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Impact of Smartphone on College Students


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The purpose of this study was to study of impact of Smartphone on college students. Smartphone have drastically changed the lifestyle of modern youth. The intention of this study is to understand all the positive and negative aspects of smart on the society. The study primarily focuses on impact of Smartphone on students. Participants in the study were 200 college students between the age 18-22 years. Questionnaire was used to study the use and impact of Smartphones on student's studies and social life. It was found that students use mostly Smartphones for social connectivity and educational purposes. It has some negative impacts too like wastage of time, information overload and neglect of physical activities.

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Smartphones, Social Networking Sites, Mobile Applications, Information Overload.
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Manju Mishra
Department of Psychology, H.R.P.G. College, Khalilabad, Santkabirnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India

Abstract


The purpose of this study was to study of impact of Smartphone on college students. Smartphone have drastically changed the lifestyle of modern youth. The intention of this study is to understand all the positive and negative aspects of smart on the society. The study primarily focuses on impact of Smartphone on students. Participants in the study were 200 college students between the age 18-22 years. Questionnaire was used to study the use and impact of Smartphones on student's studies and social life. It was found that students use mostly Smartphones for social connectivity and educational purposes. It has some negative impacts too like wastage of time, information overload and neglect of physical activities.

Keywords


Smartphones, Social Networking Sites, Mobile Applications, Information Overload.

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