...The world has only been introduced to texting for 20 years and it has already taking effect on our everyday lives. This can be a bad things for us for multiple reasons. One being that we let it take over on how we live. My claim on this subject is that we should learn how to control the problem This habit of constantly texting can cause us to lose focus on the important things like actually communicating. You have to think about the last time you had an actual conversation with friends, family, and others instead of texting them. My first piece of evidence would be that researchers say that ⅔ of the communication is wordless. I get that we can’t talk to people face to face at the moment if they are someplace else but, if there is a person or one of your friends next to you and you are on your phone you should put it down and socialize with others...
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...Rough Draft Texting while driving.Texting while driving has caused many people on their phones and cause accidents. We shouldn’t text while driving. It will prevent people from getting into car accidents, and less damage to other things.I found this on my Argument Writing. I chose this because it has to so with how many people are their phones and just forget that they are driving and have to leave the phone in order not to get into any car crashes. Phones should not be permitted while people are driving. On one of my websites (advantage tech). Too many people have their phones everywhere they go, not that it’s bad or anything but we do need to get off of them a certain amount of time and start to do other necessary things instead of being on the phones. In conclusion, This is what I think of when it comes to car accident and texting while driving.All of us people love our phones and always want to have them everywhere we go and that can be a problem sometimes....
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...“A witness says the driver of a pickup truck collided with a church minibus in rural Texas, killing 13 people, acknowledged he had been texting while driving” I listen to this as I sit on my phone while my mom watches the news. I look up to see an image of two cars completely destroyed. “Witnesses say that the driver was erratically driving across the road”. The death of these 13 people was caused because of the choices of someone else, texting while driving, something that is legal in Texas and three other states allowing the freedom of deadly crashes like this to occur. Many people believe that texting while driving is multitasking, but research has shown that multitasking is when you are switching your attention from one thing to the...
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...Outline: Texting instead of verbally communication Downsides of chatting: * No regard for others * No feedback * Dependent on electronic devices and internet * Underdeveloped social skills Advantages of chatting: * Fast typing * High vocabulary * Fast interaction * Big network Is texting good or bad for communication? Technology has brought us both joy and harm and nowadays we can’t even imagine living without it. Kids star at very young age communicating via text. So here are a small summary of the pros and cons of texting. Cons Getting used to texting al of the time you forget how to talk. It feels uncountable and unfamiliar to talk to people in the surrounding. You will loss some very important social skills. Pros Texting is one the fastest way to communicate to lots people in short amount of time. It gives you the freedom to communicate on your terms and conditions. Your vocabulary and grammar improves without any effort. Conclusion If you balance texting and verbally communicating you get the pros without the cons. References Robin Mejia ‘How Texting Changes the Way Kids Communicate’. Available from: http://www.parenting.com/article/how-technology-chages-the-way-kids-communicate#block-facebook-comments-facebook-comments [Accessed 28 August 2015]. Linda Gellman ‘Kids and Texting: Helping or Harming Communication?’. Available from: http://www.smartfem.com/family/kids-and-texting-helping-or-harming-communication/...
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...Everyone talks about how they wanna stop texting and driving and the only thing they have done was have police officers give them a ticket or warning. Yeah that might scare some people but in the end if there's no cop around then they will just pull their phone out again. “ Do you wanna have your last text be hi or something no one's ready to send their last text out…”.I think that people should stop texting and driving because there’s been so many injuries and deaths”(Apecsadmin). Many people text and drive if its illegal or legal they still do it thinking that they won’t get in trouble and they won’t die. That’s not the case anymore, many people think all those things and yet they still do it. More and more these days you see people walking and texting, everyone’s always on their phone. If you stop texting and driving that another life you could save, even if you don’t text and drive and see someone else texting and driving maybe you can honk at them or flash your lights so you can get their attention. Many people that text and drive are going to argue because they think it’s...
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...text messaging in particular. But whether you are a parent or teen, who is to say that the new age of the text message is all bad or all good? Here are some pros and cons : Pros to Text Messaging: It is ConvenientTruly we are not always available or in the mood to talk on the phone. Phone conversations are time consuming and often require complete and undivided attention. Moreover, you are limited to the locations in which you can talk on the phone without disturbing others. Text messaging allows you to quickly communicate short thoughts to your friends and family. Comments such as “I’ll be in home in five minutes” Often it is less intimidating to begin communicating with someone over text message because you have more time to think of what you are going to say and how you are going to express yourself. Parents, think of it as a shorter, digital version of a letter. Personally, I know that I text a lot of people that I would have never had contact with otherwise. This allows me to expand beyond my narrow group of friends and to experience an array of different types of people. Once better acquainted, most of us will move on to having phone conversations and spending time together. Nevertheless, be careful that the text message is used as a single building block of a relationship, as oppose to the entire foundation. Cons to Text Messaging: It is...
