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Children and Cellular Phones Audrey Carolyn Chantelle Dimitra Nicola Brought to you by MOTOROLA Social Change Making Culture with Mobile Communication Adaptation of mobile culture into one’s everyday life has created a new process in which teenagers can develop their identities and culture Has led to acknowledge times and places that typically have no meaning—‘no-where-places’ and ‘no-wheretimes’ Redefining the lines between private and public “The mobile phone works as a practical and symbolic ‘membership categorization device’”(101). Welcome to the World of Multitasking! “System Overload” Ingrid Wickelgren System Overload When serious thought is required, people learn less, waste more time, and make more mistakes if they multitask (Wickelgren, 4). The brain normally doesn’t do two things requiring conscious thought at the same time; instead, it switches back and forth between them (Wickelgren, 5). Switching Channels Name the colour of the written word… BLUE GREEN RED PINK YELLOW RED GREEN Advertising Kids and Cell Phones, from Vincent Iannelli, M.D., Your Guide to Pediatrics Pros? Cons? Cell Phones Catering To Kids by the CBS News Kids and cell phones poll At what age should kids get their first cell phone? Firefly phone TicTalk phone TicTalk video Cingular cell phone commercial Concluding Points Class Activity Activity: In groups of 4-5, design your own cell phone for kids. Instructions: Take a piece of construction paper and design a non-functioning prototype of a kid’s cell phone. Come up with a creative name for your prototype. On a separate piece of paper, draft a short pitch to Motorola about the features of your phone and its appeal to kids. Present your pitch to the class.