A Hermeneutical Study of Using Mobile Phone in 4.0 in Writing Skills

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-60
Author(s):  
Dewi Zulaiha ◽  
Yunika Triana
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Good Writing ◽  
Insight Into

Mobile phones become an affordable device in our lives since it is ubiquitous and the function is now not only for communication but also beyond that. This study aims to give the readers more insight into the use of a mobile phone in writing skills by using a hermeneutical approach. Participants were undergraduate students at age 18-20 (N=16). The descriptive analysis results reveal that a significant number of students notice that writing is considered the most challenging skill since they have to organize all aspects to produce good writing. Thus, a hermeneutical approach is needed to examine their difficulties in writing skills.

Determinants of University Students' Waste Mobile Phones Recycling Intention

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-84
Author(s):  
Ho Sew Tiep ◽  
Goh Mei Ling ◽  
Radziah Shaikh Abdullah ◽  
Teo Kim Mui
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Efficient System ◽  
The Past ◽  
Tremendous Amount ◽  
Waste Management Practices ◽  
Insight Into

As the world becomes increasingly interconnected, mobile phones has become the utmost preference device for most Malaysian to stay connected. Over the past decades, mobile phone users in this country has been increasing steadily. Percentage of individuals in Malaysia using mobile phones increased from 94.2% in 2013 to 97.5% in 2015 (DOS, 2016). According to the hand phone users survey carried out by MCMC (2017) , there were 42.3 million mobile phone subscriptions with a penetration rate of 131.2% to a population of 32.3 million at the end of 2017. In a study on university students of Malaysia, Ho et al. (2018) revealed that a substantial amount of them (18.83%) actually do not know what to do with the waste mobile phones. This reflects the low awareness amongst university students and the lack of formal management system in Malaysia. Moreover, the findings show the rate of replacements of even functioning phones is high and a significant high stockpile of the waste mobile phones, which in turn increase the generation of e-waste eventually. Tremendous amount of waste mobile phones are expected to be generated in Malaysia. Malaysia is now facing a challenge on how to deal with the ever growing generation of waste mobile phones from users. An insight into their e-waste management practices and key predictors in relation to waste mobile phones recycling intention are therefore essential. This would help to lay the foundation for developing a suitable, workable, effective and efficient system of collecting e-wastes. This study aims to probe into university students' behavioural intentions to recycle waste mobile phones. In the meanwhile, it is expected to derive the policy implications for the future expansion and enhancement of mobile phones recycling response rate. Keywords: Determinants, Mobile Phones, Recycling, Intention, University Students

Factors Affecting Mobile Phone Use Among Undergraduate Students in Turkey

2013 ◽  
pp. 234-246
Author(s):  
Ali Acilar
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Mobile Phone Use ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Sense Of Security ◽  
The World

Mobile phones are one of the fastest-adopted innovations in history. Globally, mobile phones have rapidly become widespread in most parts of the world, especially among the young generation. Young people constitute an important and significant part of mobile phone users. In this study, the author examined the factors affecting mobile phone use among undergraduate students in a developing country. The research data was collected through a convenience sample of undergraduate students in a public university in Turkey. Exploratory factor analysis was used to examine the underlying factors in mobile phone use. Nine factors are identified from the results of factor analysis such as “Information,” “Attitude,” “Mobility,” “Functional service,” “Entertainment/Relaxation,” “Convenience,” “Fashion,” “Sense of security,” and “Multimedia service”.

scholarly journals Media students using mobile phones in the Arabian Gulf to improve English writing and video production skills

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-15
Author(s):  
Najat AlSaied ◽  
Fokiya Akhtar
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Arabian Gulf ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Video Production ◽  
Content Type ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Mobile Phone Applications

