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This chapter reviews related literature and studies on the use of mobile phones. Several studies have found that mobile phones are used for identity formation, maintaining social networks and relationships, communication, organization, and escaping surveillance. Mobile phone use has also replaced habits like smoking for bonding and identity among teenagers. Some people pretend to use their phones to avoid awkward social situations. Other studies have found common health effects of mobile phone use like headaches, eye strain, lack of sleep, and anxiety. While some research has found mobile devices improve learning outcomes, other studies show they are more often used for games and leisure over education.

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Chapter 2

This chapter reviews related literature and studies on the use of mobile phones. Several studies have found that mobile phones are used for identity formation, maintaining social networks and relationships, communication, organization, and escaping surveillance. Mobile phone use has also replaced habits like smoking for bonding and identity among teenagers. Some people pretend to use their phones to avoid awkward social situations. Other studies have found common health effects of mobile phone use like headaches, eye strain, lack of sleep, and anxiety. While some research has found mobile devices improve learning outcomes, other studies show they are more often used for games and leisure over education.

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CHAPTER 2

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES

This chapter includes the ideas, Finished thesis, generalization or conclusions, methodologies and
others. Those that were included in this chapter helps in familiarizing information that are relevant and
similar to the present study

RELATED LITERATURE

Chigona, et.al. (2008), in research paper Uses & Gratifications of mobile internet among South
African students have written, “Most of the gratifications identified can be clustered around the
themes of contribution to identity-formation, maintenance of peergroup networks, and
emancipation from local settings, maintenance of romantic relationships, escape from parental
surveillance, co-ordination of group activities, organization and management of social life, as a
primary contact medium, bonding device for friends and family, personal security, constant
availability and keeping in touch with geographically-distant relations". A few studies have
interestingly compared the use of mobile phones among teenagers to smoking. “Adolescents’
quest for an individual identity and for peer bonding, functions which used to be fulfilled by
habits such as smoking, are now taken over and supplied by the use of Mobile Phones”, written
by N. A. Selian (2004) in article Mobile Phones and Youth: A look at the US student market.
According to an article Do You Pretend to Talk on Your Cellphone to avoid Other People written
by Linda Sharps (2011), “People use mobile phone not only to communicate but also
pretend to use cellphone to avoid other people or in any situation that require them to stand
around awkwardly in front of other people”.

Acharya, et.al (2013) in research paper A Study on Some of the Common Health Effects of Cell-
Phones amongst College Students have written “Almost everyone uses cell phones for a greater
part of the day. Headache, irritability/anger, lack of concentration, poor academic performance,
anxiety, eye strain and lack of sleeping are the common effects of mobile phone on the health
of people”. Effects of mobile phones on health and mental health of people is a global concern.
Every day, we are swimming in a sea of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) produced by electrical
appliances, power lines, wiring in buildings, and other technologies that are part of modern life.
Exposure to electromagnetic radiation is growing and becoming a serious health threat.

Norries, Hossain, and Soloway (2011) in their study demonstrated that students’ achievement increase
significantly when students use mobile learning devices, including smartphones, during learning time.
This is because their time-on-task completion will increase as they have the device at hand. Norries et al.
(2011) also found that students were constantly using the smartphone camera to take pictures of
abstract concepts taught in class so that later they could relate them with the concrete ideas. Similarly,
Woodcock et al. (2012) reported that respondents in their research believed that smartphones had
allowed them to improve productivity and eventually their learning performance. Kumar (2011)
indicated that students were downloading online lectures and reading from e-books to improve
learning. Another study conducted by Mtega, Bernard, Msungu, and Sanare (2012), shows the
respondents in their study do not just use traditional mobile learning applications, such as text messages
and calls, but they utilize mobile learning applications such as GPS, camera, voice calls, emails, Google
drive, and so forth, to create, upload, download and share academic resources with their friends. All the
abovementioned research illustrated that smartphones have created sophisticated avenues for students
to learn and it is undeniable that more students are spending more time using mobile apps. This is
positively correlated with the higher rate of smartphone ownership among higher education students
(Bowen, Kyle, & Mathew, 2012)

Though many current studies have shown smartphone usage benefits in learning, Woodcock et al.
(2012) demonstrated contrasting findings. Students were found always using their phones more for
playing games and other leisure activities than for learning. Among the identified factors preventing
widespread adoption of smartphones for education are physical, technical and psychological limitations.
White and Mills (2012) also found that students were increasingly adopting smartphones with the focus
on personal use rather than education. In this study, students were asked if they used smartphone
applications in categories in education, dictionary, games and maps. Similarly, Anzai, Funada, and
Akahori (2013) investigated mobile device use for mobile photo note-taking, in order to examine the
effect of this trend on vocabulary retention.

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