LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 14:9 September 2014
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Mobil Phone and Its Impact on the Performance of
University Students

Khizar Hayat, Samrah Arshad and Jaffar Hussain

Abstract

Mobile phone is an important innovation of the present period. Mobile phone is commonly used in Pakistan in new millennium. Moreover, it has reduced the distance among individuals and made social interaction often fast. It is one of the greatest technologies of the 21st century. Mobile phone has become a phenomenon and an addiction: to own at least one cell phone. It has now become a part of daily life and without mobile phones; people would be lost in this high-tech world. The Present study was designed to investigate the impacts of mobile on the performance of the students. The overall objective of the study is to explore the impacts of mobile on the academic performance of the students.

The universe of the present study consisted of Government College, Faisalabad. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 120 respondents i.e. 60 male students and 60 female students consisting of two departments, Sociology and Chemistry Departments. The interviewing schedule was used as appropriate tool to get the required information. Tool was developed in the light of the objectives of the study; using English Language, the second language.

Mobile phone usage reduced the face-to-face interaction. The respondents said that the usage of mobile phone was satisfactory technology because mobile phone gave more information regarding their study and duration of exams. Majority of the respondents said that the usage of mobile phone did not affect much on the academic performance because they turned off their mobile phone during the examination period.

Key Words: Interaction, Mobile phone, Phenomenon, Performance

Introduction

Mobile phone is an important innovation of the present period. Mobile phone is commonly used in Pakistan in new millennium. Moreover, it has reduced the distance among individuals and made social interaction often fast. It is one of the greatest technologies of the 21stcentury. Mobile phone has become a phenomenon and an addiction to own at least one cell phone. It has now become a part of our daily life and without mobile phones; we would be lost in this high tech world (Mustafa, 2007).

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Khizar Hayat
Lecturer in Sociology
University of Sargodha, Mandi Bahauddin Campus)
Pakistan

Sumrah Arshad
Lecturer in English
University of Sargodha
Pakistan
samraarshad@ymail.com

Jaffar Hussain
Assistant Professor in Sociology
Government Post Graduate College Samanabad
Faisalabad
Pakistan
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