Abstract

One of the communication devices which has become very popular nowadays is the cell-phone. Communications, as a cornerstone for culture and civilization of human being, and also one of the elements of life, cause the development of the mankind. The process of communication change from the invention of the handwriting, publication, radio and TV, has moved forward up to where the cell phone, as a communicative device in the developed society, changed people's communication from a connection via wires to a connection via waves, and put a step forward in interpersonal communication. The aim of the present study is to investigate the threats and consequences of the cell phones on the society in general and on youths in particular. This survey used a questionnaire which was distributed among 100 students from distance university of Torbat-e-Heydarie, Khorasan Razavi, Iran. The hypothesis of this study was analyzed by Pearson product coefficient. The findings revealed that individual dependency on cell phone is the main reason for overusing this device which has decreased face-to-face interaction in many cases.