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...1. Factors Affecting Mathematics Performance of High School Students 2. Personality Types Affecting the Performance of 1st Year BSBA-HRDM Students of Polytechnic University of the Philippines Santa Rosa Campus S.Y.2015-2016 3. Advantages and Disadvantages of Joining the Artist Guild to the Students of Polytechnic University of the Philippines Santa Rosa Campus S.Y.2015-2016 4. The Common Studying Habits of the 1st Year IT Students in Polytechnic University of the Philippines Santa Rosa Campus 5. The Effectiveness of Having a New Computer Laboratory for Learning Improvements in Computer Related Subjects Polytechnic University of the Philippines Santa Rosa Campus 6. Common Problems of BSIT Students in Using Computer Laboratory in Polytechnic University of the Philippines Santa Rosa Campus 7. The Effects of Noise Pollution Around the Campus Vicinity of Polytechnic University of the Philippines Santa Rosa Campus 8. Factors Affecting the Implementation of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines Santa Rosa Campus Rules and Regulations 9. The Common Learning Techniques in Programming of 1st Year BSIT Student of Polytechnic University of the Philippines Santa Rosa Campus 10. Factors that Affects the Learning of Students Inside the Classroom 11. Benefits of Having Programming Tutorials to the BSIT Students of Polytechnic University of the Philippines Santa Rosa Campus 12. Advantage and Disadvantages of Having Computer Shops near at Polytechnic...
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...The impact of texting on interpersonal relationships The topic I have chosen is Teenage life online: The impact of texting on interpersonal relationships. I feel this situation has been getting worse as technology is introduced to children more and more at a younger age. Some people feel the technology for children is the best idea, because it expands their mind. Whereas these is some people who feel it is a bad idea because it creates a lazy and mindless child. As stated by Natural Home Magazine “Although I consider the Internet an integral part of my life, especially my working life, I grew up before it was invented. I watched television, but a huge portion of my time was spent outdoors with kids in my neighborhood writing and performing plays we made up, creating board games, inventing scavenger hunts for one another, or alone, acting out scenes in my own mind. Without a child of my own, I don't really know: Isn't that what kids still do?” According to Good housekeeping “Moderate computer use may be associated with the development of some cognitive and social skills.” With this said there is much to be researched when it comes to children and the technology they are being introduced to. The overall organization of the paper is as follows: I. Intro: History of technology with children (Beginning of the internet to now) II. Body I: Pros to children having the amount of technology and how it effects personal relationships. III. Body II: Cons to children...
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...people who prefer living off of nature opposed to living primarily off technology. There are many pros and cons that accompany both life styles that I am going to share in this paper. Living off of just nature with no technology would be extremely hard for the modern day person. Almost everything in our society is technologically based and most people would have no idea what to do with themselves. Some groups of people, like the Amish, refuse to let technology run their lives, and live primarily off of nature. The Amish people do not have cell phones or televisions or any electronic device. They do not use gas fuel cars, they only use horse’s that carry buggies. This helps the environment greatly and keeps some pollution out of the air. Some more pros to living on a nature based lifestyle would be the communication skills and relationships that those people have. Compared to our society who would prefer to send a quick text than talk on the phone or talk face to face with someone, the Amish constantly talk face to face and have fantastic communication skills. This keeps their relationships much stronger. Some cons to living primarily off of nature would be the lack of knowledge that people have on current events and other events occurring around the world. Someone with no television would have no idea on what the news or weather is or who was just elected president. Another con would be how long it would take to travel a long distance in a hose and buggy. Not only would it...
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...Political implications of cell phones are – Proposed bills, cell phone unlocking, and political gain Bills are proposed when a product has caused danger to our society. Examples of this are the texting while driving ban in 39 states and the driving while talking on your cell phone, the hands free law, in 10 states. A growing concern now is the possible health effects of cell phone radiation. Though, nothing is conclusive, a few states jumped in and started proposing for bills to be passed. Cell phone unlocking is a hot topic today. Consumers believe that if you purchase your phone, it is yours to do what you wish. Congress didn’t agree and exempted cell phone unlocking from the Digital millennium copyright act. The act actually makes it a federal crime for you to unlock your purchased cell phone without permission from your carrier in which you purchased it from. This makes you have to purchase a new phone everytime you want to switch carriers. Politicians have stepped up an joined new technology. I never would have thought about is, but yes, there is an App for that. In the past election, 80 % of voters used their cell phones to gain details about politics and 8% of voters had an App from a campaing, political party, or interest group related to the campaign. You might have received in the last election a campaign pitch on your cell phone using all your minutes. Though there are guidelines for the campaigns to follow, they found loop holes to reach you all day...
