首页
登录
职称英语
In the case of mobile phones, change is everything. Recent research indicate
In the case of mobile phones, change is everything. Recent research indicate
游客
2025-01-14
33
管理
问题
In the case of mobile phones, change is everything. Recent research indicates that the mobile phone is changing not only our culture, but our very bodies as well.
First, let’s talk about culture. The difference between the mobile phone and its parent, the fixed-line phone, you get whoever answers it.
This has several implications. The most common one, however, and perhaps the thing that has changed our culture forever, is the "meeting" influence. People no longer need to make firm plans about when and where to meet. Twenty years ago, a Friday night would need to be arranged in advance. You needed enough time to allow everyone to get from their place of work to the first meeting place. Now, however, a night out can be arranged on the run. It is no longer "see you there at 8", but "text-me around 8 and we’ll see where we all are".
Texting changes people as well. In their paper, "Insights into the Social and Psychological Effects of SMS Text Messaging", two British researchers distinguished between two types of mobile phone users: the "talkers" and the "texters"--those who prefer voice to text message and those who prefer text to voice.
They found that the mobile phone’s individuality and privacy gave texters the ability to express a whole new outer personality. Texters were likely to report that their family would be surprised if they were to read their texts. This suggests that texting allowed texters to present a self-image that differed from the one familiar to those who knew them well.
Another scientist wrote of the changes that mobiles have brought to body language. There are two kinds that people use while speaking on the phone. There is the "speakeasy": the head is held high, in a self-confident way, chatting away. And there is the "spacemaker’: these people focus on themselves and keep out other people.
Who can blame them? Phone meetings get cancelled or reformed and camera-phones intrude on people’s privacy. So, it is understandable if your mobile makes you nervous. But perhaps you needn’t worry so much. After all, it is good to talk. [br] According to the two British researchers, the social and psychological effect are most likely to be seen on ______.
选项
A、talkers
B、the "speakeasy"
C、the "spacemaker"
D、texters
答案
D
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3912596.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]W:Excuseme,I’mdoingasurveyontherecentmodernizationo
[originaltext]W:Excuseme,I’mdoingasurveyontherecentmodernizationo
OneofLondonZoo’srecentadvertisementscausedmesomeirritation,sopaten
OneofLondonZoo’srecentadvertisementscausedmesomeirritation,sopaten
Researchintoself-awarenessconsistentlyshowsthatmostpeoplethinkandsp
Researchintoself-awarenessconsistentlyshowsthatmostpeoplethinkandsp
Researchintoself-awarenessconsistentlyshowsthatmostpeoplethinkandsp
Up-Minneapolis,MN—Afatherwasrecentlyarrestedbythepoliceforspanking
Up-Minneapolis,MN—Afatherwasrecentlyarrestedbythepoliceforspanking
Up-Minneapolis,MN—Afatherwasrecentlyarrestedbythepoliceforspanking
随机试题
[originaltext](23)AnewbookbytwoprofessorsatPennsylvaniaStateUniver
[originaltext]M:We’vebeenworkingonthisproposalforsolongthatmyeyesa
A.几何不变 B.几何可变 C.瞬变 D.超静定结构
较高温度下采用轻型钢筒式压路机碾压沥青混合料的阶段是()。A.初压 B.
根据以下材料,回答69-74题 沈阳市民郑女士一家最近购买了一套总价40万元的
关于投资者通过股权投资母基金间接投资股权投资基金的原因,说法错误的是()A.获
A.桑白皮汤 B.麻黄汤 C.五磨饮子 D.二陈汤合三子养亲汤 E.麻杏
端子箱内温湿度传感器应安装于箱内中上部,发热元器件悬空安装于箱内中下部,与箱内导
买“壳”上市的不利之处表现在()。A:门槛较高 B:整合难度大,特别是人事整合
货币市场是指期限在()、以短期金融工具为媒介进行资金融通和借贷的市场。A.1年
最新回复
(
0
)