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UsageandAttitudesTowardSmartphones

ABSTRACT

AKansasStateUniversityrearcherhasfoundthatshortsmartphonebreaks

throughouttheworkdaycanimproveworkplaceproductivity,makeemployees

ingtothisrearch,wedecidedtoconducta

surveyaboutSmartphoneamongniorstudents.

Smartphonesoftenrveasasourceforstayinginformedaboutbreakingnewsand

communityhappenings,gettingfromplacetoplace,conductingtransactions,and

navigatinglifeeventssuchasfindinganewjoborgettinginformationaboutahealth

earchlooksinmoredetailatthespecificactivitiesthatsmartphone

ownerngagein,andthetypesofinformationthattheyekoutontheirmobile

devices.

Smart,

lower-incomeand“smartphone-dependent”ursareespeciallylikelytoturntotheir

taboutteenagers?

Whatdotheythinkofsmartphones?

KEYWORDS

smartphone,teenager,attitude,usage,cau,effect,analysis

OUTLINE

Ourpurpoistofigureouttheusageandattitudestowardsmartphone,andwefocus

onteenagers’cidetodosomesurveyandfindoutwhy

teenagersareaddictedtosmartphonesandtrytohelpthemovercomethisproblem.

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ForthefirsttimesincethePewRearchCenterbegansystematically

trackingsmartphoneadoption,amajorityofteenagersnowowna

smartphoneofsomekind.

initionofa

smartphoneownerincludesanyonewhosays“yes”tothefollowing

question:Doyouhaveasmartphone?Tooursurpri,100%ofour

respondentssaythattheirphoneisasmartphone.

Ashasconsistentlybeenthecasincewebeganlookingformore

informationontheInternetaboutthecurrentsituationandtrends,

smartphoneownershipisparticularlyhighamongyoungeradults,

especiallythointheirtwentiesandthirtiesandthowithrelatively

highlevelsofhouholdincomeandeducationalattainment.

Thoughgrowthinsmartphoneownershiphasoccurredupanddownthe

economicspectrum,adoptionstillvariessignificantlybyhouhold

r,thatvariationisdistributedacrossdifferentagegroups.

ontrary,

olderadultssmartphoneownershipismoreofararephenomenon.

Accordingtoourrearch,teenagersaremorelikelytochooacertain

dandiPhoneownersareequallycommon

withinthecellownerpopulationasawhole,althoughthisratiodiffers

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oneownersfromawide

rangeofeducationalandhouholdincomegroupshavesimilarlevelsof

Androidadoption,butthofromtheupperendoftheincomeand

educationspectrumaremuchmorelikelythanthowithlowerincome

andeducationallevelstosaytheyownaniPhone.

Therefore,whyareteenagernthusiasticaboutusingsmartphones?A

majorityofsmartphoneownersutheirphonetofollowalongwith

breakingnews,andtoshareandbeinformedabouthappeningsintheir

honeshelpursnavigatetheworldaroundthem,

eriencesamplingsurvey

illustratesthatsmartphoneusageoftenproducesfeelingsofproductivity

andhappiness,butthatmanyursalsofeeldistractedorfrustratedafter

mobilescreenencounters.

Andwhatabouttheeffect?Whenaskedtochoofromariesof

statementsreprentinghowtheyfeelabouttheirphone,asubstantial

majorityofsmartphoneownersfeelthatthedevicesare“helpful”rather

than“annoying,”“connecting”ratherthan“distracting,”andthatthey

reprent“freedom”ratherthana“leash.”

Atthesametime,smartphoneownersarerelativelydividedonthe

esntialnecessityofmobileconnectivity:60%saythattheirphoneis

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“notalwaysneeded,”while40%saythatitissomethingthey“couldn’t

livewithout.”Andwhileasubstantial80%majorityofsmartphone

ownersdescribetheirphoneas“worththecost,”20%ofthowhopay

morethan50RMBpermonthforrviceandapplicationsdescribeitasa

“financialburden.”

Youngerursstandoutespeciallyprominentlywhenitcomestousing

theirphonefortwopurposinparticular:avoidingboredom,and

martphonefeaturesinparticular,

socialnetworking,watchingvideo,andlisteningtomusicorpodcasts,are

unctionssupply

entertainmentsandrelaxation,butobviouslytheycontainsideeffectas

well,suchasinfluenceonstudyandnetworkaddiction.

Moreover,surelytherearesomewaystosolutetheproblem.

scanlettheirchildrenupinmoneytobuytheir

smartphones,thiscanteachthemtosavemoneys.

eenagerswhohavelackoflfcontrol,theyshouldshutdown

poweroftheirsmartphonesandputitoutofthestudyroomwhilethey

arestudying.

arestilladdictedtosmartphones,theyshouldhandinittotheir

parents.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

StateUniversityRearch

earchCenter

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APPENDIX

Survey:AttitudestoSmartphone

Date:May13th,2015

Gender:Male12Female18

aveasmartphone?

Yes30No0

tphoneufulforyou?

Yes30No0

acertainbrandofsmartphone?

Yes11No19

endoyouchangeyoursmartphone?

Wheneverthereisanewproduct2

Lessthanoneyear6

Oneyeartothreeyears17

Morethanthreeyears5

hmoneydoyouspendonasmartphone?

LessthanonethousandRMB3

OnethousandtofourthousandRMB15

FourthousandtoventhousandRMB10

MorethanventhousandRMB2

erestedareyouindownloadingnewapplications?

12345

NotatallSlightlyQuiteVeryExtremely

Interestedinterestedinterestedinterestedinterested

056172

ndofAppsdoyoudownload?(Multiple)

Games30Photograph17Movieandmusic23

Entertainment27Study8Others___________

sthesmartphoneattractyou?(Multiple)

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Outwardappearance(largescreen,color……)17

Lowprice3

Networkspeed17

Internalstorage12

Brand22

Specialfunctions(fingerprintidentification,voicerecognition……)24

Others____________________

youexpecttoimproveonasmartphone?

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Thankyouforcompletingoursurvey.