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Other notable portrayals include The Fosters (Season 3, Episode 13), where teachers navigate the impact of social media and cell phones on students' attention, and Boy Meets World, which touches on the broader theme of school-related distractions, with more recent spin-offs like Girl Meets World directly addressing the challenges of cell phone ...
Ohio lawmakers, leaders and school officials, including Gov. Mike DeWine and Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, met last month to discuss research showing the negative effects of cellphone use by students.The ...
Addiction to cell phones. Isabella Pires first noticed what she calls the “gradual apathy pandemic” in eighth grade. Only a handful of classmates registered for service projects she helped ...
Not so fast, says psychologist Pete Etchells in his new book, Unlocked, publishing March 21. Etchells, a professor of psychology and science communication at Bath Spa University in the U.K ...
US statistics show over 8 people are killed and 1,161 injured daily due to distracted driving. [59] At any given daylight moment in the US, approximately 660,000 drivers are using cell phones or electronic devices while driving. [59]
The cell phone is an example of the social shaping of technology (Zulto 2009). The cell phone has evolved over the years to make our lives easier by providing people with handheld computers that can answer calls, answer emails, search for information, and complete numerous other tasks (Zulto, 2009).
The study's results, published in 2010, indicated that mobile phone use did not increase the risk of tumors among most cell phone users, with the possible exception of an increased risk among the 10% of users who used their cell phones the most. [5] In the Interphone study, the top 10% of users used their phones 30 minutes/day.
The typical cell phone user touches his or her phone 2,617 time every day, according to a new study -- and that's just the average user. Research shows we touch our cell phones 2,617 times per day ...