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Smartphone have become increasingly popular in recent years among
various age groups especially youth in Pakistan. While people of various ages find
it convenient and useful but young generation tend to dependent on it. The present
study is primarily a cross-sectional social survey. Cluster and purposive sampling
techniques was applied for selection of sample size. Total 800 subjects was chosen
from selected university for final survey. The data was collected through
questionnaire, which dealt with various aspects of smartphone. The results
indicated that, all subjects have smartphone and using from last three years.
Almost all the youth had been using it in different ways and at different times. The
results showed significant gender differences in several aspects of its usage. Their
responses showed that they were using social networking applications for building
social relationships. The male subjects are in majority who used social
applications for building social relationship as compared to female users. Most of
the male subjects liked WhatsApp, Facebook, and Viber whereas, female subjects
had been using WhatsApp and Facebook only for social relationships. The results
discovered that smartphone usage had impact positively on the social behaviour of
youth. However, the results of t-test with reference of selected variables also
discovered that youth both (male and female) was more inclined to use
smartphone.
Malik Tariq Mahmood, Muhammad Shahzad. (2016) USAGE PATTERNS AND IMPACT OF SMARTPHONE ON SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR OF YOUTH, Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, Volume 53, Issue 2.
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