The disadvantages of mobile phones

Introduction

There can be possibilities that as of today, the use of mobile phones has lowered

active social life and has become an addiction as thousands of people especially the

youth of today, have found themselves addicted to mobile phones, with diverse

technology innovation and application and the integrated functions of mobile phones,

there is no doubt that mobile phones is a large part of social life in a modern genre.

Now, the time is on the other side, by being on the social status, the actual problem lies

within face to face social life of parties are being inactive due to easy functioning of

mobile phones and its accessible features in just one click. Thus, one disadvantage

implies to limited actual people oriented interaction which can have other effects along

the way. Today's mobile phone is a pervasive tool. It has become such an important

aspect of user's daily life that it has moved from being a mere 'technological object' to a

key 'social object'.

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 There has been societal and human implications of advances in mobile

technology, and notably the increasingly personalized nature of the mobile device.

There argues that human and identity and social interaction have not been untouched

by the mobile phenomenon. Thus, mobile phone use is banned or illegal under certain

circumstances and in some jurisdictions. Nevertheless, some people still use their

mobile phones despite recognized safety concerns, legislation, and informal bans.

Drawing potential predictors from the addiction literature, this study sought to predict

usage and, specifically, problematic mobile phone use from extraversion, self-esteem,

neuroticism, gender, and age. Mobile Phone Problem Use Scale has been devised and

validated as reliable report instrument, against Addiction Potential Scale and mobile

phone usage level (LaRose and Eastin 2002; (Wilska, 2003; Bianchi and Phillips, 2005).

There supports community concerns about mobile phone use, and identifies groups that

should be targeted in any intervention campaigns.

Another, there were effects of using mobile phone when driving. The driver s

attention to traffic and traffic information is impaired and the control of the car becomes

less precise and smooth when talking over phone. The conversation in itself impairs

attention and maneuvering performance as well as the motor activities needed for

phoning. Aside, hand-held phones have not been shown to impair driving quality more

than hands free phones. Instead, in contrast to public opinion, the content of

conversation is most important in determining the degree of distraction; complex

conversations disturb driving much more than simple conversations. The impairment of

driving while phoning leads to an increased risk of having an accident for hand held and

hands free mobile telephones.

 The disadvantages brought along with technology cannot be ignored as

problems not only influenced people personally but also the society. Symptoms caused

by the radiation of mobile phones are argued problems. The radiation from the mobile

phones may cause the users to have different symptoms such as headache, earaches,

blurring of vision and even causing cancer. Though, these problems are still under

research. Mobile phone users are advice to reduce the usage on mobile phones if it is

possible.

Furthermore, cyber bullying is another issue among the disadvantages of mobile

phones. Cyber bullying is bullying act using offensive words and behavior via online

chatting, emails or SMS text messages. The psychological effects of cyber bullying are

severe that face to face bullying among teenagers and students. There are problems

causing but the new technology. Mobile phones with camera functions are causing

privacy problems. Some countries had banned camera phones through out as people

have misused the usage on the camera phones such as using it as a hidden camera to

take photos which are private. The spreading on computer viruses is a problem, viruses

will affect the normal usage on mobile phones making them to malfunction and causing

destructions (Griffiths, Davies and Chappell, 2004; Kaltiala-Heino, Lintonen and

Rimpela, 2004).

Conclusion

 
 Mobile phone addiction has been a social problem as mobile phone addiction is

becoming one of the biggest non-drug addictions in present time. Along with the age

drop of the mobile phone users and the ease of prepaid method provide by the system

operators, most teenagers now own their own mobile phone and network service.

Teenagers are engaged on their mobile phones all the time, no matter on phone calls,

using SMS text messages, personalizing the mobile phones with ring tones and

pictures. Thus, people are running after new mobile phone models. Therefore, mobile

phone technology and the need to stay in touch have fueled the growth of cellular

telephones around the world.

References

Bianchi, A., and Phillips, J., 2005. Psychological predictors of problem mobile phone

use. Cyber Psychology & Behaviour 8(1): 39-51

Griffiths, M., Davies, M., and Chappell, D., 2004. Online computer gaming: a

comparison of adolescent and adult gamers. Journal of Adolescence 27(1): 87-96

 
Kaltiala-Heino, R., Lintonen, T., and Rimpela, A., 2004. Internet addiction? Potentially

problematic use of the Internet in a population of 12-18 year-old adolescents.

Addiction Research & Theory 12(1): 89-96

Wilska, T.-A., 2003. Mobile phone use as part of young people's consumption styles.

Journal of Consumer Policy 26(4): 441-463

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