Anybody can use a mobile phone to answer the work and personal calls at any time or 7 days a week. Does this development have more positive or negative effects on both individuals and society?

Rising ownership of mobile phones facilitates interaction for work and personal purposes regardless of time 1constraintsconstraint. This 2development in communication offers several benefitsrevolution in communications exerts several benefits on both individuals and society, but I believe that these merits are overshadowed by its demerits.

3To begin withAs argued, the possibility of answering work-related or personal calls at any time is of immense benefit. Firstly, this practice strengthens people-to-people bonds as it is more convenient and 4fasterspeedier to stay in touch irrespective of geographical barriers. For instance, international students can 5call their parents back homegive their parents back home a call to 6ask how they areask after their health, 7which can somewhat relieve feelings of loneliness or homesicknesswhich means the feeling of loneliness or homesickness is somewhat relieved, keeping them emotionally attached. Secondly, society can benefit from the diminished demand for public or private transport 8as well as from increased work productivitybesides the work productivity achieved. Staff, for example, can communicate with their line manager or clients without frequent face-to-face meetings as everything can be accomplished with a brief telephone conversation. 9The roads then could be less congested and the traffic flow will be smooth.

I am of the opinion that the detrimental effects of the 10constant availability of mobile phonesavailability of mobile phone all the time 11outweighoverweigh its positive ones. The first repercussion is its undesirable ability to manipulate owners and deprive them of personal freedom and privacy. At night, their co-workers 12may contact themcan happen to contact them for work-related discussions, hence, they are inevitably swept into the maelstrom of work. This development 13also contributes tois also attributed to the loss of a sense of community. Rather than communicating face-to-face with peers at school or colleagues in the same office, they 14focus their attention on their phonesrivet their ears onto their phones and isolate themselves from 15real lifethe real life. For example, sitting together in a coffee shop, two friends may fail to talk to each other because they are 16bothall preoccupied with answering their own calls. The final consequence is that mobile phone usage can also result in the deterioration of our health. Cell phones have electromagnetic waves, which adversely 17affectaffects our organs, resulting in 18serious health risksfatal risks such as brain 19disordersdeficiency or 20reduced male reproductive healthdecreased men’s reproductive health.

In conclusion, albeit advantageous to some extent, that people can make and receive calls every time makes them isolated and unhealthy. I strongly believe that those negative effects are more acute than the positive ones.