Universities across the country have transformed with the introduction of mobile communication. Because on college campuses, fellow students and friends reside just down the hall or across the street, relationships grow strong quickly. But today, these relationships seem to be growing even stronger.
Mobile communication allows for students and friends to be connected at virtually any time of the day. Before these advancements, friends only experienced time with others during those times they were together, but now, friends can stay together all the time. With applications like SnapChat, friends can catch up with each other when it is convenient for both parties.
At a popular lunchtime spot at the University of Maryland, the Stamp Student Union, students can be found meeting up with each other to enjoy the food court or grab a meal themselves in between classes. This is a time where students have a break from class time rules about putting away their mobile devices, so almost everyone has their phones out. Both the students eating alone and those with friends use their mobile devices during this time; they can be found texting, Snapchatting, checking Facebook, checking Twitter, and taking phone calls.
College students today, like senior Communications major Jenna Chusid, take advantage of their ability to build relationships with their friends even when they are not around each other.
College students today, like senior Communications major Jenna Chusid, take advantage of their ability to build relationships with their friends even when they are not around each other.
The growing relationship that college students today have with their phones poses the question of regrettable decisions with mobile communication. One university student explains that certain features of her iPhone have created issues.
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With mobile communication always growing and changing, college campuses will forever be a breeding ground for these new types of changes to flourish.
With mobile communication always growing and changing, college campuses will forever be a breeding ground for these new types of changes to flourish.
With mobile communication always growing and changing, college campuses will forever be a breeding ground for these new types of changes to flourish.
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