Purpose A variety of alternate technology-enhanced teaching approaches are now available to university students to broaden their learning experiences and complement conventional face-to-face teaching. This paper aims to outline a study conducted at an English Medium Instruction (EMI) University in the Arabian Gulf where students were studying media. The study explored an innovative teaching approach that sought to enhance the students’ interaction with mobile phone applications as part of their learning experiences during the course. Design/methodology/approach The focus of the study was on enhancing the students’ English writing skills such as vocabulary, spelling and grammar and on improving their technical skills such as in video production. The study collected both quantitative and qualitative data. Findings The results indicated that mobile phone applications were helpful in improving students’ journalistic writing skills where they had a good level of proficiency in English, more so than students with poor English who are more dependent on traditional learning methods. Students also benefitted from mobile phone video production workshops that were intensive and creative. Based on the results of this study, it is recommended that courses and labs in media courses have skilled technicians that can train students in creative mobile phone video production while faculty members need to be trained and proactively encouraged to use mobile phones for teaching and learning purposes. Originality/value wBased on the results of this study, it is recommended that courses and labs in media courses have skilled technicians that can train students in creative mobile phone video production while faculty members need to be trained and proactively encouraged to use mobile phones for teaching and learning purposes.

Mobile phone messaging to increase communication and collaboration within the university community

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (8) ◽  
pp. 7-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tashfeen Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
University Management ◽  
University Administrators ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The University ◽  
University Community

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to share a lecturer’s viewpoint on using mobile phone messaging tools to increase levels of cooperation and collaboration with students and the wider university community. Design/methodology/approach In all, 145 undergraduate students from a Caribbean university were asked how often do they check their mobile phone for text/voice messages per day and when do they turn off their mobile phones. These two questions were asked to understand how engaged students are with their mobile phones. Findings The findings are that students are very engaged with their mobile phones. Students check their mobile phones for text/voice messages multiple times every day. Of the 145 participants in this research, 66.84 % never turned off their mobile phones during the week and carry their phones everywhere, including classrooms. Originality/value This is the first study to examine how often this university’s students’ check their mobile phone for text/voice messages per day and when do they turn off their mobile phones. These findings will help lecturers and university management in understanding students’ engagement with their mobile phone in this university. This study confirms heavy engagement of students with their phones. Lecturers and university administrators can now consider ways in which mobile phone messaging tools can be used to increase levels of communication and collaboration with students and wider university community.

scholarly journals Mobile Phone Dependence among Undergraduate Students of a Medical College of Eastern Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (224) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kriti Thapa ◽  
Sami Lama ◽  
Rita Pokharel ◽  
Rambha Sigdel ◽  
Surya Prasad Rimal
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Mobile Phone Addiction ◽  
Mobile Phone Usage ◽  
One Year

Introduction: Mobile phones are becoming increasingly indispensable in daily life of the studentswhich has resulted in mobile phone dependence. The objective of the study was to find the prevalenceof mobile phone dependence among undergraduate students of a medical college of Eastern Nepal. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted from October 2016 to March 2017on a total of 390 undergraduate students aged between 17 and 25 years using stratified samplingtechnique. Students using mobile phones for more than one year was included in the study. Studentswere requested to complete a pretested self-administered questionnaire which comprised theirsocio-demographic characteristics, pattern of mobile phone usage and mobile phone addiction indexdeveloped by Leung. Results: The prevalence of mobile phone dependence among the undergraduate students was foundto be 85 (21.8%). Mobile phone dependence was found to be related with time spend on mobile; callsper day, money spend on recharge per month and years of ownership of mobile phone. There wasno difference between males and females with regard to mobile phone dependence. Conclusions: The present study found that mobile phone dependence was common among theundergraduate medical students. These results suggest the need to develop educational programmeto educate the students to use mobile phone meaningfully.

scholarly journals Nomophobia - mobile phone dependence, a study among students of a rural medical college

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 2034
Author(s):  
Vanita V. Myakal ◽  
Vinod L. Vedpathak
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Common Symptom ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College

