1. In these days, mobile phones are widely used by human beings including small children as mobile phone is extremely important devices in telecommunication between people. If mobile phones disappear in our life, our lives would be very inconvenient. The strong point of mobile phone is that people can make a call in any place. However, there are some problems caused by this. In order to make a mobile phone, several steps need to occur and there are some environmental impacts regarding those steps of each process. Firstly, raw materials have to be obtained from the earth and be processed before they are sent to factories where phones are assembled. In this step, natural resources such as copper, crude oil, silicon and gold are depleted and a large amount of energy and water is required, and causes pollution and waste products. For example, the gold for a circuit board of a mobile phone produces around 100 kg of mine waste. Secondly, manufacturing process causes almost a half of mobile phone’s negative impacts. A mobile phone needs over 800 pieces to be assembled together. According to some researchers from Switzerland, they discovered that the process of manufacturing integrated circuits …show more content…
In so many ways, mobile phone has given us a much more convenient life. However, a lot of problems and ethical issues that we cannot just leave behind have arisen. For example, the camera function of mobile phones brought so many problems to our society. This function invaded privacy of people. It is said that the invasion of privacy is the worst problem of mobile technology. Also mobile phone steals our free time in our private place and work place; due to the increasing time that people play with their mobile phones, the time people spend on talking with other people is decreasing. For example, when there is a gathering with relatives or friends, since some people are busy checking or playing with their phone, the time for talking with each other significantly
Teen activism “I don’t see anything uncommon in it,” states Alex Lin a former teen activist. Teen activists, who are they, what do they stand for ,and what does it take to become one? Teen activists make a big difference in this world, they devote time and energy to helping others a they don’t let challenges get in their way ,they stand up for what they believe in, and they encourage others to do so. All it takes to become one is lots of determination and a voice and the bravery to stand up! Alex Lin!
Turkle states that, “the mere presence of a phone on a table between them (two people) or in the periphery of their vision changes both what they talk about and the degree of connection they feel.” While this may be true, along with the other studies on how technology is detrimental to society, there as also positives aspects that contribute to society as well. “It is not about giving our phones but about using them with greater intention” (Turkle). This quote by Turkle embodies how I feel about the technology debate and the more new technology and phones have developed the more we have analyzed whether or not they are good for our society, and at what age kids should use them.
In our world, Society gets watched twenty-four seven and some people know it, but they either do not care or just go along. So in reality, Society could prevent this problem by removing social media off of their habits and be spy free. “Young adults (85% of whom are smartphone owners) are also incorporating their mobile devices into a host of information seeking and transactional behaviors. About three-quarters of 18-29 year old smartphone owners have used their phone in the last year to get information about a health condition; about seven-in-ten have used their phone to do online banking or to look up information about job; 44% have consumed educational content on their phone; and 34% have used their phone to apply for a job.” “Behind Winston’s back the voice from the telescreen was still babbling away...of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment” (2-3).
That's my tracker,” by Peter Maass and Megha Rajagopalan they talk about how every personal information that a citizen has safe on their phone is not safe and that their phones are in danger. In the article, they mention how “1.3 million of call data was collected”. Millions of cell phone users have been swept up in government surveillance of their calls. That proves that cell phone companies have definitely been watching our every move and how our phones have obviously become like our personal trackers. In the article, they also mention how “Cellular systems constantly check and record the location of all phones on their networks – and this data is particularly treasured by police departments and online advertisers” this obviously shows that the government is able to obtain private information from citizens.
However, the negatives outweigh the positives. Cell phones are a large negative component in so many lives, yet this goes practically unnoticed. Cell phones can negatively affect one’s physical health, mental health, and one’s daily life. Cell phones can negatively affect one’s physical health.
Especially when someone is trying to get school work done, if they start using their phone, then it takes them so much longer to get that work done than if they had just put the phone down and do it. Smartphones are too much of a distraction to people, and it is sometimes hard to put them down. People nowadays rely so much on their smartphones and it is not okay. For example, for directions they just use the navigation map on ones phone instead of knowing how to get there by looking at directions.
I think that every future may bring technology, it will help us, but the same time, mobile phones may bring us some bad things that will leave a bad fingerprint in our societies
Cell Phones Have you ever wondered why your parents would not get you a phone?. In Today’s technologically advanced world, it is pretty common that you have at least one or two connections between technology. However, most parents disagree assuming that technology is hurting the teen’s Childhood. Nevertheless, having a cell phone is a necessity in today’s modernized world. Some of the reasons are practicality, GPS tracking for parents to know where their kids are, and safety.
Argumentative topics : school children should be allowed to bring mobile phone to schools 1. Introduction A. Hook/Attention getter: As the time flies, technology play the main role in our life, where the world is getting smaller, mobile phone is on everybody’s lip more than MacDonald and Kentucky’s Fried Chicken. Mobile phone becomes indispensable gadget, an absolute necessity for both adult and children. Aware of the essential of mobile phone in life, people starts question whether it should be allowed in school or not and this issue has been hotly debated over the year.
These devices are always in people's pockets. People spend most of their time with the phone. A typical day of a smartphone user is as follows: wakes up and checks their phone. During meals, they are using their smartphone. At school, their face is buried in the cell phone.
We depend too much on technology. There is no doubt about it. Many places of work are at a loss if their internet connection stops working. Many businesses and institutions are left high and dry if the internet or computer crashes. Every bit of information regarding business is entered into the computer.
THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH Technology is a major part of everyone’s life. Technological advances are encountered at home, school and at work. These technological advances have become so helpful to people lives. Every year new technologies appear to help people to live more comfortable by allowing them to do more with less effort. That’s why expressions such as “I do not know what I would do without the washing machine” or “I could not live without my cell phone” are heard more frequently.
For instance, they want their children to contact them for some emergencies, or some of them believe that their children should know how to use technologies surrounding the world. And also some parents think that by handing smart phones to their children they would better solve their children’s problems and needs when they are far from each other. Therefore, they argue that it is necessary that their children should have smart phones, but they should not ignore the disadvantages of smartphones which are very
As technology continues to improve, the usage of cell phones continues to increase too. The increase in using cell phones over the last decade has been unbelievable; and the cell phone itself has become a common facilitate for all ages all around the world. When people hear about the cell phone,majority of them usually see the positive sides and its benefits, but ignoring the risks of this small device which isquite serious and somehow dangerous. It has bad effects on health, it is a disturbing tool, because some people talk so loud in the public places which may annoy others and also sometimes it may be the cause that we forget about some works, and etc. So, majority of people who became aware of these disadvantagesin European and American countriesbegan using their cell phones less than before.
Effects of Cell Phones on Teenagers Phones are such as a revolution in this world. Phones become nowadays like an essential thing that nobody can think of completing his life without honing it. Without it, people will get lost. Most of the parents nowadays thinking of bringing a cell phone as a gift for their teenagers birthday. The reason that makes parents doing that they want to let them have fun by chatting, calling and playing video games.