17.Short Essay and Article on : Mobile Culture – The Ethics

More and more people are now used to carrying a mobile phone to their workplace. However, the use of mobile phones can be dangerous at times. Write an article on ‘Mobile Culture -0 the Ethics’ in about 200 words. Take hints from the information given below: 

NOW, SWITCH OFF YOUR CELL PHONE AT PETROL STATIONS

T.O.I. Correspondent

Mumbai, April 22

THE GOVERNMENT on Tuesday banned the use of cellular phones at petrol

Pumps as they could ignite the flammable vapours present in the air and could

Be disastrous.

Don’t use cell phones.

·               In the classroom.

·               In the conference hall

·               While driving

·               When in a hospital … I.C.U.

·               If you are near a heart patient or someone who has a pacemaker

Ans.                                        Mobile Culture – The Ethics

Modern life is fast moving. It is important to remain connected while on the move. The cell phone is a wonderful gift of science as it has made communication very fast and easy. Now one can easily carry out business transactions, attend to other tasks, SMS for board results and stock prices and umpteen other jobs when land-line is not easily available or busy. Cell phones are sleek and handy and easily fit in one’s pocket or handbag too.

But like all other gifts of science, a cell phone is being misused, too. It has become a toy in the hands of the people – a means to display their status. Be it a friend’s funeral, a place of worship, a busy intersection hospital, a classroom or a conference room, people can’t help flaunting their mobile phone and disturb others.

One needs to understand that a cell phone is essentially an object of utility or a necessity and not a plaything. The students ought not to carry the cell phone as it is a source of great distraction in the classroom. While driving one needs to keep it switched off as it can make the driver lose his or her concentration and prove fatal. At public, it should be kept on the vibration and one must be brief and soft while talking. Its overuse can be hazardous to health. So these ethics had to be observed so as to avoid the misuse of technology.

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