Mobile communication
Imagine twenty to thirty years back how people in our society used to keep contacts & communication with their friends, families staying far off, it was predominantly through hand written letters. Then the telecom revolution came & slowly but surely the habit of written letters took a downturn. Next the internet and subsequently the mobile communication starting revolutionize our life style. In future, mobile phones will not be restricted only for voice communication but for E-mail, video conferencing, automated home environment setting and what not.
Undoubtedly, mobile communication offers enormous advantages-extra convenience, greater personal security, instant connectivity at anywhere-anytime and inherent ability to take advantages of doing business on move.
But this is only one side of coin, the other side is not that all rosy. Mobile communication is an emerging technology today and it has concern about environmental and social impacts, health and safety issues.
The impacts of mobile phone usages human health is perhaps the most concerning one mobile phone radiates electromagnetic waves which causes harm to human body mainly to the brain and it is the matter of contention and debates.
When a people is talking on a mobile phone, he can’t give full attention to surroundings and that has caused many unwanted incidents as road accidents. Human being is losing performance, aesthetic and humanity of communication. Mobile phones are making it easier to commit organized crimes as it allows the criminals to remain in touch all the time. SMS services may be a great hit among teenagers and computers, but it has become totally a headache for police due to a large no. of criminals using this service, considered as a safe medium of communication. It also leads to moral degradation. The incidents of vulgar video clips are at hand. If Mobile phones are causing health concern, it can be overcome by using low power mobile phones etc. people can be trained on mobile phones etiquette to cultivate a greater level of awareness. If it is making to commit organized crime, mobile phones can also be very effectively used to prevent criminals’ acts. As the technology gets mature and penetrates into society, the associated over enthusiasm of unnecessary usage will also come down. The little choice that everyone
Has to make is whether mobile communication is to be perceived as “Communication between people” or “Connecting people”.
