With cell phones Americans are now at work all the time. They are literally at work 24/7. The invention of the cell phones is a great thing. It has its flaws just like everything, these flaws of course are easy to fix. The problem is Americans are bound to their phones.
Another concern in many different communities around the United States is the distracted teen driver, not just the adult. A 2009 report says with the way teens use media the text messaging trend is increasing dramatically, in two years the amount of text messages sent has increased by 566%. A majority of the teens on the road understand the risk of texting while driving, but the eagerness to stay connected is so strong for teenagers and parents the communication becomes more of a concern than safety sometimes. Distracted driving is very dangerous and it includes more than just
In “Plugged In, Tuned Out…” the author uses logos extensively in order to support the idea that young adults have decreased their amount of attention toward the news in comparison to past generations. The article use of logos is manly clear in the use of percentages and evidence provided by Nielsen/NetRating reports. The easiest way to draw audiences to a topic is providing shocking information to generate views. In this particular case the numbers presented are not shocking but reveal important trends that are taking place in current time. For example according to the paper in the 1950s 53 percent of Americans in their 20s read newspaper coverage of national politics, while today only about 30 percent watch any kind of news coverage and 24 percent don’t even care to watch at all.
Hundreds of teenagers and adults across the nation reach for their phones and decide to text while driving. They are making the decision that at that moment a text message is more important than their lives A texting driver is 23 times more likely to get in a crash where as a drunk driver is 13 times more likely to get into a crash. Texting while driving delays reaction time, increases risk of serious injury, and brain power is decreased by 40 percent. Something as simple as a text message can decrease your reaction time. Laboratory simulation studies generally concur that using a cell phone does slow reaction times and degrades tracking abilities.
Kaylea Maskel March 2, 20121 English 101 Michelle Bush Literary Analysis In Amy Goldwasser’s writing “what’s the matter with kids today?” She argues the mass media view on kids and the internet and technology however she agrees that nothing is actually the matter with kids today. Goldwasser states that once adults and any other critics stop treating the internet as a villain, we all can accept it. Teenagers today read and write for fun, spending nearly 16.7 hours a week online (Goldwasser 237). More than 33 million Americans are affluent in texting, emailing, blogging, and IMing, INCLUDING OLDER AMERICANS. In Goldwasser’s eyes “teenagers have the potential to become the next great voices of America.” Before the written works even begin, there is a bolded response answering the title, “What’s the Matter with Kids Today?” Goldwasser’s response is as follows: Nothing, actually.
People will love you more and appreciate you more if you text faster like less than a minute or two depending on what they wrote in the text. First, people around the world have a phone. Phones are used for communication. Texting is the most useful thing people use than talking on the phone. They are some slow and fast texters.
CIS111-Issue Analysis Dr. Joanna Cattafesta University Of Kentucky It is averaged that over 80% of teenagers are on social media regularly. Between cell phone use and computer technology developing, younger generations are becoming more apt to the use of technology. “Teenagers in particular use media for many purposes, including entertainment and distraction, but also exploration of significant developmental issues pertaining to curiosity, education, popularity, identity, gender roles, and sexuality”(Reaves, 2011). The media has become a problem in our day and age by brainwashing teenagers and giving them an unrealistic view on life. We live in a society and culture that values an individual’s beauty and thinness.
2013. Retrieved from http://www.distraction.gov/content/get-the-facts/facts-and-statistics.html Pew Research Center.Talking on the Phone and Driving.2011.Retrived from http://www.pewresearch.org/daily-number/texting-talking-on-the-phone-and-driving PRWEB. The Semi Truck Accident Victims Center Now Warns Texting And Driving Kills More Teenagers Than Drinking And Driving. 2013.Retrieved from http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10790922.htm WHO.com. Mobile Phone Use: A Growing Problem of Driver Distraction.
Studies have shown that for the most part, we have increased the probability that our child or children will not have a problem with alcohol or drugs. A teenager’s brain reacts differently to alcohol than an adults brain would. We know that because the beginning of this addiction can happen much quicker in a teenager than it would on an adult. I think that the main reason for this policy is to help teenagers avoid the use of alcohol as much as possible. As you can see, the seriousness of alcoholism is by far worse than what most teenagers may think it is.
The Literacy Argument In the age of text messaging, where words are reduced to nonstandard abbreviations and symbols, many people question the future of literacy. But is text messaging literacy's new study guide, a new way to practice our reading and writing skills? According to a study done by the Pew Internet and the American Life Project, teens on average send sixty text messages a day. When we break this down that's approximately a text every twelve minuets they spend awake. So with this rapid rise in text messaging and it now being our new means of communication, is it hurting literacy in teens?