An Analysis of Mobile Phone Use in Nigerian Agricultural Development

This study used 328 smallholder farmer respondents to investigate its objectives of how farmers use mobile phone technology, what benefits they have gained from the use, and the constraints encountered during the process. The quantitative data collected through a process of questionnaire administration were analysed using Stata 12 software. The results indicate that mobile phone usage for farm and other social purposes has increased with farmers. The farmers also spend almost 40% of their phone bills on farm-related activities and that seeking market information represented 17.32% of the total phone bill in a month. Increased efficiency in input delivery, market access, and output distribution were reported as some of the advantages of using mobile phones. This study was conducted in a region where its general characteristics may not reflect that of the entire country thus generalisation of the study may be limited, so the data should be cautiously use.

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An Analysis of Mobile Phone Use in Nigerian Agricultural Development

International Journal of ICT Research in Africa and the Middle East ◽

10.4018/ijictrame.2017070103 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 29-46

Author(s):

Osadebamwen Anthony Ogbeide ◽

Ideba Ele

Keyword(s):

Mobile Phone ◽

Quantitative Data ◽

Agricultural Development ◽

Market Access ◽

Mobile Phone Use ◽

Mobile Phone Technology ◽

Questionnaire Administration ◽

Entire Country ◽

Mobile Phone Usage ◽

On Farm

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Use of Mobile Phone and In-Vehicle Interaction: A Case study among selected students in Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Ghana Journal of Geography ◽

10.4314/gjg.v12i1.6 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 115-132

Author(s):

Olabisi Olapoju

Keyword(s):

Social Interaction ◽

University Students ◽

Mobile Phone ◽

Mobile Phones ◽

Negative Correlation ◽

Mobile Phone Use ◽

Mobile Phone Usage

Mobile phone use among university students is now pervasively altering their social interaction with others. The study investigated the influence of mobile phone use among commuting University Students on their interaction with co-travellers and the environment through which they travel. Three hundred students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria were purposively sampled to respond to a 10-minute questionnaire. The questionnaire contained questions such as ownership of mobile phones, type and number of phones owned, frequency of usage and the influence of mobile phone usage during transit on interaction between the students and their co-travelers and with the environment they traveled through. Results showed that all the respondents possessed at least one mobile phone. In addition, results revealed a negative correlation between time of use of mobile phone and interaction with co-travelers (α=0.05, r= -0.039) and no significant correlation between length of use of mobile phone and interaction with the environment (α=0.05, r=0.079). The study established that mobile phone intrusiveness has an influence on students' interaction during commuting.

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Mobile Phone Dependency and Effect on the Academic Lifestyle of Female Students at a University: A Case Study of a University of Technology

Commonwealth Youth and Development ◽

10.25159/2663-6549/6908 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Josephat Muntangadura ◽

Barbra Mazarire

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Mobile Phone ◽

Mobile Phones ◽

Female Students ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Mobile Phone Use ◽

University Of Technology ◽

Mobile Phone Usage

Mobile phones are now being used by all members of society, men, women and the children. When members of society use them it affects their lives, thus the research is interested in exploring how mobile phone usage affects the lifestyles of female university students. The study explored the dependency and effect of mobile phone usage among female students at a university of technology. A cross-sectional survey was carried at Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), Soshanguve South campus. The study focused on the following objectives: exploring the classification of female university students who own cell phones, establishing the general phenomena influencing the use of mobile phones by female university students at a university of technology and perceived gratification and finally establishing the patterns of mobile phone use by female students and the lifestyle patterns generated thereafter. The study collected data from 100 female students at the institution using a survey. The findings indicated that the main reasons female university students at TUT use a mobile phone are for socialising, sharing academic work and solutions as well as for safety and privacy purposes. The major reason for choice of brand was seen to be usability and price. The respondents showed some signs of addiction to their mobile phones. The findings of this study are beneficial to marketers of mobile phones in Pretoria and the rest of the country; it is also useful to mobile phone developers, universities, parents, and researchers exploring mobile phone adoption and usage pattern in a developing country such as South Africa.