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...Rhetorical Analysis: Growing Up Tethered In Sherry Turkle’s article entitled “Growing up Tethered,” she focuses on the influence of technology on teens today and whether or not it is a good idea to be so involved with it. Turkle goes about persuading her audience by having a really strong purpose, has a fantastic rhetorical situation, makes some amazing claims, and from what I’ve read about she has made a huge influence on our world today. Turkle’s purpose in writing this article is to get across to everyone, but specifically teens about how they can truly find connections with one another in person and not just through technology. Technology is great and our world has improved drastically because of it. But kids today seem to be so focused...
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...Social Networking Sites – A Critical Analysis of Its Impact on Personal and Social Life I pick this topic “Social Networking Sites – A Critical Analysis of Its Impact on Personal and Social Life”. The reason I choose this topic is because I feel it has such an impact, some may be good some may be bad but let’s explore many of the pro’s and con’s in the coming paragraphs and make an assumption for ourselves. One of the first media sites to come out with was My Space didn’t have too much dealings with this except I accepted a lot of friends that I knew, in passing, acquaintances or my close friends. This was neat to get in touch with someone you haven’t seen in a while. That’s about all though. Once specific that I can tell you negative was a friend of mine got a divorce over this website social media type, his wife was talking to old boy friend’s and then later meeting them physically and would not stop so they unfortunately got a divorce and separated this was very sad to see personally. Let’s look at some of the statistics involved with these sites especially of the impact on the person and social life of people and businesses. Let’s take a look below and look at the visitors alone monthly, not annually this is monthly wow this was staggering to me. Face book at the moment holds a slot of no other. With just the sheer numbers you can imagine how much this can impact people’s lives in general even if you do not even have an account with these sites it could be a spouse...
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...surreptitiously looks at the screen and quietly pumps in a response: "can b there @ 320." P4] Welcome to the future, where the family that texts together stays together. P5] Instant, fast, fun and cheap, texting — sending and receiving brief text messages on cell phones and other portable devices — has been the rage in Europe since the late '90s. Now it's making inroads in the USA. Early users love it, but some people worry that it will add yet another distraction to already overtasked lives. P6] Teens, techies and other early adopters leading the charge to text say it's a great way to communicate when they are too busy to talk or when making a call would be rude or impractical. Parents keep tabs on kids. Business people silently check facts in meetings. Young professionals text-flirt at concerts. And teens gossip with friends, anytime, anywhere. P7] Teens are especially ahead of the curve: 45% of Americans ages 12-19 have a cell phone, according to market research company Teenage Research Unlimited of Northbrook, Ill. And 37% of teen cell users also use text messaging, with numbers rising every year. P8] "Some people do it for eight hours at a time," says Lita Cho, 17, a Youth Radio reporter in Alameda, Calif. P9] Teens aren't the only ones. Texting in the USA has grown from 33 million messages sent in June 2001 to more than 1 billion in December 2002, says the Cellular...
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...Social Media by Erma LaFleur SOC1000 Intro to Human Society Capella University March 9, 2014 Problem Definition Over time, our lives are being consumed with Social networking. Is Social networking creating a safe environment or creating chaos? Some of the social networking sites have caused people to lose their identity, predators have lured children away from home, but yet some people have reunited with friends and family, and are able to communicate with them on a daily bases. Networking sites like YouTube has created a marketing environment as well as education. LinkedIn, has helped to create more jobs and recruiting, while Facebook has helped people stay in touch with each other. Emails and texting have replaced extra phone calls. Ideologies and Cultural Patterns Facebook, a tool for people to communicate, has over 1.4 billion users, YouTube has 490 million user per month and Twitter has 190 million tweets per day. These facts show just how much society is communicating through social networking sites. News spreads faster through these sites but can also give false information just as fast. There are problems that have become a social issue such as cyberbullying and security attacks. “49.5% of students reported being the victims of bullying online and 33.7% reported committing bullying behavior online. 800,000 minors were harassed or cyberbullied on Facebook according to a June 2012 Consumer Reports survey (PR, N., 2012)”. Adults are also victims of...
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...Propriety software and open source applications are anything but similar. What are the pros and cons of buying Microsoft Office (proprietary) versus downloading and using Open Office (open) for free? I believe the pros of buying propriety versus downloading and using Open office is that for one that by purchasing the product you have all of the features available to and it lasts. When you download a free trial off of the internet it normally only last for a certain amount of time which is usually somewhere between 30 to 90 days. Also often times with the trial version it doesn’t allow you to do everything that you would normally be able to do if you had the paid version. A pro for using open office, of course is that it is free. So if you don’t have hundreds of dollars to go out and spend on software which most people don’t then downloading the free version will allow you to get the job done while being able to keep your money in your pocket. Social networks allow people to connect for a variety of reasons in a digital environment. You might join LinkedIn to meet business contacts, MySpace to find a band member, or Facebook to see pictures of old friends and meet new ones. Whatever environment you decide to be a part of, posting information about you has become an issue of concern. What are those concerns? I mean what is the big deal about privacy? I guess the biggest concern most people have with privacy is worrying about who can see what they post on the internet. I myself...
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