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Statistical Study of Impact of Mobile on Student’s Life

2012; Volume: 2; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.9790/0837-0214349

2279-0845

Sadaf Nawaz,

Social Media and Politics

The adoption of the mobile phone by young people has been a global phenomenon in recent years.It is now an integral part of youngsters' daily lives and is for the majority, the most popular form of electronic communication.In fact, the mobile phone has turned from a technological tool to a social tool.This paper explores the impact of the mobile phone on youth peer relationships, on family relationships and on the institution.Young people use the mobile phone in positive ways to organize and maintain their social networks.However, there are also negative impacts on young peoples' peer relationships.These can include ostracism and cyber bullying.Demographic toolsare usedto gain insights intohow students value various mobile phone applications and tools.For this purpose a survey has been conducted.We visited five well known colleges of Gujrat city, Fatima Jinnah College, Marghazar College for Women, Government Commerce College for Boys, Gujrat College of Commerce for Girls and Gujrat College of Commerce for Boys and important data has been collected.The data have been analyzed and the results have been discussed.