Youth and mobile phones
There has been tremendous growth in the use of the mobile phones in India. It is reported that the India’s telecommunication market is the second largest in the world. The mobile phones are available to the people right from the age of 12 years. The mobile phone technology has brought the world closer. It provided great convenience in communication among people by way of either calling or texting. Now, the mobile phones are coming up with variety of features like internet access, sending e-mails, games, access to social networking sites like face-book, listening to music, playing radio, reading books, dictionary and so on. The mobile phones are also used to overcome the feeling of loneliness. The majority of the users are in the age group of 15 to 25 years. The contacts are established instantly with the help of mobile phones which was not possible earlier. However, though the mobile phone provided many advantages, it has also caused some problems also. Some people are using the mobile phones so excessively that it assumes the form of addiction. The use of mobile phones has reduced the face to face communication. It is observed that the people sending text messages while talking to others. Even the visitors, guests are kept waiting till the mobile phone use is over. The students are using mobile phones for playing games, sending messages, calling even when the class is in progress. The mobile phones are used at places like hospitals, judicial courts, petrol pumps where their use is banned. The mobile phone use during driving is commonly observed which may increase the chances of involving in accidents. The use of mobile phone while driving can distract attention of the driver visually, physically and cognitively. Earlier studies have shown that various personality traits like neuroticism, extraversion, psychoticism, etc. and mobile use have some relation to each other. The gender may also play some role in high mobile phone use. The provision of the additional features like internet, music, radio, etc. may be resulting in excessive use of mobile phones. It is, therefore, thought to study the various aspects of mobile phone use including gender role. The study will be done on explorative basis and there will not be any hypothesis.
. INTRODUCTION
There has been tremendous growth in the use of the mobile phones in India. It is reported that the
India’s telecommunication market is the second largest in the world. The mobile phones are available to
the people right from the age of 12 years. The mobile phone technology has brought the world closer. It
provided great convenience in communication among people by way of either calling or texting. Now,
the mobile phones are coming up with variety of features like internet access, sending e-mails, games,
access to social networking sites like face-book, listening to music, playing radio, reading books,
dictionary and so on. The mobile phones are also used to overcome the feeling of loneliness. The
majority of the users are in the age group of 15 to 25 years. The contacts are established instantly with
the help of mobile phones which was not possible earlier. However, though the mobile phone provided
many advantages, it has also caused some problems also. Some people are using the mobile phones so
excessively that it assumes the form of addiction. The use of mobile phones has reduced the face to face
communication. It is observed that the people sending text messages while talking to others. Even the
visitors, guests are kept waiting till the mobile phone use is over. The students are using mobile phones
for playing games, sending messages, calling even when the class is in progress. The mobile phones are
used at places like hospitals, judicial courts, petrol pumps where their use is banned. The mobile phone
use during driving is commonly observed which may increase the chances of involving in accidents. The
use of mobile phone while driving can distract attention of the driver visually, physically and
cognitively. Earlier studies have shown that various personality traits like neuroticism, extraversion,
psychoticism, etc. and mobile use have some relation to each other. The gender may also play some role
in high mobile phone use. The provision of the additional features like internet, music, radio, etc. may
be resulting in excessive use of mobile phones. It is, therefore, thought to study the various aspects of
mobile phone use including gender role.
The study will be done on explorative basis and there will not be any hypothesis.
alpana.vaidya@gmail.com *Corresponding Author E-mail Id DOI: 10.20908/ijars.v5i3.9483
International Journal of Applied Research and Studies (iJARS)
ISSN: 2278-9480 Volume V, Issue 3(March – 2016)
www.ijars.ijarsgroup.com
Manuscript Id: iJARS/1266 2
Authors Copy; Restricted to Personal Use Only any manipulation will be against Copyright Policy @ iJARS Group
II. REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Some of the findings from the previous studies on mobile phone use are given below.
Bianchi and Phillips (2005) studied the relationship of extraversion, neuroticism, self- esteem, gender,
and age and mobile phone use in the age group from 18 to 85 years and found that extraversion and self-
esteem appeared to be important factors. Young people, in particular, appeared to be susceptible high
mobile phone use. They were also greater users of SMS function and other features on mobile phones.
However, the neuroticism could not predict high use of mobile phone. It was stated that the technical
applications like MP3 players attract more male users while females used mobile phones for mixing
with friends and relatives. A study conducted to examine the relationship between psychological
attributes to smart phone addiction, face-to-face communication, present absence and social capital
involving 414 university students aged below 30, it was found that the level of the loneliness, shyness
and present absence was positively related to excessive smart phone use. The greater smart phone use
predicted lower level of face to face communication (Casey, 2012).
In another study of impact of personality traits on smart phone ownership and use with 312 participants
(60% females, 40% males) ranging from age 18 to 77 years, it was revealed that extroverts reported
greater importance on the texting function whereas the agreeable individuals placed greater importance
on making calls and less importance on texting. Neuroticism was positively associated with the e-mail
function. The study also found that the age was negatively associated with texting, browsing the internet
and playing music. Higher education was positively related to using smart phone for calling but
negatively to gaming function. The extraverted individuals were more likely to own a smartphone.
