News Regarding the Center
Here's My Number (for Today)
New York Times
November 30, 2006
The margin continues to grow rapidly as the generation that suckled on cells opts out of getting home phones in their dorms or first apartments. The National Center for Health Statistics estimates that five million adults under 25 live in cellphone-only households, and nearly 20 percent of non-homeowners of all ages in America use cellphones exclusively.
"People are keeping the same cellphone number from high school, through college, and then into their years in the work force," said James Katz, chairman of the communication department at Rutgers and author of ?Magic in the Air: Mobile Communication and the Transformation of Social Life.?
"But it?s a number that many live to regret having given out. With e-mail or instant messaging, you can handle communication when you want to handle it, as opposed to being forced into a voice-to-voice situation. An incoming cellphone call can be an uncontrollable irritation."
"What?s more," he said, "you are paying for the minutes used up by someone you don't want to speak to."
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