According to the article, what are the "social costs" of cell phone usage? Support your answer with evidence from the text. Copy a piece of evidence from the article that supports your answer to Part A.

According to the article, the social costs of cell phone usage include disruptions of daily activities, as well as conflicts with others.

Evidence from the text:

"Too much phone use can interfere with normal activities or cause conflicts with family and other people,  he adds. Yet despite these social costs, people may not cut back on their heavy phone use."

Explanation:

According to the article, "Watch Out- Cell Phones Can Be Addictive", by Kathiann Kowalski, he highlighted the dangers that youths are prone to and one of them is the addiction to their devices. Dr. James Robert said that most people become apprehensive when they lose their phones or when the battery goes low.

Kowalski highlighted the social cost that can arise from this addiction. This includes the fact that people's normal activities are interfered with because of the addiction. Conflicts also arise with family members because of the divided attention that comes with addictive phone use.

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