Females placed great importance on texting function (Lane and Manner, 2011). Lu, Watanabe, Liu, Uji,
Shono, & Kitamura (2011) conducted the study on internet and mobile phone text messaging
dependency in which 92 men and 54 women participated. Ages ranged between 22 to 59 years. The
study suggested that psychological dependency on internet and mobile phone text messaging in Japan
was not limited to students but also affects adults. The study showed that 34% of men and 25% of
women showed mild internet addiction and 6.1% of men and 1.8% of women showed pathological use
of internet. The study found no gender difference in internet use and mobile phone text messaging. The
depression was associated with both internet dependency and mobile phone text messaging dependency
whereas anxiety was associated negatively with text message dependency.
Krithika M. and Dr. S. Vasantha (2013), in their study of the mobile phone usage among teens and
young adults- impact of invading technology, found that the cell phone usage is so strongly integrated
into young people’s behaviour that it was showing the symptoms of behavioural addiction. In another
study on severity of mobile phone and internet use among B.Sc. nursing students, it was revealed that
84.2% of the young persons in the age group of 19-20 years owned mobile phone.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/299540610_Mobile_Phone_Usage_among_Youth
. INTRODUCTION
There has been tremendous growth in the use of the mobile phones in India. It is reported that the
India’s telecommunication market is the second largest in the world. The mobile phones are available to
the people right from the age of 12 years. The mobile phone technology has brought the world closer. It
provided great convenience in communication among people by way of either calling or texting. Now,
the mobile phones are coming up with variety of features like internet access, sending e-mails, games,
access to social networking sites like face-book, listening to music, playing radio, reading books,
dictionary and so on. The mobile phones are also used to overcome the feeling of loneliness. The
majority of the users are in the age group of 15 to 25 years. The contacts are established instantly with
the help of mobile phones which was not possible earlier. However, though the mobile phone provided
many advantages, it has also caused some problems also. Some people are using the mobile phones so
excessively that it assumes the form of addiction. The use of mobile phones has reduced the face to face
communication. It is observed that the people sending text messages while talking to others. Even the
visitors, guests are kept waiting till the mobile phone use is over. The students are using mobile phones
for playing games, sending messages, calling even when the class is in progress. The mobile phones are
used at places like hospitals, judicial courts, petrol pumps where their use is banned. The mobile phone
use during driving is commonly observed which may increase the chances of involving in accidents. The
use of mobile phone while driving can distract attention of the driver visually, physically and
cognitively. Earlier studies have shown that various personality traits like neuroticism, extraversion,
psychoticism, etc. and mobile use have some relation to each other. The gender may also play some role
in high mobile phone use. The provision of the additional features like internet, music, radio, etc. may
be resulting in excessive use of mobile phones. It is, therefore, thought to study the various aspects of
mobile phone use including gender role.
The study will be done on explorative basis and there will not be any hypothesis.
alpana.vaidya@gmail.com *Corresponding Author E-mail Id DOI: 10.20908/ijars.v5i3.9483
International Journal of Applied Research and Studies (iJARS)
ISSN: 2278-9480 Volume V, Issue 3(March – 2016)
www.ijars.ijarsgroup.com
Manuscript Id: iJARS/1266 2
Authors Copy; Restricted to Personal Use Only any manipulation will be against Copyright Policy @ iJARS Group
II. REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Some of the findings from the previous studies on mobile phone use are given below.
Bianchi and Phillips (2005) studied the relationship of extraversion, neuroticism, self- esteem, gender,
and age and mobile phone use in the age group from 18 to 85 years and found that extraversion and self-
esteem appeared to be important factors. Young people, in particular, appeared to be susceptible high
mobile phone use. They were also greater users of SMS function and other features on mobile phones.
However, the neuroticism could not predict high use of mobile phone. It was stated that the technical
applications like MP3 players attract more male users while females used mobile phones for mixing
with friends and relatives. A study conducted to examine the relationship between psychological
attributes to smart phone addiction, face-to-face communication, present absence and social capital
involving 414 university students aged below 30, it was found that the level of the loneliness, shyness
and present absence was positively related to excessive smart phone use. The greater smart phone use
predicted lower level of face to face communication (Casey, 2012).
In another study of impact of personality traits on smart phone ownership and use with 312 participants
(60% females, 40% males) ranging from age 18 to 77 years, it was revealed that extroverts reported
greater importance on the texting function whereas the agreeable individuals placed greater importance
on making calls and less importance on texting. Neuroticism was positively associated with the e-mail
function. The study also found that the age was negatively associated with texting, browsing the internet
and playing music. Higher education was positively related to using smart phone for calling but
negatively to gaming function. The extraverted individuals were more likely to own a smartphone.
Females placed great importance on texting function (Lane and Manner, 2011). Lu, Watanabe, Liu, Uji,
Shono, & Kitamura (2011) conducted the study on internet and mobile phone text messaging
dependency in which 92 men and 54 women participated. Ages ranged between 22 to 59 years. The
study suggested that psychological dependency on internet and mobile phone text messaging in Japan
was not limited to students but also affects adults. The study showed that 34% of men and 25% of
women showed mild internet addiction and 6.1% of men and 1.8% of women showed pathological use
of internet. The study found no gender difference in internet use and mobile phone text messaging. The
depression was associated with both internet dependency and mobile phone text messaging dependency
whereas anxiety was associated negatively with text message dependency.
Krithika M. and Dr. S. Vasantha (2013), in their study of the mobile phone usage among teens and
young adults- impact of invading technology, found that the cell phone usage is so strongly integrated
into young people’s behaviour that it was showing the symptoms of behavioural addiction. In another
study on severity of mobile phone and internet use among B.Sc. nursing students, it was revealed that
84.2% of the young persons in the age group of 19-20 years owned mobile phone.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/299540610_Mobile_Phone_Usage_among_Youth
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