U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Commends West Virginia for Enacting Tough Bans on Text Messaging and Hand-Held Cell Phone Use While Driving

Problematic cell phone use for text messaging and substance abuse in early adolescence (11- to 13-year-olds)

European Journal of Pediatrics ◽

10.1007/s00431-015-2645-y ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 175 (3) ◽

pp. 355-364 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Luigi Gallimberti ◽

Alessandra Buja ◽

Sonia Chindamo ◽

Alberto Terraneo ◽

Elena Marini ◽

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Keyword(s):

Substance Abuse ◽

Early Adolescence ◽

Text Messaging ◽

Cell Phone ◽

Cell Phone Use

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Text messaging and cell phone use while driving

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e557482012-001 ◽

2009 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Keyword(s):

Text Messaging ◽

Cell Phone ◽

Cell Phone Use

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Cell Phone Use with Social Ties During Crises

International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management ◽

10.4018/jiscrm.2011040102 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 18-32 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Andrea Kavanaugh ◽

Steven D. Sheetz ◽

Francis Quek ◽

B. Joon Kim

Keyword(s):

Text Messaging ◽

Cell Phone ◽

Online Survey ◽

Social Ties ◽

Critical Periods ◽

Network Ties ◽

Cell Phone Use ◽

Emergency Situations ◽

Patterns Of Communication ◽

Social Network Ties

Many proposed technological solutions to emergency response during disasters involve the use of cellular telephone technology. However, cell phone networks quickly become saturated during and/or immediately after a disaster and remain saturated for critical periods. This study investigated cell phone use by Virginia Tech students, faculty and staff during the shootings on April 16, 2007 to identify patterns of communication with social network ties. An online survey was administered to a random sample pool to capture communications behavior with social ties during the day of these tragic events. The results show that cell phones were the most heavily used communication technology by a majority of respondents (both voice and text messaging). While text messaging makes more efficient use of bandwidth than voice, most communication on 4/16 was with parents, since the majority of the sample is students, who are less likely to use text messaging. These findings should help in understanding how cell phone technologies may be utilized or modified for emergency situations in similar communities.

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Cell Phone Use with Social Ties During Crises

Using Social and Information Technologies for Disaster and Crisis Management ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-2788-8.ch006 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 84-97 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Andrea Kavanaugh ◽

Steven D. Sheetz ◽

Francis Quek ◽

B. Joon Kim

Keyword(s):

Text Messaging ◽

Cell Phone ◽

Online Survey ◽

Social Ties ◽

Critical Periods ◽

Network Ties ◽

Cell Phone Use ◽

Emergency Situations ◽

Patterns Of Communication ◽

Social Network Ties

Many proposed technological solutions to emergency response during disasters involve the use of cellular telephone technology. However, cell phone networks quickly become saturated during and/or immediately after a disaster and remain saturated for critical periods. This study investigated cell phone use by Virginia Tech students, faculty and staff during the shootings on April 16, 2007 to identify patterns of communication with social network ties. An online survey was administered to a random sample pool to capture communications behavior with social ties during the day of these tragic events. The results show that cell phones were the most heavily used communication technology by a majority of respondents (both voice and text messaging). While text messaging makes more efficient use of bandwidth than voice, most communication on 4/16 was with parents, since the majority of the sample is students, who are less likely to use text messaging. These findings should help in understanding how cell phone technologies may be utilized or modified for emergency situations in similar communities.

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Lack of Parental Rules for Cell Phone Use among Low Income Mexican Descendent Adolescents

Journal of Youth Development ◽

10.5195/jyd.2013.89 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 124-133

Author(s):

Christine Bracamonte Wiggs ◽

Andrea J. Romero ◽

Michele Orduña

Keyword(s):

Low Income ◽

Technology Use ◽

Text Messaging ◽

Cell Phone ◽

Cell Phones ◽

Community Sample ◽

Latino Youth ◽

High Volume ◽

Cell Phone Use ◽

Adult Supervision

Youth have access to and utilize various types of technology at a growing rate. Cell phones are a portable way for adolescents to remain in constant contact with friends, parents, and others. While White youth are more likely to have a cell phone compared to Latino youth, the trends for cell phone use are similar among all teens with text messaging serving as the most popular means of communication. Despite their high volume of communication with others via cell phones, adolescents are likely to have little or no adult supervision while using technology. With a lack of parental supervision or awareness regarding youth technology use, adolescents may be especially vulnerable to cyberbullying and other negative health impacts. The current study investigates cell phone and texting use among a community sample of Latino adolescents and examines how parental rules regarding cell phone use influences adolescents’ cell phone and texting behaviors.

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