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Essay / Cell Phones and Relationships - 1305
“Do you remember the last time you were in a public space in America and didn't notice that half the people around you were hunched over a screen digital, establishing a connection to another location. ?" (Fredrickson, 2013, p. 1). In today's world where sending a text message containing the message "I love you" is just as powerful as that statement said in person to your partner Today's generation is surrounded by the constant need to have technology and mainly mobile phones at their fingertips. Gone are the days when people talked to each other while standing in line, now it's all about. Having and using one's cell phone to pass the time All this requires having an interpersonal relationship with each other and conversing face to face. Mainly, cell phones constitute a handicap and inhibit one's ability. man to communicate with a woman or vice versa, leading to foreign intimate relationships. The main reaction to this is to say that technology has shaped this motive and that texting is a way of life. may disagree saying that we just need to better understand when, where and to what extent a cell phone is used in the presence of other people. This understanding of standing begins with a deep, personal understanding of why it happens. Arguably, it comes down to physical distraction, emotional distraction, and impairment of society's ability to have interpersonal communication. Today's technology-driven world is a force majeure and if the latest device is not in your possession, then it is in a sense a wrong action. This isn't really a major concern, the concern is the lack of personal sufficiency when you are without your device for as little time as possible. In the survey...... middle of article...... taken from http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/better-living-technology/201308/rules-romantic-relationships-put -phone- down.Fredrickson, B.L. (2013). Your phone against your heart. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com. Galvan, V., Golloy, M. and Vessal, R. (2013). The effects of telephone conversations on spectators' attention and memory. PLoS ONE, 8(3), 1-11. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0058579.Mobile Mindset Study. (2013). Retrieved from https://www.lookout.com/resources/reports/mobile-mindset.Przybylski, AK and Weinstein N. (2012). Can you contact me now? How the presence of mobile communication technology influences the quality of face-to-face conversations. Journal of Social and Personal Relations, 30(3), 238-246. do I: 10.1177/0265407512453827.