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The new word to describe cell phones: MoSoSo (Mobile Social Networking Software). People are obviously not using phones just to talk and text. They are sending photos, using GPS to meet up with other people, and many other uses. The most interesting is connecting to campus safety to make sure you will get back home safely. I think some of the new tools can be very useful in phones, however there are concerns with the results of these tools. A couple are self-absorption and the threat of hackers.
Personally, I think there is a bigger issue which we have discussed in the past, and thats the lack of face to face communication. Although this is the direction of technology and seems to be non stop, I think there needs to be a balance between technology and face to face communication. In terms of phones, I don't know where you should draw the line. Being on your phone constantly seems like it can be a distraction, so how much is too much?
2 comments:
I think being on the phone to much can be negative but at the same time I will play devil's advocate. I think that all these advances can be a positive influence on people. For example, the GPS feature linked to campus safety. Another exmaple is from an episode of Heroes where the character Micha tracks down his cousin who was kidnapping using his cellphone that can track the GPS location of where she is being held.
I know that life is not like the show Heroes but you have to think of the capability GPS has for certain situations.
With the current technology that is coming out now, I cannot imagine where we will be in the next couple of years. Cell phones, which were once the size of books and are now almost as small as a credit card, used primarily to communicate have now evolved to text, picture and voice messaging and GPS. People now rely on their cell phones for their everyday needs and that is not necessarily a bad thing. Nor do I think being on the phone constantly is a distraction. It just becomes a part of your daily routine and it helps you function. It becomes a problem if you rely solely on the phone, but otherwise I believe people use their phones as much as they need to. The new applications benefit the users and the diverse functions they have are very useful in many situations.
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