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Here’s the situation. You’re sitting at the table listening to the conversation when your cell phone buzzes. There is something very important that wants your attention.

Maybe your phone buzzed for an email, text message, Facebook post or tweet.

You don’t know unless you check your phone.

What can it hurt to check your phone?

A recent study of cell phone use by the Pew Research Center found that most US adults think checking your phone is rude in social situations.

The study found that only 5 percent of Americans felt that checking your cell phone during a meeting is acceptable. 36. ____ 82 percent of all adults (not just cell owners) say that when people use their cell phones at social gatherings, it …occasionally hurts the conversation and atmosphere of the gathering. Americans think that when people focus on their phones instead of their companions, it hurts the group in which they are participating.

37. _____ They also don’t like others who talk too loudly or share private information in public when using their phones.

Antisocial or Social?

Using your phone can have both a social and antisocial effect.

You are being social when you are using your phone to connect with others and plan social events. 38. ____

Most people do not realize they are being antisocial when they are using their

phone around others.

According to the study, “39. _____ At the same time, those around the cell phone user may still experience that other person’s phone use as anti-social, even if that was not the explicit intention of the user.”

People might use their cell phones in social situations because they see others doing it: 86 percent of people surveyed said that someone else used a phone at the most recent social event they attended.40. ________ That might be a photo, information, or to disengage from the group.

A. You may be antisocial when you use your phone in front of other people.

B. 80 percent surveyed said they usually use their cell phones in public.

C. Only 12 percent approve of checking your cell phone during a family dinner.

D. People may use their phones at social events to share something from the event.

E. Most people use cell phones in social situations even though they believe it is rude.

F antisocial itself is rarely a primary motivator.

G. People can be offended when they feel ignored.

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