Jackie Johnston
Assignment 5-1
HUMN 341 F2WW

This week I chose society’s obsession with cell; phones. I thought that this would make a nice topic for pop culture class, because it’s an item that almost everyone has today. I think that cell phones have become an accessory. I found an interesting article that discusses people’s obsession with cell phones. Currently we are relying on cell phones too be more than just a phone. Now cell phones function as a planner, and a means to the Internet. Cell phones seem to be going everywhere today, the other day at work someone was talking on their cell phone in the bathroom. I just wonder why we think we have to take cell phones everywhere and constantly be talking on them. In the article, Jay Pope says, “Cell phones convince us we can do two things at once when in fact they dilute both. It is impossible to do anything excellently while on the phone, for one is neither "here" nor "there” (Pope, 2007). I defiantly find truth in this, there have been many times when I thought that I could cook and talk on the phone at the same time, or shop in a store and talk on the phone. It’s actually harder for me to do that, and I’m not accomplishing two things at once, actually I’m slowing myself down. The article also talks about how our relationships are cheapened because how can you miss someone that you talk to constantly? (Pope, 2007). While cell phones certainly have their advantages especially in the case of an emergency, I’ve just noticed that they are everywhere, and sometimes in most inappropriate situations.


Pope, Jay. (2007). Bad connection: cell phones symptom of America's obsession with isolation. Retrieved on October 28, 2007, from http://www.fresno.edu/scholars_speak/jay_pope/04_10_2007.asp