Mobiles phones have played a key role in the

advancement of globalisation, helping to create a

smaller world. Geographical boundaries are now no
obstacle to communication, with those previously
separated by thousands of miles able to communicate
Having our whole lives at the in seconds. As highlighted by Sarah Plant noting, “…
push of a button can get unable to meet her fiancé face-to-face, a young
addictive. More and more woman in Dubai described the ease with which the
people in the world are mobile allowed her to talk to him.” (Plant, 2000,
becoming dependent on their p.56). This is an individual example but the global
mobile phones as almost half impact is just as evident with an average of more than
of participants in a survey 6.2 billion international calls per year from the US.
aged between 25-34 felt they (Federal Communications Commission, 2003).
could not live without it.(BBC)

“Once considered a luxury, *the mobile phone+ is

Now the closet thing to our hearts” (Alexander, 2008)
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