In conjunction with my previous post, I have read another article about technology use and how it relates to manners. This article discusses how people feel about cell phone use in certain situations, and what it does to the conversation when it is interrupted by technology. It also lists results from a survey by the Pew Research Center, who asked Americans many different survey questions. The article lists the results in written form and graphical form, in addition to having a link to the survey conductors reports of the surveys embedded in the article as well. Overall, a lot of statistics were presented and interpreted in different ways. Many possible reasons were given to explain why people use cell phones with someone sitting right in front of them; these reasons included "fear of missing out," wanting to document the situation you are in, or wanting to disconnect from the conversation. This article was ultimately very helpful, and I intend to use information from it when creating an essay.
I found this article useful mainly for its survey statistics. I chose it to obtain factual evidence for my future writing, in an effort to include more than just narrative and personal examples in essays. I personally see things backed up with facts as more believable and influential, so I felt it was important to see if what I believe is factually accurate. This will also be important to defend my position if need be. I feel that the factual information will be a good groundwork for this, as well as making my paper more influential to those who read it, and making my audience more willing and likely to realize and contribute to fixing the problem.
URL: http://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/cell-phone-use-among-friends-how-rude/2983035.html
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