A Cellular Generation
There is no escaping them. They are everywhere such as in the stores, at the movies, in restaurants, in church, even in the classroom. And just what is this causing the constant buzzing in your ears and the persistent ringing in your head? Teenagers with cell phones! It seems that everywhere you turn there is a giggling, gasping, gossiping girl or a babbling, bellowing, blaspheming boy chattering away at a buzzing, ringing, palm-sized piece of plastic. In a national study by Teenage Research Unlimited, it was reported that nearly six million teenagers own a cell phone today (Lee,"Tailoring Cell Phones for Teen," par. 7). Where has this craze come from? Why the obsession over wireless phones? While cell phones cater to the modern teen's addiction to instant gratification, the "need-to-know-NOW" syndrome, they also serve as a mark of status, maybe a representation of maturity and certainly as source of comfort to an insecure and developing teenager.Before cell phones were the hip thing it was pagers. And before that, it was little electric diaries with which you could beam messages to your friend sitting on the other side of the classroom. If you were really cool, you had one with voice recognition that
America has become almost dependent upon them. Such things have given teens raised expectations of speedy service. " In many ways the cell phone has taken the place of God in some people's lives. ] For the fact is that all idols appear to work - at first. While thirty-three percent of teens own cell phones now ("Have Cell Phones Changed Society?", sec. In adherence to the popular trend of individuality (catch the irony?) teenagers want more colorful and interesting cell phone options such as ring tones, face covers, logos, games, emails and text messaging. Webster's Dictionary defines an idol as "that on which the affections are strongly (often excessively) set; an object of passionate devotion; a person or thing greatly loved or adored. These choices allow them to personalize their precious communication devices. It means people care about them and love them. Who has more messages, which is liked more? Many times teens will leave their phones on at inappropriate times and in inappropriate places, such as class or the movie theater, hoping that it will ring and others will see that they are popular.
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