My initial choice for the topic of my essay are phones. While it is a common object used every day by many people, I find that it has an interesting history of how far it has come in such a short time from a very simple bulky and heavy device simply used for basic communication of calling and texting between people who were far away,
To a small device with a camera, games and basic apps...
Which now lead to big but thin, very sleek and shiny devices with a massive touch screen that has so many functions which would be difficult to list as there are new inventions and apps coming out every day.
It has been a huge transformation and I would like to be able to find out how phones were interacted with in the past and how they were viewed by the public back when they first came out, all the way to now and what they are used for now. Possibly covering the anxieties that accompany the increased use of phones especially by kids and teens; and different opinions on how it affects people. I am interested in the future of smart phones and different predictions on what they will be used for as well as how the prolonged use will affect people long term in terms of health and social interaction.
Do phones bring us closer together or do they make us isolated and promote narcissistic behaviour?
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