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The Negative Effects of Smartphones and Communication
Ashley Leuenberger
English 102, Glendale Community College
19 February 2015
The Negative Effects of Smartphones and Communication
“Does cellphone use really affect our communication skills?” (Stewart,2013) In the article published by Erin Stewart an editor for Lancer Media, she effectively explains how we live in a world where communication through modern technology is almost required. It explains the negative impact smart phones have on communication today by using logic and pathos. The political cartoon “Modern life,” published by the two-time prize-winning editorial cartoonist and columnist David Horsey, a political commentator for the Los Angeles, expresses Pathos, and ethos by showing how a family sitting together at a dinner table is so focused on their smart phones that instead of communicating with one another, they are texting each other to pass the peas! The two authors successfully focus on how smartphones will soon play the role of a universal mobile terminal for communication. The world has become a society that is excessively dependent on our cell phones to communicate with others.
When thinking of a dining room table usually society pictures a family sitting together discussing how their day went, venting on problems, and their everyday plans, but in the public cartoon " Modern Life", Horsey shows a family at a dining room table focused on each of their cellphones, while the mom is texting her son asking him to pass the peas. Horsey portrays the cartoon with lots of bright colors and funny expressions that have humor in effective way to show a negative example on how bad society is getting with using their smartphone to communicate with each other, instead of actually communicating face-to-face. Also, parents are often quick to point out their children 's insane amount of time on their smartphone, but in the cartoon the authority figure who usually teaches their children to put
Ashley Leuenberger
English 102, Glendale Community College
19 February 2015
The Negative Effects of Smartphones and Communication
“Does cellphone use really affect our communication skills?” (Stewart,2013) In the article published by Erin Stewart an editor for Lancer Media, she effectively explains how we live in a world where communication through modern technology is almost required. It explains the negative impact smart phones have on communication today by using logic and pathos. The political cartoon “Modern life,” published by the two-time prize-winning editorial cartoonist and columnist David Horsey, a political commentator for the Los Angeles, expresses Pathos, and ethos by showing how a family sitting together at a dinner table is so focused on their smart phones that instead of communicating with one another, they are texting each other to pass the peas! The two authors successfully focus on how smartphones will soon play the role of a universal mobile terminal for communication. The world has become a society that is excessively dependent on our cell phones to communicate with others.
When thinking of a dining room table usually society pictures a family sitting together discussing how their day went, venting on problems, and their everyday plans, but in the public cartoon " Modern Life", Horsey shows a family at a dining room table focused on each of their cellphones, while the mom is texting her son asking him to pass the peas. Horsey portrays the cartoon with lots of bright colors and funny expressions that have humor in effective way to show a negative example on how bad society is getting with using their smartphone to communicate with each other, instead of actually communicating face-to-face. Also, parents are often quick to point out their children 's insane amount of time on their smartphone, but in the cartoon the authority figure who usually teaches their children to put
References: Stewart, Erin (2013-2014). Does cell phone use really affect our comunication skills? Pages 4 to 8. Horsey, David (2011). Modern Life. City Name: Los Angeles