Cultural Artifact

Mobile devices is a mainstay in today’s society making it a culturalartifact that is an ever evolving representation of our times.The technologyof mobile devices was initially invented so that people could use a phonewithout the restriction of being inside a building. The mobile device wasoriginally the cell phone that has developed to become more than just makingand receiving phone calls.The mobile devices of today are more thanphones and computers, they are a learning device capable of managing aperson’s social life, music collection, GPS, calendars, photos, and more.Inaddition to being functional, mobile devices have the unique ability to beintricately personalized giving users an ongoing platform of personalexpression.Mobile devices have even changed the way we communicatewith each another, establishing new rules of etiquette and ethics that areleaving older generations in the dark.In corporate America, mobile devices have become the standard thatpeople use to communicate quickly and effectively. From phone calls to textmessages, emails and video chat, there is no form of communication thatcannot be achieved.With the increased use, coupled with the endless applications, mobiledevices have created new problems in our society about what is proper useand when to use in public. One of the most common situations that often

3arise, are when people are speaking on a Bluetooth and you think they aretalking to you. This is often an embarrassing situation, but that arises thequestion of what is proper and what is not proper.According to the Nielsen Company from a study conducted in 2010,teens send an average of 2,779 texts per month.Relatively senior citizensreceive on average 30 text messages per month.Whites send an averageof 566 text messages per month and talk for 647 minutes, Asian/PacificIslanders use 697 minutes of talk time along with 384 texts per month whileHispanics talk for 826 minutes and send 767 texts per month. AfricanAmericans use more voice minutes...