Mobile Phones And It's Negative Impact On Society

Make a note of at least 3 words from the article that you did not understand and look up their definitions.

Dissemination - Act of spreading something, especially information, widely; circulation.
Malevolent - Having or showing a wish to do evil to others.
Autocratic - Relating to a ruler who has absolute power, or taking no account of other people 's wishes or opinions; domineering.

Next, choose one area of technological advancement and the impact it is having on moving us toward a more globalized system. What are the benefits of this? What are the potential negative impacts? What needs to be done in order to prevent the negative impacts from occurring? Please explain the technological advancement you chose to focus on, and then answer

Mobile phones nowadays are very well connected to Internet, computers, laptops, etc. Mobile phones have changed people’s daily life in a good way. Now, we can call anyone around the world without any hesitation. Now it globally connects the whole world with the help of Internet, international calling apps and so on. Earlier, when people did not have mobile phone access they had to stand in queue to make long distance calls at supported phone booths. Thanks for calling apps like Skype, Rebtel, Vonage and so on, which have made it quite easy for people to do an international call sitting at home provided you have Internet connection. Nowadays, parents give cell phone to even a school going kid also so that they can track his or her whereabouts and in case of emergency can reach the

There are some negative effects of mobile phones as well. First negative impact can be that people are becoming addicted to mobile phone so much that they cannot stay away from it even for one hour. They carry it with them even if they are going to answer nature’s call. Specially youth for whom it has become a fashion statement. Many of them have a thinking that it is a matter of pride to carry a cell phone, especially the current flagship ones. Mobile phones discharge harmful radiations which gets absorbed by our body. Kids who are just 2 to 3 years old have access to mobile phones, thanks to their parents for giving cell phones in their hands. Although, they do not know anything about it, but they get very much attracted to these mobile phones. Parents have become careless nowadays because they do not think about how much radiation is going to affect their child’s brain and whole body. Day by day people are becoming less active in terms of social life and face to face meeting. They find it easier and less time consuming to greet people through WhatsApp chat and Facebook etc. instead of meeting them physically. There are a lot of companies which have incurred huge loses because of mobile phones advancements like – wrist watch companies, calculator, camera and so