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Net Children Go Mobile: risks and opportunities. Second edition.
This report is the updated version of the full findings report Net Children Go Mobile: risks and opportunities, launched on Safer Internet Day 2014. It presents the findings of a survey that involved 3,500 children aged 9-16 who are internet users and their parents in seven European countries. The fieldwork was conducted between May and July 2013 in Denmark, Italy, Romania and the UK; between November and December 2013 in Ireland; and between February and March 2014 in Belgium and Portugal.
The overriding research question of the study is to see if ownership of mobile phone would affect use of both traditional and new media outlets for news. Analyses of a national survey (n = 496) in early 2010 show that ownership of mobile phone was a significant factor in explaining use of mobile phone, online media, and newspaper’s website for news; it had no impact on readership of print daily or weekly newspaper and watching news on television, after age, gender, education, and income were statistically controlled. In addition, age was significantly and positively associated with use of traditional news media, and negatively associated with use of online media and mobile phone for news. On average, smartphone owners were significantly younger than those who had either simple cellphone or no cellphone at all.
Legacy news media have invested substantially in developing digital and mobile news provisioning, alongside the widespread diffusion of information and communication technologies. Amid these developments, many people have shifted the ways they access the news in everyday life, with mobile devices gaining much significance. This has shifted the roles traditionally played by newspapers, television stations, radio broadcasters and news sites, ultimately relating to their democratic functions and the diminishing effect of their business models. This article will describe and explain displacing vis-à-vis complementary effects among age cohorts. It shows how the recent uptake of mobile devices has influenced news consumption via newspapers and news sites. It investigates three research questions, each focusing age cohorts in relation to single-media use, cross-media use, and nonuse. The article presents a statistical analysis of datasets nationally representative to Sweden and the specific case of evening tabloids. The data used originate from scientific omnibus survey projects conducted annually from 1986 to 2012 at the University of Gothenburg. The findings show that the public generally engage in single-media rather than cross-media news consumption, whereas age cohorts have developed divergent forms of single-media use: (a) the 1930s and 1940s age cohort are primarily single-media users in print, (b) the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s age cohorts are computer-oriented single-media users; and (c) the 1980s and 1990s age cohorts are mainly single-media users via mobile devices, but also cross-media users of mobile devices combined with a computer. As of 2012, the uptake of mobile news and cross-media news consumption reached new records, whereas the single-media use of printed newspapers reached a new low. The integrated theoretical framework proves useful for comprehending such transforming news consumption among age cohorts, and reveals the significance for legacy news media to explore and exploit the opportunities arising from mobile devices and tablets.
The Effects of Mobile Phone Use on Human Behaviors: A Study of Developing Country Like Bangladesh
—The mobile phone is an essential part for human life all over the world. From developed to developing, developing to under developed countries are affected by the mobile phone usages, each and every corner of this universe. In every single minute we are using mobile phone for our various purposes. Even when there is no purpose we are also just using mobile phone. This scenario is almost same all over the world. The mobile phone has been affected the human behavior and changed the nature of behavior in developing countries. This paper has divided into three parts first part gathered information; second part analyses collected information and third part draw conclusions. In this paper, the result of the mobile phone used and effect on human behaviors in developing country like Bangladesh has been presented. This paper will also analyze this issue by exploring the exiting literature related to the mobile phone usages on human behavior and effect of the mobile phone on society in developing countries. Finally, this paper was presented some efficient solutions to minimize the problems in developing countries.
Cover design by Amber MacKay Images used in the cover design were sourced from Pixabay and are licensed under CC0 Public Domain. Main cover image: stokpic Background cover image: Comfreak Printed in the UK by Lightning Source Ltd. ISBN (Paperback): 978-1-909188-53-2 ISBN (PDF): 978-1-909188-54-9 ISBN (EPUB): 978-1-909188-55-6 ISBN (Kindle): 978-1-909188-56-3
A STUDY ON FACTORS IDENTIFYING SMARTPHONE ADDICTION IN USERS
Purpose – Smartphone is need of the hour. Because of its various functions it is used on frequently basis by the users. People are dependent of this device for many reasons and getting addicted towards Smartphone. Frequently use of Smartphone also leads to addiction. It has many useful functions such as internet, easy to connect in seconds, alarm and entertainment etc. But due to various functions users get addict to Smartphone such as gaming, addiction towards internet, dependency. Students are also addicted to Smartphone and their academic performance is decreasing because of its excessive use. The main objective behind this study is to extract the factors identifying Smartphone addiction in users. This research paper builds a conceptual framework on factors identifying Smartphone addiction. Design/Methodology/Approach – A literature review of Indian and International research paper was examined to extract the factors identifying Smartphone addiction so that mostly studied factors can be observed for further research purpose. Findings – Most of the previous studies of Indian Literature revealed that Usage Pattern and Internet Addiction are mostly studied factor regarding Smartphone addiction followed by Behavioral Addiction. On the other side, International Literature also concluded same three variables as mostly studied factors. It is suggested that researchers must include these factors while conducting study on Smartphone addiction.
The mobile Internet: Access, use, opportunities and divides among European children
New Media & Society
Based on data collected through the Net Children Go Mobile survey of approximately 3500 respondents aged 9–16 years in seven European countries (Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Romania and the United Kingdom), this article examines the diffusion of smartphones among children and contributes to existing research on mobile digital divides by investigating what influences the adoption of smartphones among children and whether going online from a smartphone is associated with specific usage patterns, thus bridging or widening usage gaps. The findings suggest the resilience of digital inequalities among children, showing how social inequalities intersect with divides in access and result in disparities in online activities, with children who benefit from a greater autonomy of use and a longer online experience also reaching the top of the ladder of opportunities.