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Introduction
The research paper presented here is a report on the topic Unwanted phone Calls. This
topic is about the unnecessary phone calls that some people purposely make to disturb or
harass others. This type of practice is visibly increasing in our society at the present.
In this research paper I have focused on the significance and magnitude of the problems
caused by unwanted phone calls. My study relates the impact of such calls on individuals
as well as on the society. In my study I tried to find out what individuals think about the
reasons of the problem and also the impact of the problem on them and on the society.
The topic itself represents the significance of the issue. At present in the young
generation this type of practice is very common in our society. Increased use of mobile
phones and also increased availability of mobile phones (as well as other means like land
phones) have made it a culture in the young generation to call and search for a person of
opposite sex to have a chat over the phone. For such acts young girls and boys face
irritating situation while receiving these calls. As it has become a culture in the young
This research paper is based on the affects of such phone calls on individuals and on the
society. Pointing out the troubles caused by such unwanted phone calls, the aim of my
study is to raise public awareness about the significance of the problem so that people put
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2. Background:
Unwanted phone calls have been very familiar to all groups of individuals. From youth to
However, this type of calls is very common especially in the young generation. The
people who make such calls simply seek for chances to flirt with people of opposite sex
over the phone as a way to pass their time. The sufferers who do not want to talk to the
person face further tension of getting miscalls or disturbing messages over the phone.
Such turbulences cause wastage of time, mental disturbance and other tensions to the
victims.
Some people, however, make such calls to harass previously selected person. Such
annoyance may be aimed even at sexual harassment. They use vulgar and indecent
language with their sick mentality to sexually harass the victims. This sort of nuisance
cause severe mental disturbance to the victims that sometimes affect their lives in a
serious way.
Unwanted phone calls therefore, have strong root as a serious problem to the sufferers.
However, there are also people who respond to such calls gladly and like to flirt or talk
with the caller. Their response encourages the person who makes such calls and such act
Although many such serious relationships proved to be successful, such acts are having
impact on the society. By making it a new culture to flirt over the phone this type of
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To illustrate the significance of the problems created by such prank calls some cases are
presented bellow. (The names of the characters are imaginary in all the cases)
2.1. Cases:
Case 1:
Sania is a 20 year old girl studying at a private university. One night she was studying for
the exam next morning while she had a call from an unknown number on her cell phone.
After receiving the phone a guy from the other side let her know that he wanted to talk to
her and make friendship with her. Sadia politely said that she is simply not interested to
talk to him and cut the phone. Immediately the guy called again and this time Sadia told
him that she had an important exam next morning and requested him not to call her again.
But the guy kept on calling her and every time Sadia had to cut the call. At last she had
no other way than to put the cell phone off while she needed to have the phone turned on
because her friends would call her to discuss about the exam.
Case 2:
Rifat, a 23 years old guy, dialed an unknown number one day just to pass his time. When
he found that the number is of a young girl, he started to flirt with her. The girl, however
was not disturbed, she was rather amused by this and also started to flirt with him. Their
conversation included cheap jokes and just words after words without any grounds. Rifat
knew that he hardly wanted to make any friendship with the girl and also the girl knew
that she is just flirting with him. Such flirting over the phone reflects their cheap thoughts
and brought no result for them except wastage of their time and money.
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These cases represent the different situations create by prank calls. These situations form
As we see that unwanted phone calls have a strong background as a problem in the lives
of the young generation, from my study I found some rules regarding such phone calls.
If a person calls another person in such a way that it creates disturbance to the
second person, then such act should be considered as a crime. The guilty therefore,
would be charged to pay Tk. 25,000 at most or would be sent to jail for up to 3
months.
So, we see that there are strict punishments for disturbing people by making unwanted
phone calls.
