Monday, December 20, 2010
Friday, December 17, 2010
Position Paper
Mobile Technology has made many changes in our society. Many people have chosen to send a quick text to a friend instead of calling them. A lot of people have started to use cell phones instead of using a landline. Over the years the cell phone has become higher tech. The creation of smart phones is on the rise
A smart phone is a mobile phone that offers more advances computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary basic feature phone. A smart phone can be considered a personal pocket computer with mobile phone functions because the smart phones are mainly computers, but a lot smaller and more personal. According to a study from ComScore, over 25.5 million people in the United States owned a smart phone in 2010. It is the fastest growing segment of the mobile phone market.
More people have email on their phone as well. Some people don’t even have laptops anymore because they have everything on their smart phones. Once someone sends them an email, it goes straight to the phone and they can easily respond immediately. A lot of people prefer to have it sent to their phone instead of having it sent to their laptop or home computer because it’s more efficient for them to be contacted. Many business people chose this because if they’re traveling it’s easier for them to take their phone with them than take their laptop.
People love their smart phones so much that they text and drive. In 2006, Liberty Mutual Insurance Group conducted a survey with more than 900 teens from over 26 high schools nationwide. About 37% of students who took that survey thought that texting can be “very” or “extremely” distracting. A study by the AAA discovered that 46% of teens admitted to being distracted behind the wheel due to texting. About 28% of traffic accidents occur when people are talking on the phone or sending a text message while driving. More than 120 studies of cell phone use suggest that using hands-free devices doesn’t eliminate the distraction caused by a phone conversation. There are more teens than adults that text and drive. This results in having more car accidents involving teens and less involving adults.
Mobile technology has made a big impact on our society. Many lives are changing because of it. The invention of new phones called smart phones have internet, email, GPS, and many other things that the “normal” cell phone wouldn’t have. Texting and driving has been an issue in our society, also. There have been more accidents especially involving teens and texting while driving. The percentage has gone up for the amount of accidents that have occurred from texting while driving. Mobile technology has impacted our society and will continue to have an impact in the future.
A smart phone is a mobile phone that offers more advances computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary basic feature phone. A smart phone can be considered a personal pocket computer with mobile phone functions because the smart phones are mainly computers, but a lot smaller and more personal. According to a study from ComScore, over 25.5 million people in the United States owned a smart phone in 2010. It is the fastest growing segment of the mobile phone market.
More people have email on their phone as well. Some people don’t even have laptops anymore because they have everything on their smart phones. Once someone sends them an email, it goes straight to the phone and they can easily respond immediately. A lot of people prefer to have it sent to their phone instead of having it sent to their laptop or home computer because it’s more efficient for them to be contacted. Many business people chose this because if they’re traveling it’s easier for them to take their phone with them than take their laptop.
People love their smart phones so much that they text and drive. In 2006, Liberty Mutual Insurance Group conducted a survey with more than 900 teens from over 26 high schools nationwide. About 37% of students who took that survey thought that texting can be “very” or “extremely” distracting. A study by the AAA discovered that 46% of teens admitted to being distracted behind the wheel due to texting. About 28% of traffic accidents occur when people are talking on the phone or sending a text message while driving. More than 120 studies of cell phone use suggest that using hands-free devices doesn’t eliminate the distraction caused by a phone conversation. There are more teens than adults that text and drive. This results in having more car accidents involving teens and less involving adults.
Mobile technology has made a big impact on our society. Many lives are changing because of it. The invention of new phones called smart phones have internet, email, GPS, and many other things that the “normal” cell phone wouldn’t have. Texting and driving has been an issue in our society, also. There have been more accidents especially involving teens and texting while driving. The percentage has gone up for the amount of accidents that have occurred from texting while driving. Mobile technology has impacted our society and will continue to have an impact in the future.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Blog Free Writing
I think it is ridiculous how people get fired for what they post on their blog. Yes, they should be careful about what they say online because some people can find out if you say something hurtful towards them. On the other hand, I don't think that they should get fired because they posted something on their blog. It's their personal life on their blog and if they get fired I feel like it's being judgemental towards that person because of what they posted on their blog. I think it's kind of interesting how some people blog for a living. I would get bored and lazy to post a blog almost everyday about what you're going to do on that day. I would also feel violated because people would know personal stuff about my life that isn't necessary for them to know. I've always wondered why people like to blog in the first place. It's really boring, and I don't really think people care about what you're doing that day. But on the other hand Facebook is a blog, and I'm always on Facebook. My friends and I are very addicted to Facebook, so I can see if people blog once they get addicted to it and then they always do it.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Social Media Free Writing
In the video they said that if facebook was a country it would be the 4th largest. I thought that was very interesting, because there are a lot of people that use facebook. Including myself, every single one of my friends have a facebook. I use facebook to communicate with my friends and my cousins that live out of state. I keep in touch with all my friends from Austin, Minnesota. I used to live there and lost touch with all my friends from there until I discovered facebook. I've used facebook for probably about 3 years almost. I think that facebook comes in handy very much! Not only to me but to a lot of teenagers in the U.S. Even when I traveled over to Europe to play volleyball all the girls on the volleyball team had a facebook. So it comes in handy to teenagers in other countries. I keep in touch with the European team through facebook as well, because cell phones don't have that kind of signal, obviously. Also, there were many blog websites that I didn't even know existed. I also didn't realize how many people actually use the blogs. I thought that most people wouldn't use them, but I was wrong. I suppose that facebook is important to me so the blogs take place of facebook. So other people probably keep in touch with their friends by blogging instead of using facebook, like I do.
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