A Study of Smartphone Addiction among College Students

Abstract

As portable advanced computing devices, smartphones enable Internet access, GPS capabilities, personal management tools, media playback, cameras, and a and a wide range of applications. In modern society, the smartphone has become an essential companion. Smartphones are widely used for their features and ability to create entertainment, which is evidenced by the prevalence of smartphone overuse problems, especially among students. Smartphones have had a huge impact on many areas of the world, including business, education, health, and social media. Smartphones change cultural norms and have positive and negative effects on human behavior. They encourage interaction with people while starting a microculture and make it easier to participate in activities previously considered risky. According to the relevant literature research, a lot of work has been done to integrate smartphones in education to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the learning process. The purpose of this study was to find out whether there are differences in smartphone addiction among college students with respect to their area of residence. Dr. Vijayshri and Dr. Masaud Ansari’s smartphone addiction scale was used. In this research paper, 200 students were randomly selected from various colleges in Panchmahal district. The result shows that there is no significant difference between gender (boys and girls) and area of residence (urban and rural areas) in relation to their smartphone addiction.