the influence

TheInfluencesofSmartphonesonCollege

Students

Topic:campuslife

Thesisstatement：Nowadays,thepopularityofsmartphoneshasagreatinfluenceon

collegestudents.

uction

Withtherapiddevelopmentofeconomyandtechnology,themobilephoneindustryhas

entofsmartphoneshasdramatically

ys,smartphonesareud

hemostsignificantsubjectsfordebate

currentlytakin

reasonforthisisthatsmartphoneshaveenteredcollegecampusandbeenudwidelyby

yconductedbyIndianstudentsatBallStateUniversityfoundthatthe

numberofstudentswhoownasmartphonehasmorethandoubledinthreeyears-from27%in

2009to69%in2012(Hingorani&Woodard,2012).Thisnumberixpectedtokeepongrowingin

thecomingyears(-Harrasi&-Badi,2014).

Nowadayssmartphoneshaveveralfeaturesthatarecomparabletoanaverage

nalsoengagestudentsinfarmoredynamicwaysthanalaptoporatablet

computer(Hingorani&Woodard,2012).PeoplecanuphonestosurftheInternet,listento

music,watchvideos,playgamesonline,updatetheirpersonalmicroblog,anduploadtheirlatest

sthatsmartphoneshavealreadybecomean

indispensablepartinstudents’fsmartphoneshasalotofimpactsoncollege

studentsinmanyaspects,luenceofsmartphones

oncollegestudentsismainlyreflectedinnetworking,physicalandmentalhealth,learningand

ffectswillleadtomanyriousresultsintheircampuslife.

Manystudieshavebeencarriedouttoinvestigatetheimpactofsmartphonesoncollege

ghtheliteraturecoversawidevarietyofsuchstudies,thisstudywillfocuson

singleaspect,perwillfocusonmanyaspects

inwhichcollegestudentsareinfluencedandanalyzehowdoesitaffectsthemandatthesame

asbeenalotoftragedyaboutsmartphonesin

poofthispaperistohopethattheuofsmartphonesoncampus

willattractmoreattention.

veImpact

Thewidelyuofsmartphonesbringshugepositiveinfluencestostudents’lifeandstudy.

2.1Intermsoflearning

Inthisageofinformationexplosion，TheInternetisthemostimportantmeansof

ore,thesmartphoneisoneoftheimportanttoolsforpeopletolearn,

nusmartphonestodownloadapplicationsoftwareto

twaresuchasmemorizingwordandeBooks,makes

ametime,withthehelpofinternet,

mple,studentscan

umobilephonereadinge-books,aythat

smartphoneshelpstudentsaccumulateknowledgeanytimeandanywhere.

2.2Intermsofsocialnetworking

productofnewtechnology,smartphoneshavelotsofcommunicationplatforms,suchasQQ,

WeChat,honescomparedtoothermeansofcommunicationaremore

themostimportantreasonwhysmartphones

actwithourfamilies,relativesandfriendsbywritinglettersorjustgo

,wecantalkandeeachotherbyvideo

tion,communicationthroughmobilephonedoesnotneed

directcontact,’smore,they

enablestudentscontactmoredifferentidentityofgroups,sothattheycanmakemorefriends,and

widensocialcircle.

2.3Intermsofworking

Comparedwithcomputers,

matterwhenandwhere,Peoplecanproceslectronicdocumentsontheirsmartphones.

Nowadays,mobilephonesarebecomingmoreandmoreimportanttoindividuals,andtheirrolein

personalworkisbecomingmoreandmorenecessary.

2.4Intermsofentertainmentlife

nprovidepowerful

,wecanlistentomusic,

watchvideo,manyfunctions,

smartphonesmakethestudents’sparelifebecomericher.

veImpact

Thenegativeimpactofsmartphonesisalsolf-evident.

3.1Learninginfluence

llegestudentsareaddictedtothe

thestudents'ecomearecognizedcampus

andsocialproblem.

3.2Humancommunicationinfluence

Theadventofsmartphoneshasmadeitmorecommonforpeopletocommunicate

tendtomaketheirowncommentsonline,butinrealitytheyareveryquiet.

tancebetweenpeopleisgetting

biggerandbiggerbysmartphones.

3.3Physicalandpsychologicalhealthinfluence

Asweallknow,cellphonescandogreatharmtopeople,especiallysmartphones.

Accordingtorearch,theradiationofthesmartphoneisharmfultothehumanbody(Sunjing&

Weizuoyu2017).Inaddition,theuofcellphonesforalongtimecancaugreatharmtopeople's

hones

haveexacerbatedstudents'comparisonmentality,

survey,"doyouthinkstudentswillcomparephonesformobilephones?”whichwasinvestigated,

andhalfofthestudentsbelievedthatthecomparisonmentalityexists(Shaozhihuai2016).

3.4Teachingincollegeinfluence

Manycollegestudentsplaytheirmobilephonesinclass,leadingtothefailureof

normalteaching,havior

riouslyaffectsclassroomorderandteachingenvironment(Liuyang2014).

chMethodology

Thisstudyusaquestionnairetoexploretheinfluenceofusingsmartphoneson

ly,therearchaimstoprovideanswerstothefollowingquestions:

themainpurpoofusingsmartphoneswhileatcollege/university?

euofsocialnetworkingusingsmartphonescauinformationoverloadinsuchaway

thatitbecomesnearlyimpossibletoprocessit?

tudentsfiltertheinformationtheyfindonsmartphones?

theimpact(bothnegativeandpositive)ofusingsmartphoneswhileatcollege/university?

gsandDiscussion

Throughtheonlinesurvey,itwasanalydtoinvestigatethetrendsofthecollege

studentswithregardtotheuoftheirsmartphoneswhiletheyareatcollege.

Collegestudents‘mainpurpoofusingsmartphonesiscommunicationand

llege

studentsthinkthattheadvantagesofcellphonesoutweighthedisadvantages

sion

Smartphonesareintegratedintoeveryaspectofourcollegestudents'e

ofsmartphones

hasbothadvantagesanddisadvantages,anduniversitystudentsshouldidentifyit.

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