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3. Research Scope
created by such calls. When I started to do the research I wanted to find out who faces
such problem most and who the people behind making such calls are. Also I wanted to
focus strongly on the effect of such calls on individuals as well as on the society. In my
research I tried know how individuals response to such calls and what intention they hold
toward the people who make such calls. Besides, I was very interested to know what they
think about the effect of such calls on the society. Also I wanted to ask their opinion on
Another aspect of my research is to find out the laws or rules against the people who
make such phone calls and bother the victims over the phone. In this part my main
objective was to finding out the extent to which the laws are used against the guilty. I
wished to do this to realize how much public awareness regarding the law we have in the
society.
While investigating for the paper I came to find a lot of information about the reasons
why people make such calls, the impact of such calls on the people etc. following are the
From my study on the problem I found that basically the young group of people faces the
problem of unwanted phone calls. People of age group of 15 to 25 are the most of the
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2) Who are the people who make such calls and what are the reasons behind making
such calls?
People who are emotionally frustrated and have nobody to share their feelings:
These people usually do not have enough good friends so that they can share their
feelings with someone. So, they get their selves engaged in such practice out of
frustration.
The intention of this category of people is to bother others by calling them. They
make such calls simply because they want to pass their time flirting with a person
of opposite sex. Some people also make such calls t sexually harass others by
Such phone calls cause psychological disturbance to the victims. Most of the victims feel
very disturbed after receiving these calls. These calls are not only wastage of their time
but also they divert their mind from what they were doing. Most importantly, the victims
who are sexually harassed over the phone feel scared because of insecurity and also
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4) What effect does the problem have on the society?
As some people like responding to such call, their reaction encourages the callers who
make such calls. I think this is affecting our society negatively because our social values
are changing gradually by this. Such flirting over the phone is of no use for the society, in
The possible solutions for the problem are first of all to arise public awareness about it in
our society so that people know about the negative sides of making such calls. Also
phone companies can take certain steps to save consumer rights. Moreover, parent can
make sure that their children have the right type of friends so that they do not act this
way. Most importantly, I think increased use of law should be adapted to reduce
The answers of the above questions are the body of my research paper. My findings are
about any law against the people who bother others over the phone. Also, surprisingly, I
found that the people who studied law are confused about the existence of any law
against the guilty in the context of Bangladesh. Although I was able to acquire some
information about the concern of people regarding the laws, I could not find anything to
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4. Hypothesis
I did my research based on the assumption that most of people, regardless of being a boy
or a girl, do not like answering unwanted phone calls. I also think that the victims face
severe mental disturbance during and after answering to such calls. My assumption
extends as I think that the victims also hold negative intention to answer such calls.
I also assume that the act of making such calls have negative impact on our society. As
some people happily answer these calls and also flirt with the person from the other side,
I think such acts not only decrease personal values of the persons involved but also affect
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5. Research Methodology
conducted. My focus was to look at the grounds for the problem and to find out the
significance of the problem as well as to get different views of people about what they
think regarding this problem. Finding out the possible ways of reducing the problem was
To reach to all my target findings I divided the research methodology based on two types
research paper.
like news papers, magazines etc. I looked for articles related to the topic of unwanted
phone calls or prank calls. Also I studied different law books to find out the existence of
any law against the people who bother others over the phone.
My research topic includes a very recent sort of problem. When I started doing the
research I found that there has not been enough investigation to find out the reasons of
the problem or even to raise public awareness about the significance of the problem.
research.
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5.2. Primary Information:
people. In this purpose I conducted the survey on 30 people among whom I included both
girls and boys. In my sample group for the survey there were 14 boys and 16 girls. My
survey included young girls and boys in the age group of 18 to 25 who face the problem
of unwanted phone calls most often. In the survey questionnaire I included 13 questions
asking their opinion about the impact of the problem on individuals as well as on the
society, the seriousness of the problem and the ways to reduce the problem.
To gather primary information I also interviewed three persons among whom two were
girls and the other was a boy. I took their interview as they were the victims of such calls.
In the interview I heard interesting stories from them which helped me to bring strong
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