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Smartphone habit and behavior in Brunei: Personalization, gender, and generation gap
- Source :
- Computers in Human Behavior. 64:719-727
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2016.
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Abstract
- A smartphone is a device which offers advanced technologies, functions similarly to a computer, supports multitasking and makes it easy to remain connected with others. The following survey design research examined the usage patterns of smartphone users across different demographics. The results of this study provide insights into the prevalence of respondents usage of smartphones and their habits and behavior related to smartphone use itself especially among the younger generation of social disorders such as nomophobia and phubbing. In addition to documenting the experience of smartphone users, the research also examines personality patterns related to smartphone usage, the trends of different age groups, and the effects of gender preferences. We investigate behavioral patterns and impacts of smartphone usage.We discuss personal challenges of mental disorder due to smartphone's addiction.Smartphone's addiction habit is leaning more towards the younger generation.Gender is considered to be statistically significant in term of smartphone's habit.A positive relationship between accessing the internet and messaging activity.
- Subjects :
- Generation gap
media_common.quotation_subject
Internet privacy
computer.software_genre
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
0502 economics and business
Personality
Human multitasking
General Psychology
media_common
Multimedia
business.industry
Addiction
05 social sciences
Nomophobia
050301 education
Behavioral pattern
Human-Computer Interaction
ComputerSystemsOrganization_MISCELLANEOUS
050211 marketing
The Internet
Habit
business
Psychology
0503 education
computer
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 07475632
- Volume :
- 64
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Computers in Human Behavior
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........b8459ec55fa5f2990b6ef4ffaf0b0590
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.07.063