phones and tablets now get decent battery life, frequent travelers can infinitely use their cellphones and students can be unlimited to use their iPhones daily. Long days away from power outlets and heavy usage can drain even good batteries dry. Concept Summary Concept Summary + Local market experts + Reliable Chinese OEM supplier + Easily solve insufficient power for electronic device - Low entry barriers + Local market experts + Reliable Chinese OEM supplier + Easily solve insufficient power for electronic device ...
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...television in the early years is correlated to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder developing. They also discussed how exposure to drinking, smoking, and sex on screen can make those behaviors seem okay and cause teenagers to do risky things. In “Screen Addiction is Taking a Toll on Children,” Jane E. Brody says that, children who use electronic devices throughout most of their day develop a likelihood of violence, physical aliments and do poorly in school and that parents should have a limit to their child’s media usage. In China, screen addiction is a clinical diagnosis, and Chinese doctors have created rehabilitation facilities for children suffering from this addiction where they would not have...
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...consumer issues raised by mobile commerce will assuredly be required as technological developments and consumer uptake further evolve. Mobile Commerce: Winter 2010 The Consumer Trends Update is published by the Office of Consumer Affairs, Industry Canada. It provides brief reports on research or policy developments related to themes explored in the 2005 Consumer Trends Report, which is available at: www.consumer.ic.gc.ca/trends. The recent boom in mobile devices, in terms of both the scope and nature of usage, is heightening the potential for mobile commerce. A majority of Canadians today have access to a mobile phone 1; in fact, some have access to more than one, and a growing number even rely exclusively on wireless The pace of technological adoption: telephony. 2 Recent models integrate voice the U.S. payments example communications with various non-voice functions, such as reading e-mail, viewing It took: videos, accessing the Internet, and using geo• 28 years to reach 100 million maglocation data. The emergence and quick takestripe credit card accounts. up of these models underscores “the • 12 years to reach 100 million debit accounts. remarkable transformation the cellphone has • 7 years to reach 100 million PayPal undergone since it was introduced...
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...Nowadays the internet has become our primary means of communication. Messages that took weeks to reach their destination now only take one minute at the most. In the case of urgent messages, telegrams that had at the most 3 sentence messages (in order to avoid a higher delivery cost) had to be relayed through trained professionals. Now you can simply send a text message free of cost from your personal phone. Most of these developments in communication technology have stemmed from one single invention: the internet. “It was the launch of Sputnik by the USSR that spurred the U.S to create the agency which became known as DARPA in February 1958 with the idea of regaining a technological lead over the USSR. (…) As a first step they aimed to connect computers at the Pentagon, Cheyenne Mountain and Strategic Air Command Headquarters (SAC). (..) The funding of a new U.S. backbone by the National Science Foundation in the 1980s, as well as private funding for other commercial backbones, led to worldwide participation in the project and the merger of many networks. The commercialization of what was by the 1990s an international network resulted in its popularization and incorporation into virtually every aspect of modern human life. Today, more than a quarter of the world’s population uses the Internet.” (DENNING, 2013). With the invention of the internet, communication became increasingly simpler, faster and more effective. Several internet based programmes allow the enhacement of...
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