Aiu Huma 215 Unit 5

AIU

Shuntina Heard

HUMA-215-1303A

Unit 4 Individual Assignment

Unit 4 Individual Project 2

Introduction

Cellular phone is a cultural artifact I believe best represents cultural today

Present a detailed description of the artifact, and analyze in detail how the artifact relates to the values and beliefs of the culture.

Cultural artifact is a term used in the social sciences, particularly anthropology, ethnology, and sociology for anything created by humans which gives information about the culture of it creators and users. (Wikipedia Mobile)

Cellular phone is a mobile telephone system using low powered radio transmitters, with each transmitter covering a distinct geographical area and computer equipment to switch a call from one area to another thus enabling large scale car or portable pone service. (Dictionary.com)

Cell phones have revolutionized society redefine patterns of social contact and relationships among individuals. Cell phones has changed people life

Unit 4 Individual Project 3

socially an as personzilied device it has given people more personal freedom. Some people believe it has blurred the boundary between personal and public life. You might have to use you phone for work and easily get side tracks on your phone with social sites or games. Cell phones have also become a fashion tool. The phone cases that we put on our phones are fashion. The phone cases that cost hundred of dollars like the one Louis Vuitton make are one example.

Cell phones are measured as new culture when it comes to the adolescence. The device itself is becoming a cultural artificial that form cultural flows. Studies show that adolescent’s use of cell phone is characterized by text messages gaming picture messaging. (Academia 2013)

Investigate and evaluate the deep cultural roots of your artifact.

Cell phones originated in the 1920s, while the concept Phone was industrialized in 1947 which originated from the mobile...