"Explores recent events and new ideas in an effort to explain what's taking place, why it matters, and what efforts are being made to address cell phone addiction. Personal accounts along with facts and quotes from authoritative sources help readers gain a vivid understanding of these issues from a public health perspective."--Back cover.

In 2001, India had 4 million cell phone subscribers. Ten years later, that number had exploded to more than 750 million. Over just a decade, the mobile phone was transformed from a rare and unwieldy instrument to a palm-sized, affordable staple, taken for granted by poor fishermen in Kerala and affluent entrepreneurs in Mumbai alike. The Great Indian Phone Book investigates the social revolution ignited by what may be the most significant communications...

Does txtng spell the end of literacy? David Crystal looks at the evidence, investigating how txtng began, what it is, why it's used, and how it works. Txtng: The Gr8 Db8 is entertaining and instructive: reassuring for parents, illuminating for teenagers, fascinating for everyone. - ;This book takes a long hard look at the text-messaging phenomenon and its effects on literacy, language, and society. Young people who seem to spend much of their time...

"Explores pros and cons of several issues related to cell phones including; effects on relationships, addictive habits, and child use. Aligns with Common Core Language Arts Anchor Standards for Reading Informational Text, Speaking and Listening. Text contains critical thinking components for social issues and history. Includes bibliography, glossary, index, additional resources and instructions for writing an opinion-based essay"--

This book examines research and relevant theory on the role of mobile phones in the lives of children and young people, how these technologies are used for different applications, the effects that mobile phones have on young people, and the challenges of regulating and controlling the technology and its use. This book provides a resource for readers interested in this issues surrounding mobile phone use by children. Mobile phones are ubiquitous in...

Examines the ways that cell phone use is changing the way people think and behave.

The parent's guide provides awareness, solutions, and preventative resources to keep your children safe and secure online--P. [4] of cover.

It's Thanksgiving and family and friends have gathered to celebrate togetherness and gratitude. But all hell breaks loose when cell reception mysteriously goes dead throughout the neighborhood. Each person must deal with their own crisis, with marriages being tested, values questioned, and everyone's future suddenly in doubt all due to a simple technology breakdown!