SHAFIRA ADHELIA (1420302179/ CLASS E) Cause-Effect Essay

The  Positive and Negative Effects of Using Cellphone For Teenagers

            The technology development influences many people to use many kinds of devices like computers, cameras, and cellphones. These days, the most popular one is cellphones. Back then, cellphone was just a communication device which was only used by adult people. At that time, when someone had a cellphone,  it means that he or she was a rich person. Now, it’s all different. The users of cellphone are increasing. From children, teenagers and old people, all are using cellphone. They always bring it everywhere and everytime, even the teenagers bring it to the school.

            The teenagers these days always bring their cellphone to the school and use it to send messages, take pictures with their friends or open social media. The use of cellphone by teenagers can give the positive effects and negative affects for them. They can use cellphone as their important device, can get more knowledge, but cellphone can also give them bad effects in their studies and daily life.

            Since the teenagers always bring their cellphone everytime, we can’t deny that cellphone is an important device for them. They use cellphone as their communication device  for calling or sending message to their friends and their family. When they have the important files from school or another, they can save it in their cellphone too. Then, they can use their cellphone as their entertainment device like for taking pictures, playing music, and even playing games.

            The teenagers can also have more knowledge from using cellphone. They won’t be stuttering with technology, in this case they will know all about how to use cellphone. If they can use their cellphones well, they can browse internet to know some informations and news that they never know. Like when they can’t fully understand with their lesson in their school, they can browse more informations about it with their cellphones.

            However, the use of cellphone can also give teenagers bad effect in their studies and daily life. The use of cellphone in the class can distract their concentration and make them lost their focus with the lesson. Then, with their cellphones, they can browse some unproper things for their ages and can plagiarize another people’s works by copying it without credit. The teenagers can also be addicted with their cellphones because of playing games or open the social media continuosly, so they will forget to study. The worst, the use of cellphone by teenagers when they are walking or ride the transportation, can distract their focus and  cause an accident.

            Shortly, the use of cellphone by teenagers indeed gives positive and negative for them. Cellphone can be very useful for them if they could use it wisely. They can use it as communication device, entertainment device and can get more knowledge from it. When the teenagers start to be addicted with cellphone, it will be difficult for them to focus on their studies and make they lost their concentration. The teenagers have to make sure that their cellphones can be useful in accordance with its functions and use it wisely.

Written by Shafira Adhelia (1420302179/ Class E)