Almost all Filipino citizens are now using mobile phones to communicate with other people. Filipino mobile phone users have truly developed a culture of texting making the Philippines, still, the text messaging capital of the world. Short Message Service (SMS) or texting has indeed made communication easier and cheaper, but, unknown to many, severe use of mobile phones can cause addiction that would eventually lead to some mental or psychological problems.
One psychiatrist says that excessive text messaging and e-mail sending may be an indication of mental illness. A person suffering from feelings of withdrawal when a computer cannot be accessed may already be experiencing the negative effect addiction to the mobile phone and internet technology. Extensive use of mobile phones has also become the cause of a number of motor vehicle accidents. Harassment and stalking are also becoming widespread via instant messaging. SMS has undoubtedly caused social impacts to the society and changed the trends of social development as well.
In the academe, students have resorted to mobile cheating during mind boggling examinations and teachers are finding it more and more difficult to keep track of their students cheating in the classroom. Mobile phones have also decreased the length of students' attention span as they become more and more engrossed in texting.
Text messaging has also made major impacts in politics especially in first world countries. American politicians have found that campaigns done through text messaging are easier and cheaper.
Text messaging has also enabled law enforcers to retrieve deleted SMS files, with the help of a specific computer program, in order to trace criminal activities. The police also use text messaging to help stop crimes.
Lastly, widespread text messaging has evidently has changed the way people talk and write essays and some believe that this is a pressing issue.
We should always remember that the mobile phone technology is developed by human beings and so, we are also capable of regulating our use of the mobile phone technology and learn to use it in ways that would benefit us more than it would harm us.
One psychiatrist says that excessive text messaging and e-mail sending may be an indication of mental illness. A person suffering from feelings of withdrawal when a computer cannot be accessed may already be experiencing the negative effect addiction to the mobile phone and internet technology. Extensive use of mobile phones has also become the cause of a number of motor vehicle accidents. Harassment and stalking are also becoming widespread via instant messaging. SMS has undoubtedly caused social impacts to the society and changed the trends of social development as well.
In the academe, students have resorted to mobile cheating during mind boggling examinations and teachers are finding it more and more difficult to keep track of their students cheating in the classroom. Mobile phones have also decreased the length of students' attention span as they become more and more engrossed in texting.
Text messaging has also made major impacts in politics especially in first world countries. American politicians have found that campaigns done through text messaging are easier and cheaper.
Text messaging has also enabled law enforcers to retrieve deleted SMS files, with the help of a specific computer program, in order to trace criminal activities. The police also use text messaging to help stop crimes.
Lastly, widespread text messaging has evidently has changed the way people talk and write essays and some believe that this is a pressing issue.
We should always remember that the mobile phone technology is developed by human beings and so, we are also capable of regulating our use of the mobile phone technology and learn to use it in ways that would benefit us more than it would harm us.
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