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'.
Body
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 drivers 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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