Background: Nomophobia literally means ‘no mobile phobia’ that is the fear of being out of mobile phone contact. People experience symptoms of withdrawal when they are away from mobile phones. To address this problem and create awareness among medical students the present study was planned. Objectives of this study were 1)To assess prevalence of nomophobia among medical students 2) To assess pattern of mobile phone usage. 3) To know health related consequences of nomophobiaMethods: This college based cross sectional study was conducted among undergraduate medical students of SRTR Government Medical College, Ambajogai. All undergraduate students from 1st MBBS to final MBBS were enrolled in the study. Data was collected from a total of 346 medical students with a predesigned pretested questionnaire. “test of mobile phone dependence” (TMD Brief) was used to assess nomophobia. TMD brief scale was designed and validated by Chóliz et al. According to scores, medical students scoring 30-60 were labeled as having nomophobia. Data was analyzed using Epi info 7 Software.Results: The prevalence of nomophobia was 71.39%, which was more among males (73%) compared to females (69.94%). ‘Disturbance of sleep’ (41.33%) was most common symptom experienced due to mobile phone dependence. Study participants belonging to nuclear family, 3rd year MBBS batch, age group of 20-22 years and students spending Rs. >400/month on mobile phones were significantly associated with nomophobia.Conclusions: The present study has reported prevalence of nomophobia as 71.39% among undergraduate medical students which is very high. Now a day’s nomophobia is an alarming issue and it should be addressed on priority basis.

scholarly journals THE INTERPERSONAL MEANING USED IN THE ELECTRONICS AND MOBILE PHONES IN ADVERTISEMENTS AS THE CONTRIBUTION IN TEACHING SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dias Andris Susanto
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Functional Grammar ◽  
Systemic Functional Grammar ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Imperative Mood ◽  
Unit Analysis

This study aims at describing the interpersonal meaning used in the advertisements in the electronics and mobile phones. The objectives of this research are To  investigate how clauses and their constituents are structured in the English sentences used in the electronics and mobile phones advertisements, To map out how the interpersonal meanings are realized in the electronics, To  map out what are the most dominant and less dominant mood are realized in the electronics and mobile phones advertisements.The writer used a qualitative descriptive analysis to find out the interpersonal meanings used in the electronics and mobile phones advertisements. The object of the study was the sentences used. The unit analysis was a clause used in that products. The data were collected by the use of document. To analyze the data, Method of data analysis, the writer took some steps; there were identification of 5 products of the electronics and mobile phones advertisements, identification of the products, identification of the sentences used in the products, identification of the interpersonal meanings.The result shows that, the 5 products have 35 clauses and each clause has different constituents there are two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, and eleven constituents. The dominant constituent is three constituents. Based on the results analysis of the interpersonal meaning in the Electronics and Mobile Phones Advertisements, we know that those five electronics and mobile phone advertisements have mood and residue. It is realized in the wordings of those clauses if we analyze it based on the interpersonal meaning elements;  Mood consists of Subject and Finite, Residue consists of Predicator, Complement, and Adjunct. From the analysis of the Mood Types above, we can see that the most dominant mood in the electronics and mobile phones advertisements is Declarative Mood and the less dominant in the electronics and mobile phones advertisements are Interrogative and Imperative Mood. It indicates that the writer of those advertisements wants to declare something or give information to the readers.It is suggested that In teaching Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG), the lectures should choose an interesting media, such as electronics and mobile phones advertisements to make the students more interesting to study and easier to understand the materials.

scholarly journals A Descriptive Study to Assess the Impact of Mobile Phone Usage on Human Behaviour Among Undergraduate Students of Lucknow

2021 ◽  
Vol 01 (02) ◽  
pp. 15-20
Author(s):  
Nidhi Rao ◽  
◽  
Amardeep Paul ◽  
Aradhana Verma ◽  
Dolly Prajapati ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Change ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Demographic Variable ◽  
Medical Engineering ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Mobile Phone Use ◽  
Mobile Phone Usage ◽  
The Impact

