Social Changes with Cell Phones

Relationships
Cell phone progression has put a huge change on the social behavior of everyone, especially today’s youth.  It is not very common to see a teenager without a cell phone in today’s society when a decade ago it was almost nonexistent.  Teenagers become aroused by all the possibilities cell phones now have to offer that “the device affects their relations with family and their peers” (Nurullah, 2009).  With the rise of the cell phone came the decline of face-to-face communication.  People spend more time with their face in their phone than talking to other people. 
Issue With Yourself
“A cell phone contributes to the identity assertion of a person by being a highly personalized device” (Nurullah, 2009).  A cell phone acts as a device of something to call your very own.  The owner holds possession to the device and no one can take that aspect away from them.  Alongside this mobile devices allow the user to choose settings and set their phone up just the way they want it such as fonts, wallpapers and more.  This alludes as another element of personalization. 

References

Nurullah, A. (2009). THE CELL PHONE AS AN AGENT OF SOCIAL CHANGE. Rocky Mountain Communication Review, 6(1), 19-25. Retrieved online article on February 23, 2012 from: http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=c50b6fa3-5587-4ac1-97df-40c2b4a22c27%40sessionmgr10&vid=5&hid=12

This online article was published in 2009 and gave great insight information on the      progression of cell phones and how they affect social change and adolescents.