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In this article, “Our Cell Phones, Ourselves” Christine Rosen discusses the changes of cell phone use over the years and the various uses, ranging from socially acceptable to demeaning and dangerous. Now a days cell phones are more used than telephones, Both in the united states and internationally. On average, Americans spend atleast 7 hours out of the month talking on the phone. This is such a problem that the World Health Organization did a study on the possible effects that cell phones could cause by electromagnetic fields. So how has it changed our behavior, and how might it continue to do so?

Connection is now the ultimate sign of power. Before cell phones, anyone from the top mob boss to a superhero was communicating through technology, being able to talk to anyone, at anytime. Everything changed in the 1990’s, cell phones became cheaper, smaller and more readily available. In some countries, cell phones are still limited to less fortunate, but as for the rest of the world technology is becoming obsolete. I think the big question here is, why do people use cell phones? For convenience maybe, which ranges from all different types of behaviors. Now people can switch on the heat before they return home, and paramedics can send pictures straight to the hospital. Combined with the everyday use of cell phones, such as making appointments, locating friends, or simply checking voicemails. Cell phones just make everything more convenient.

These devices also make people feel safer, nearly 156,000 emergency phone calls are recorded each day, making that 108 calls every minute. But of course, the need for a technological safety device can create more worry and anxieties, in some cases it gives good excuses for kids to their parents “my cell phone battery died.” I’m sure nearly everyone has been through panic when a loved one was supposed to call and they fail to answer the phone, something must have happened. The use of mobile communication does not always have positive results for those who use it. We’ve all heard about the dangers of using a cell phone while driving, 54 percent of drivers use the phone for talking or texting while operating a vehicle, eventually all drivers will be required to use hands free technology.

We are in the midst of a period of adjustment. With the memory of old social rules, reminding us to be courteous of others, especially in confined areas. But it’s clear that the use of technology and cell phones has disturbed our ability to enforce on social rules. We will spend more time rationalizing our own need to make cell phone calls than thinking about how it might affect others. But we know the reasons why people own a cell phone-convenience and safety. Cell phones provide us with a new, but not exactly a superior means of communication between each other. They encourage talk, not conversation. They link us to the ones we know, but provide us with safety against strangers surrounded in a public area. Their use is undeniably useful.