Background of the study: Students were found to use mobile phone excessively. The pattern of mobile phone use among the students may signal the evolution of mobile phone use from a habit to an addiction.[5] Usage of mobile phones adversely affect student concentration, psychosocial wellbeing and their physiological health which are areas that need attention. The problem is that the use of mobile phone among students has become a habit.[3] Research shows that there is a difference between students’ performance and commitment to academics in lecture rooms from those who use mobile phones during lecture, inattentiveness, and non- participation in academic assignments or field work.[7] Findings of a study indicates that mobile phones play a large part in the daily life of medical student. Therefore, its impact on psychological and health should be discussed among the students to prevent the harmful effects of mobile phones use.[8] Objective of this study is to assess the impact of mobile phone usage on behavior change among undergraduate students and to find out the association between the impact of mobile phone usage on behavior change among undergraduate students with the selected demographic variable. Materials and Methods: Descriptive research design was utilized in this study. Through non discriminative snow ball sampling technique 100 undergraduate students of different disciplines like medical, engineering, agricultural and other science were selected for this study. Self-administered online questionnaire was used to gather the data from the participants. Descriptive and inferential statistics was used to analyze the data. Results: impact of mobile phones among 1% of undergraduate students is mild, 94% of undergraduate students had moderate impact and remaining 5% of them reported that the impact of mobile phone on their human behavior is severe. The overall mean impact score was 91.21 and obtained SD was 22.34. Conclusion: Results of this study shows that the usage of mobile phone has moderate to severe impact among the behavior of the undergraduate students. Though the need of mobile phone is inevitable there needs have to be balanced between time spent with these devices, and without them. Without a set balance, people will continue to become more obsessed and consumed by technology, and there is a concern that humans will lose all closeness and affection that can come from personalized conversations.

THE ROLE OF MOBILE PHONES AS EFFECTIVE TOOLS FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING BY LIBYAN EFL LEARNERS

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-163
Author(s):  
Safia Mujtaba Alsied
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Integral Element ◽  
Good Learning

The current technological era has witnessed a great advancement in the world of mobile technology. Mobiles gadgets have now turned out to be an integral element of the daily life. Given the fact that mobile devices can be used to serve a number of functions, EFL learners can utilize them regularly to enhance their process of learning and attain good learning outcome. This article intends to explore the effectiveness of using mobile phones in language learning by Libyan EFL learners. To further investigate this issue, questionnaires were administered to 151 Libyan EFL undergraduate students from the English department of Sebha University and focus group discussions (FGDs) were carried out with 18 students. The results revealed that using mobile phones in learning was effective to a great extent. Besides, the majority of Libyan EFL learners utilized their mobile phones mostly to check meaning of words, to listen to English songs and to develop reading, listening, speaking and writing skills. The findings also demonstrated that Libyan EFL learners exhibited positive perceptions towards using mobile phones in learning English.

Correlating Personality and Actual Phone Usage

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 158-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Montag ◽  
Konrad Błaszkiewicz ◽  
Bernd Lachmann ◽  
Ionut Andone ◽  
Rayna Sariyska ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Psychological Variables ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Report Data ◽  
Self Report Data ◽  
Voice Calls

In the present study we link self-report-data on personality to behavior recorded on the mobile phone. This new approach from Psychoinformatics collects data from humans in everyday life. It demonstrates the fruitful collaboration between psychology and computer science, combining Big Data with psychological variables. Given the large number of variables, which can be tracked on a smartphone, the present study focuses on the traditional features of mobile phones – namely incoming and outgoing calls and SMS. We observed N = 49 participants with respect to the telephone/SMS usage via our custom developed mobile phone app for 5 weeks. Extraversion was positively associated with nearly all related telephone call variables. In particular, Extraverts directly reach out to their social network via voice calls.

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