Written in 2000. Discusses the increasing presence of cell phones and the suggested etiquette from an author who wrote a whole book on the topic and a list of rules from Miss Manners.
Tells several extreme stories of "rude" people being inconsiderate of others while talking on their cell phones.
Kupfer, Peter. (2000). Cell Phones and Incivility. SFGate.com. Tuesday, March 28, 2000. (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2000/03/28/BU24853.DTL).
Designer is hired to create cell phones that modify the user's behavior to make the cell phone use less invasive for those around him or her.
(2009). Social Mobiles for IDEO. October 21, 2009. (http://www.ideo.com/work/print/social-mobiles/).
Discussion of how cell phones are " ... upending social rules and creating a new culture ... " (Kim, 2006). States that cell phones " ... topped the list of inventions people hated the most but can't live without ..." (Kim, 2006).
Major points are the simultaneous joys and frustrations of cell phones. Mentions "bad behavior" of some cell phone users.
Kim, Ryan. (2006). The World's a Cell-Phone Stage. Monday, February 27, 2006. SFGate.com. (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/27/BUG2IHECTO1.DTL).
Discusses creation of no cell phone rules in many business and other public places. Cell phones as annoyance.
Seligman, Katherine. (2000). Cell Users Told to Hang It Up. Sunday, April 16. SFGate.com. (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/qws/ff/qr?term=%22cell+users+told+to+hang+it+up%22&period=all&Submit=S).
" ... [T]he cacophony of wireless communications has turned public protocol on its head and unleashed a backlash from bystanders who complain that they're being subjected to not just infernal ringing but also shocking secondhand intimacies, banal chatter and just plain rudeness" (Nakao, 2004).
Wonderfully sensational language. Discussion of etiquette, violations of etiquette and the impacts of both.
Nakao, Annie. (2004). Cell Phone Etiquette. Sunday, August 8, 2004. SFGate.com. (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/chroncast/detail?blogid=5&entry_id=3189).
"Second-hand cell phone conversations are fast replacing second-hand smoke as public enemy No.1 in crowded venues nationwide" (Oldham, 1999).
Discusses rise of cell phone use and the " ... mobile phone etiquette pioneers, the brave souls who have dared to suggest that being tethered to the world 24 hours a day may not be such a good idea" (Oldham, 1999).
Oldham, Jennifer. When Courtesy Calls, Few Mobile-Phone Users Answer. Monday, July 19, 1999. SFGate.com. (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1999/07/19/MN85123.DTL).
Explains rationale behind airline requirement that cell phones be shut off during flight.
Beam, Christopher. Explainer: Could My iPhone Really Crash My Airplane? Tuesday, March 31, 2009. Slate.com. (http://www.slate.com/id/2215050/).
Sensationalism at its best. Great quotes to use for beefing up the rhetoric in your paper.
Discussion of cell phone use in media. Several movies and books use cell phones as their central tools of horror.
Curtis, Bryan. (2006). Can You Fear Me Now? Wednesday, February 8, 2006. Slate.com.
(http://www.slate.com/id/2135754/).
Discusses dangers of cell phone use while driving and offers suggestions for public policies to make roads safer for everyone in a cell phone age.
Saletan, William. Human Nature: Driving While Interrogated. Tuesday, July 21, 2009. Slate.com. (http://www.slate.com/id/2223277/).
Explanation of GPS systems in cell phones.
Koerner, Brendan I. How Do Cell Phones Reveal Your Location? Monday, May 12, 2003. Slate.com. (http://www.slate.com/id/2082828/).
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