Elderly and Mobile Phones In Rich Lings’ article “Should We Be Concerned That the Elderly Don’t Text?” he discusses the reasons as to why the elderly don’t use mobile phones. The first reason that he brings to readers attention is how each generation communicates. He then goes on to explain that since elderly don’t live close to their adult children there is a lack of communication between them. Rich continues with saying that elderly are not up to date with technology but are “active users
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Vicki Jackson Professor Perry English 100-03 16 Feb. 2011 Disadvantages of Texting Texting on the phone while driving can be a very dangerous thing to do. As someone looks at the phone and concentrates on the text messages‚ they will become distracted from driving. Distracted drivers can cause car accidents and injuries or death to themselves or others. Texting causes delayed reactions‚ which increase the chance of getting into an accident. According to Cary Aspinwall‚ when texting while
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Texting While Driving by Liz Coram How many people text behind the wheel of their vehicle? Can we relate to the following story? Jaci Lemons* is driving down the street‚ headed to school. The 17 year old driver is texting another friend. As she looks down to read the incoming text‚ Jaci veers off to the right and crashes head-on into the back of a parked vehicle. She is taken to the hospital‚ but after brief examination by the attending ER doctor‚ Jaci is released. Thankfully‚ the only thing
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everyone has seen a driver who texts and calls while driving. In fact‚ texting while driving has become an epidemic for people of all ages in the United States‚ and sadly‚ I am a part of this social issue. According to Ann McFeatters‚ a writer for The Scripps Howard News Serive‚ “The White House‚ learned that 6‚000 people were killed last year because of distracted drivers.” This figures into a serious problem. Therefore‚ I do believe that no driver should be sending text messages or using phone while
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Atlanta Journal. The target audience is young adults or adults that have a driver license to drive and the purpose of the cartoon image is that it if you text and drive continuously your end up risking your death more when you’re being distracted. Some adults argue or defend themselves with ”I only look down for a second” or “It will be a quick text” even though they think it is a quick task phones should not be checked while they are driving at all times. Drivers who are the age of 15 to 19 who have
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June 1st 2013 Is texting harmful? Is it effecting younger generations? Teenagers and adults text when crossing the street and during meal times. They do it throughout the day at school and late at night. Some people even do it so much that there thumbs begin to hurt. People often and send and receive an average of 2‚272 text messages per month. That’s about 80 messages a day and the amount of text messages can only get higher in the coming years. Some pros are its faster more convenient‚ teaches
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population that is so obsessed with their cell phone. Our day-to-day lives are consumed with our cell phones‚ We look at social media on an average of 5 times a day. We send and receive numerous texts regularly throughout the day‚ how many of those texts are relevant? What is so important that we have to text back and forth numerous times throughout the day. Some phone junkies are so addicted to their cell phone that if they do
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development of Text Messaging. Helping people to communicate in ways our ancestors would have already considered magic. But despite all the benefits text messaging offers‚ it has also a downside‚ especially affecting teenage literacy. Text messaging is quickly becoming a primary form of communication for many people around the world‚ yet the research behind the rhetorical situation of text messaging is very limited. The mainstream media claims that the short hand and abbreviated characteristics of text messaging
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computer easy enough in processing record systems such as‚ creation of data records‚ storing‚ filing and retrieval of data. Short Message service (SMS) is a text messaging service component of phone‚ web‚ or mobile communication systems. It uses standardized communication protocols to allow fixed line or mobile phone services to exchange short text messages. The Mindanao State University – Maguindanao uses a system to keep all the records of the employees of the said university. It keeps the records
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objects are two words‚ which say‚ “Russian Roulette” and on the bottom is a small paragraph of how texting and driving can kill and the consequences of doing so. This advertisement shows the negative effects of what can happen when someone decides to text and drive. The font that was chosen gives a serious tone and tells the viewer that this message is important. This advertisement does a great job portraying the damaging effects of texting and driving by showing a gun‚ a bloody phone‚ and having
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