How Do Cell Phones Affect Health? by Patricia D. Netzley

By Patricia D. Netzley

Mobile phones became vital for plenty of humans, yet a few specialists say that heavy cellphone use is destructive to actual, social, and mental health. This ebook examines a variety of themes on the topic of the ways that cellphones can influence overall healthiness, together with even if cellphones could cause melanoma or intrude with clinical units and the way texting whereas riding can threaten lives.

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Addressing this problem in regard to teen dating violence, the Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence asks, “Are frequent texts just chatting and checking in, or are they an attempt to control? ” Experts say that such behavior is becoming more common, especially among teens. Half of the fourteen- to twenty-four-year-olds responding to a recent Associated Press/MTV Survey said that they had experienced some form of digital abuse, including textual harassment, from a dating partner, a friend, or a bullying schoolmate.

39 You think they’re going to stop writing about themselves just so they can listen to someone else? 42 Phones as an Extension of Self Indeed, even some cell phone users admit that their devices are keeping them from doing other things, and studies have found that many of them consider themselves addicted to their phones. One such study, conducted in 2010 by the International Center for the Media & the Public Agenda of the University of Maryland, involved college students from twelve universities on five different continents (Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, and South America).

Given such excessive behavior, many people view cell phone use as more than just a habit. ” He adds that this addiction keeps cell phone users from participating in the world around them: People stumble blindly up stairs and down sidewalks because they can’t bear to look away from their self-reflecting, selfpromoting toys. You think they’re going to put them away just because they’re sitting next to strangers in a darkened theater? 39 You think they’re going to stop writing about themselves just so they can listen to someone else?

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