{"id":1304,"date":"2012-09-07T14:29:21","date_gmt":"2012-09-07T18:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=1304"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:07:26","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:07:26","slug":"cell-phones-a-distraction-even-when-not-in-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/cell-phones-a-distraction-even-when-not-in-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Cell phones a distraction even when not in use"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/phone1.jpg\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1305\" title=\"High tech mobile phone with digital camera\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/phone1.jpg\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1305 lazyload\" title=\"High tech mobile phone with digital camera\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20180%20120%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/phone1.jpg\"><\/a>According to the <em>New York Daily News<\/em>, a cell phone is not necessarily a good thing in every possible context, mainly because it can interfere with social relationships.&nbsp; Phones have this effect even when individuals are not obsessing checking their email or sending out text messages.&nbsp; Instead, the mere fact that a phone is in the room can have a negative impact on how other people perceive and interact with the phone owner.<\/p>\n<p>Recent research conducted at the University of Essex on this topic involved asking pairs of individuals to sit in private booths together.&nbsp; The individuals involved were strangers.&nbsp; In some cases, a cell phone that was not in use but was visible was placed in the booth with the pair under observation.&nbsp; The study participants were then asked to discuss a personal anecdote for a short time, typically less than 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>In cases where a cell phone was visible, the individuals reported feeling less involved in the ongoing discussion.&nbsp; This led researchers to decide that \u2018the mere presence\u2019 of a cell phone can be a distraction that helps to keep people apart.&nbsp; Other studies have noted that couples eating meals together are often more apart than together in a mental sense due to the fact that one or both of them may be checking constantly for incoming messages from other parties.<\/p>\n<p>It seems, therefore, that even though cell phones are very useful, there is a time and a place to switch them off and put them out of sight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the New York Daily News, a cell phone is not necessarily a good thing in every possible context, mainly because it can 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