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by:
nicolewilliam

2. We all know cellphones have helped youth with connectivity
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by:
Hoodlumpr

3. But are all cellphones really all good?
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by:
Oberazzi

4. Children have started to use
cellphones from such a young age
without knowing any of the effects.
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by:
pistolero595

5. Mobile
phones
stop
teenagers
from
ge>ng
a
good
nights
sleep
Image
by:
Hilmar
Traus@
Source:
Kate
Devlin:
Mobile
Phones
Stop
Teenagers
Ge>ng
a
Good
Nights
Sleep

6. Many
young
people
feel
“pressure”
to
be
at
the
end
of
their
phones
“around
the
clock”
…the
stress
of
which
leads
them
to
take
up
smoking
or
drinking.
-­‐
Kate
Devlin
Image
by:
I
Travel
East
Source:
Kate
Devlin:
Mobile
Phones
Stop
Teenagers
Ge>ng
a
Good
Nights
Sleep

7. Cellphones give children a way to escape
monitoring of their activity on the internet by
their parents.
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by:
Vincepal

8. "74%
of
all
teens
say
they
occasionally
access
the
internet
on
phones”
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by:
Ben
Mason
Source:
Camille
Bau@sta
Cellphones:
A
Teen’s
Lifeline
To
The
Internet

9. Cellphones hamper
parents ability to
prevent their children
from seeing
and saying the wrong things
on the internet.
Image
by:
Andreas
Eldh
Source:
Martha
Irvine:
More
Youth
Use
Smartphones
to
Log
Online:
US
Report

10. The greatest example of this is Snapchat, which
allows users to send pictures via mobile device,
without the worry of it being saved.
Parents need to worry about their
children using it for sexting.
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by:
Rashad
Blueblood
Source:
Larry
Magid
(Forbes):
What
is
Snapchat
and
Why
Do
Kids
Love
it
and
Parents
Fear
It?

11. Furthermore, cellphones
are also a large distraction
to students, in and outside
of the classroom.
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by:
SamsungTomorrow

12. The idea has been
proposed to have cellphones used
as a teaching device in classrooms,
but…
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by:
jane0
Source:
Kris@n
Rushowy:
Teens
Say
Cellphones
Distrac@ng
In
Class

13. 72%
of students
do not think
cellphones have a
place in the classroom
as an educational
tool…
…Saying cellphones are already such a large distraction!
Image
by:
Mark
Phillips
Source:
Kris@n
Rushowy:
Teens
Say
Cellphones
Distrac@ng
In
Class

14. Teens have become addicted to
their phones. With the term
“Crackberry” often being used
to describe the addictiveness of the
once quite popular Blackberry.
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by:
Mitchel
Alcala

15. We feel that we could be
missing out if we
do not have our cellphones with us
at all times.
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by:
Studio
Brussel
Source:
Ann
Louise
Gidleman:
Are
Teens
Addicted
to
Cell
Phones?

16. “30% of teens are depressed when they
cannot use their cellphone.”!
- TotalHealth
Image
by:
AndyCrud
Source:
Ann
Louise
Gidleman:
Are
Teens
Addicted
to
Cell
Phones?

17. It is also worrisome
to think that
texting is creating
an antisocial and
shy generation.
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by:
Seth
Berg

18. Where calling someone’s home phone or leaving a
message is a thing of the past.
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by:
Mila
J.

19. And where the ability to interact with others does not
require strong social skills but strong thumbs.
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by:
SamsungTomorrow

20. With Americans sending or receiving 357 text messages a
month compared with just 204 phone calls.
Well over 60% of all T-Mobile cellphone communication
is now being done via text messaging.
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by:
pistolero595
Source:
Cesar
Marquez:
Nega@ve
Aspects
of
Text
Messaging

21. Unfortunately,!
!
with all of this being said,!
!
cellphones are a part of our
!
!
everyday lives now, and I !
!
don’t see them losing
!
!
popularity any time soon.
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by:
tomms

22. Sources
1. hdp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2099894/
Mobile-­‐phones-­‐stop-­‐teenagers-­‐ge>ng-­‐a-­‐good-­‐
nights-­‐sleep.html
2. hdp://mashable.com/2013/03/13/teen-­‐
cellphone/
3. hdp://www.thestar.com/life/parent/2011/02/24/
teens_say_cellphones_distrac@ng_in_class.html
4. hdp://ctvnews.ca/more-­‐youth-­‐use-­‐smartphones-­‐
to-­‐log-­‐online-­‐u-­‐s-­‐
report-­‐1.1193559#ixzz2Qnxqu5cd
5. hdp://totalhealthmagazine.com/features/
childrens-­‐health/are-­‐teens-­‐addicted-­‐to-­‐cell-­‐
phones.html
6. hdp://www.scien@ficamerican.com/ar@cle.cfm?
id=how-­‐your-­‐cell-­‐phone-­‐hurts-­‐your-­‐rela@onships
7. hdp://borderzine.com/2009/10/nega@ve-­‐aspects-­‐
of-­‐text-­‐messaging/
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by:
apple_vinci

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