At one point we all most likely had a home phone or multiple home phones in our house. They were first connected to the wall and had a round dial. The telephone then shifted to having a number pad to dial rather than the round dial. The phone later progressed to a cordless device allowing us to walk freely inside our homes and not worry about tangling the cord or tripping over it as we moved about. From this cordless innovation, the cell phone was conceived. The idea of having a mobile phone to go with you where ever you went was thought to be unneeded by some but to others almost a necessity. The debate is still a topic of discussion in most households but anymore there is a vast majority of people that have accepted the 'cellular way of life'.
Over the next few weeks I want to take a look into this phenomena of cell phones and the usage of them based on age differentials. The telephone, as stated before, was the first innovation in the line of cell phone usage. Many of the older people living today are used to the home phone style of telephone. Some, such as my grandparents, still have the corded home phones but they also do have cordless phones as well. Many of the later generations became accustomed to cordless phones and saw the ease of use they offered and were more inclined to the mobility the cordless phones provided. Today’s generation has become reliant it seems more so on cell phones and young kids may have trouble recalling what a “home/house phone” is.
To show a difference in the generational gap, I am going to sit down or even discuss over the telephone (yes, ironic right?) with my grandparents, my parents (maybe a few of their friends), and my younger brother (or kids around his age or younger), their thoughts and opinions on telephone and cell phone usage today. I hope to find some common threads and some extreme differing views as well in order to see why phones and cell phones play such a particular role according to generations.
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