My project is about mobile phones having a negative effect on our youth today.

In my project I will be talking about the history of mobile phones, the good and bad effect of using a mobile phone, the impact of mobile phones on today’s youth and the effect of mobile phones on teenagers.

The main question for my project is ‘Does mobile phones have a negative effect on our youth’

Negative effects:

Physical- mobile phones can affect you, such as brain damage.

Mental-mobile phones could interrupt studies.

Emotional-mobile phones could cause to phone bullying.

Social-the wrong person could get hold of mobile number, so be careful.

My objectives are to gather information related to my question, to learn more about mobiles phones having an effect on our youth today.

I will carry out my research by exploring the internet, researching books and I will also ask other people what they think about the question for my project.

History

About Hexagonal call technology

When mobile phones were first introduced to the public they had used a technology called the hexagonal cell. Hexagonal cell had enabled the first mobile phone to work, this was developed by Bell Labs.

“Hexagonal technology allowed mobile phones to be used while on the move, this was done by transmitting wireless signals from one tower to another”.

This technology had enabled mobile phones to gain reception from anywhere when on the move, this works by the mobile phones transmitting phone signals to the nearest tower to you but when on the move it does this quicker and it is always moving to other towers to get good reception for phones.

Good effects of using a mobile phone

Travel Safety

It is a good idea to let a family member or friend know where you are, where you are going next, and when you arrive. This is good for teenagers to let there parents know if they are alright.

Traffic Problems

A mobile phone is handy to have to inform the person that you are late and you could come to an arrangement about the time you will arrive.

Accidents

When we least expect it, accidents happen. Some can be minor accidents and some can be major accidents. If the accident is bad and you need to call for help such as an ambulance to come and help you. This is a big help and you can call for help by using a mobile phone and the call is for free.

Staying in Touch

Having a mobile phone gives you a privilege to stay in touch with people all over the world with a simple phone call or a text message. Teenagers are always on the phone to there friends.

Finding Your Way If Lost

This can happen to any of us, a mobile phone could help us get out of this. A mobile phone will allow you to make a call of your choice and you could ring a person to help you make your way back to wherever you want to go. This is good way to help out teenagers if they don’t know there way around.

In Case of Emergency

In case of an emergency a mobile phone is really useful to have, if you are in trouble with anything use your mobile phone to call 999, this is a free call but this is only to be called if in an emergency. If teenagers carry around a mobile phone they are more likely to be safer then not having one because this mobile phone will allow them to call the police if in trouble with anything.

Bad effects of using a mobile phone

Addiction

Using mobile phones a lot can lead to addiction, especially to teenagers, as wasting time on communicating with people via text messages and phone calls.

Auto Accidents

Talking or sending SMS text messages on a mobile phone while driving is proven to be as dangerous as driving under the influence of alcohol.

Sleep Loss

Mobile phones cause’s teens and young adults to lose sleep, finding it difficult falling and staying asleep, this could increased stress and fatigue.

Increased Expenses

Mobile phone usage is expensive and can easily lead you to keep buying credit which can cause a lot of money if addicted, this could cause high stress levels.

Environmental Effects

Improper disposal of cell phones and their batteries can release harmful, non-biodegradable chemicals into the environment.

Brain Damage

Teenagers most affected

“The researchers pointed out that 12-26 week old rats are comparable in age to human teenagers, the most frequent users of mobile phones. This level of damage to the nerve cells is worrying, as “it may result in reduced brain reserve capacity”. In other words, the teenagers’ brains may age prematurely. A study by retail analysts Mintel found that up to 80% of 11 to 14 year-olds have a mobile phone in the United Kingdom”.

This fact has been posted on the internet to tell us how mobile phones can affect our brains in a bad way by given people brain damage, this article is saying how mobile phones have more affect on the teenage brain and teenagers are more likely to suffer from this than adults.

The impact of mobile phones on today’s youth

Mobile phones are the way to stay in touch with family and friends, mobile phones also allow you to have access to the Internet, and mobile phones are also handy to have if in trouble. The impact of mobile phones on today’s youth is astronomical. All teenagers own a mobile phone and they know how to use them and they know how it works. However, mobile phones have become a problem to teenagers as mobile phones develop and as teenagers love to use them.

In Education

Mobile phones allow teenagers to take pictures and videos of problem-solving methods for tests so it gives them a chance to look back and revise. A ban on mobile phones in schools is not the answer, as a mobile phone can be set to silent or vibrate mode and it will be unnoticed by teachers.

Texting

Teenagers today can carry on a conversation that some adults cannot understand. A simple conversation that can be shortened. For example, “U R lol @ me, IDKW” this is written in texting slang and this means “You are laughing out loud at me and I don’t know why.” teenagers do this to send messages quickly and if someone tries to read there conversation some people may not understand it. Some teenagers use texting to bully other kids and to spread rude and nasty rumours to other people because they may not like the person or they are jealous of the person.

Sexting

The newest thing to hit teenagers on mobile phone users today is sexting. Many teenagers send verbal texts, pictures or videos to a person they like. In my point of view I think this is a bad thing to do as it is a nasty thing to do. Many teenagers could be unhappy and angry if pictures or texts that they think are going to one person but it had speeded around to others.

Accidents

Teenage mobile phone users know how to text and talk on the phone while driving on a pedal bike or a motorbike. They can talk on the phone or text and drive on the streets and highways without regarding to the potential danger. This is dangerous, you should stop if you are about to use your phone and you should always have your eyes on the road and to not get distracted by a mobile phone.

Warning

Some parents allow there teenagers to own a mobile phones as a way to keep track on there child. However there is no way to confirm the location of a mobile phone caller, so teenagers can deceive their parents by lying about there whereabouts.

The effect of mobile phones on teenagers

Security

Mobile phones provide security for teenagers and their parents who worry about their child, help is never out of reach and parents will be able to check up on their child at anytime.

Socialization

Teenager’s ability to communicate is extended, they are more able to reach more people even there family at any time and any where with a mobile phone call or a text.

Individualization

While extending teens’ ability to communicate, cell phones also limit feedback to expression to one’s peers (or those on the “friends” list), making life more solitary by narrowing the variety of personalities encountered in daily life.

Emotional Attachment

Teens’ natural tendency to follow trends may result in an emotional attachment to a cell phone (in its latest model) that is out of scale with its actual value. Some teens may even develop an “addiction” to the device that excludes anything not viewed or heard through it.

Virtual Life

Cell phones allow only verbal, disembodied relationships at a time when adolescents should be working on developing a sense of their own—and others’—physical space.

Limits

Texting and short, spontaneous conversation limit development of the ability to converse in complete thoughts and form complete sentences.

AO2: Use Resources

AO4: Review

Research

ISBN-10: 1840465417 ISBN-13: 978-1840465419 Book resource

I had went to the college library and I didn’t find any book that will help me with my question for my project. I had fount a book at a different library