In the present era, many people could use a cell phone to receive a call anytime every day, I think this is a negative trend.
For one thing, using the mobile phone excessively would impair the sense of belonging to people’s family members and friends. If they use cell phone contact with others, they are more likely to rely on this non-verbal communication method. Then it may reduce the opportunity of face to face communication with friends and relatives. In such a case, those mobile phone users may find it difficult to deep understand their families’ feelings and thoughts, causing disconnection with people in real life. Moreover, people usually could use gestures, body language and emotional cues to interact with others through face-to-face communication, which is a crucial social skill that can help them cooperate and collaborate with others better in their lives. If the mobile phone dominates people’s communication practice, it would bring many drawbacks to cultivate their social skill.
For another, answering the phone call anytime may disturb others. There is no doubt that many public occasions require people to keep silent, such as library, hospital and school. using the mobile phone in those places, especially taking with others by mobile phone would make “noise”, causing a distraction to other people. For instance, the patient usually needs a quiet place to take rest in the hospital, the frequent phone call in this circumstance might bother them to take rest. Resulting in the desire recover result may not achieve, subsequently, impose a risk to their health.
I admit that using the cell phone anytime possesses some benefits. People could contact others anytime and send and receive information immediately, saving a lot of time to travel to a certain physical distance to meet others. Those non-verbal communications are easy to lead to misunderstanding among individuals, particularly when people try to explain some complex concepts, conflicts may occur frequently.
As discussed above, although mobile phones become more accessible have negligible advantages, it contributes to negative impact on sense of belonging and social skill. People should be encouraged to face to face with others more often.