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Release Date: July 28, 2005 This content is archived.
An article in the Biloxi Sun Herald on cell phones and the way people turn them into virtual megaphones by gabbing in public about incredibly private matters quotes Alex Halavais, assistant professor of communication, who says the idea of public and private space and times is getting confused and that cell phones remove the oral and visual cues that might prompt a person to modulate his or her voice or change the subject. Go to article.