The Dependence of Humans on Mobile Phones
Due to remarkable advances in consumer electronics, people are relying heavily on mobile phones. According to the latest report in the newspaper Gazeta Mercantil, around 40% of respondents kept their mobile phones switched on during socially sensitive occasions. The survey, conducted by Brazilian consultant Ibope, indicated that 42% of those polled kept their phones switched on during business meetings, 40% kept them on in churches and 39% did so at movie theaters. The survey found that people were dependent on their cell phones and couldn’t risk missing any call, even at inconvenient moments. That people in this hectic society would respond this way is not surprising. Their responses can be attributed to two factors. The first is that the world’s pace is changing too fast. Due to the rapid technological development of the Internet, online instant messenger software such as MSN, AOL and Skype, and the maturity of the wireless environment, people access the latest information hassle-free. The second factor is that a growing number of people are anxious about getting information, a condition called “Information Anxiety.” That makes people always keep their cell phones on for fear of getting behind and out of the information loop. Because of these two factors, human’s dependence on mobile phones is unlikely to decrease anytime soon.
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