Cell+Phone+Etiquette

Cell phone etiquette is like netiquette only with cell phones. With the many advances in technology, the topic of cell phone etiquette is huge. Most of what cell phone etiquette is is when to use and not to use your cell phone and the ramifications that the use of mobile devices has on certain parts of society.

__**Cell Phone Etiquette in Educational Sphere**__: The issue of mobile communication has become a hot topic within the education system. Most schools in the US, Canada, and Europe has banned any form of technology from the classroom. If the child is caught with a mobile device, they are either disqualified from the subject that they are in or have their mobile device taken away from them. “Most schools allow students to have cell phones for safety purposes”—a reaction to the Littleton, Colorado, high school shooting incident of 1999 (Lipscomb 2007: 50). Apart from emergency situations, most schools don’t officially allow students to use cell phones during class time.

__**Cell Phone Etiquette in Public Sphere**__: [|Great Study!] This study examines how technology in the public sphere has impacted the entire world.

Practicing cell phone etiquette in the public sphere revolves around a guiding principle that others should not have to cope with your phone uses. This is a list of 16 rules that people should live by in order to have proper cell phone etiquette.
 * 1) Lower your voice when taking calls in public.
 * 2) Avoid personal topics when others can hear you.
 * 3) Avoid taking calls when you are already in a face-to-face conversation.
 * 4) Avoid texting during face-to-face conversations.
 * 5) Put your phone's ringer tone on silent when in a movie theater or restaurant.
 * 6) Don't light up your phone's screen in a dark theater.
 * 7) Hang up and drive.
 * 8) Acknowledge the delay.
 * 9) Don't use Google voice call screening when talking to family or friends.
 * 10) Don't blame the other person for a dropped call.
 * 11) Avoid looking things up during a conversation.
 * 12) Avoid inappropriate profile pictures.
 * 13) Be mindful about Facebook tagging.
 * 14) Observe the 10ft proximity rule.
 * 15) Phone tag. If a game of phone tag goes on for 4 calls, it is within proper boundaries within the game to stop calling.
 * 16) Know where to not use your phone (weddings, public transportation, libraries, places of worship, movie theaters, etc.)

__**Cell Phone Etiquette Within Social Relationships**__: With the inclusion of cell phones in the average person's life, it has played a huge role in how the family behaves now. Since parents have their children in reach 24/7, these children are more likely to experience freedom and have extended curfews where children from before cell phones did not have as often. Also, these families are more likely to experience a disconnect from their families due to the amount of time that they spend on their gadgets.

__**Sources:**__ __**http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etiquette_%28technology%29**__

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