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Mobile phones, risk and responsibility: Understanding children’s perceptions

Cyberpsychology Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace ◽

10.5817/cp2013-1-3 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Emma Bond

Keyword(s):

Mobile Phone ◽

Mobile Phones ◽

Mobile Phone Use ◽

Mobile Phone Technology ◽

Children's Perceptions ◽

Children’S Perceptions ◽

Everyday Lives ◽

The Social ◽

Children’S Views ◽

The Uk

This study explores children's perceptions of risk and mobile phones in their everyday lives. Technological developments associated with capitalist society are entwined with the risk discourse, but little account has previously been taken of children's views in social analyses of risk. Based on the accounts of thirty young people in the UK aged between 11 – 17 this study adopts a social constructivist perspective to offer a theoretical framework which explores how children themselves actually use mobile phone technologies and understand and manage risk in their everyday lives.Implications of risk and mobile phones are reflected in current media discourse and contemporary public discussions. This research explores the relationship between young people's use of mobile phone technology and the wider theoretical debates about risk, technology and subjectivity. It provides insight into the social aspects of risk and mobile phones in contemporary childhoods.The children in the research were reflexive in their understanding of risk and mobile phones and actively managed risk through their mobile phone use. Their accounts highlight the complex, multifarious relationships of the heterogeneous networks of the technical, the social and the natural that constitute children's everyday lives.

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Mobile Phone Usage in Organizational Communication and Decision-Making

Advances in Human Resources Management and Organizational Development - Collaborative Communication Processes and Decision Making in Organizations ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-4478-6.ch013 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 240-257

Author(s):

Yun Xia ◽

Yuping Mao

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Mobile Phone ◽

Mobile Phones ◽

Text Messaging ◽

Relationship Maintenance ◽

Customer Relationship ◽

Communication Tool ◽

Mobile Phone Use ◽

The Rich ◽

Mobile Phone Usage

Through individual in-depth interviews, the authors examine employees’ use of mobile phones for decision-making and internal/external communication in the China branch of a multinational company. The study shows that mobile phones are a key communication tool in the company. Voice calls are the most preferable way of mobile phone use due to their synchronous nature for instant communication and the rich verbal cues they carry. Text messaging is an unobtrusive way of business communication and it can be used as the formal documentation of business decision-making. Group text messaging turns the mobile phone into a mass communication platform for customer relationship maintenance. Contingency theory is applied to further discuss the findings, and practical recommendations are also provided.

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The effect of duration of mobile phone usage on blood pressure and heart rate: Evidence from a cohort study (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.21427 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Mehdi Moradinazar

Keyword(s):

Blood Pressure ◽

Heart Rate ◽

Cohort Study ◽

Systolic Blood Pressure ◽

Mobile Phone ◽

Diastolic Blood Pressure ◽

Mobile Phones ◽

Principal Component ◽

Mobile Phone Use ◽

Mobile Phone Usage

BACKGROUND Despite being considered valuable information communication technology (ICT) tools, mobile phones can have some adverse health consequences. OBJECTIVE The present study was conducted to investigate the relationships of mobile phone usage with blood pressure and heart rate in the participants in the first phase of Ravansar Non-Communicable Diseases (RaNCD) cohort study. METHODS The present study used the data collected from the recruitment stage of a population-based investigation, RaNCD cohort study in western part of Iran. The participants with the mobile phone were divided into four equal quantiles using principal component analysis (PCA) to categorize the mean duration of mobile phone usage over the previous 12 months in min/day. RESULTS Among a total of 8801 participants 35-65 in RaNCD cohort, the duration of mobile phone use was 19.5 min/day, as 1515 (17.0%) of the participants in RaNCD cohort study did not use mobile phones. After controlling the confounding variables, the reduction in systolic blood pressure (SBP) was found to be higher than that in diastolic blood pressure (DBP) with an increase in the duration of mobile phone use. In fact, SBP -1.86(-2.83, -0.89) was less than DBP -1.86 (-2.83, -0.89) in the subjects who used their phones for 23.5-330 min/day compared to in those who never used a mobile phone. CONCLUSIONS The results of this study show that exposure to a cellular phone does not terribly effect on SBP, DBP and heart rate. We also found that cell-phone usage was inverse associated with hypertension in women than men; nevertheless, further studies are recommended that be conducted to confirm the significance of this relationship CLINICALTRIAL mobile phone, hypertension, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure

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High Throughput Metagenomic Analysis Exposes Mobile Phones as Potentially Hazardous Microbial Platforms Warranting Robust Public Health and Biosecurity Protocols

10.21203/rs.3.rs-1122873/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Matthew Olsen ◽

Rania Nassar ◽

Abiola Senok ◽

Susan Moloney ◽

Anna Lohning ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Care ◽

Mobile Phone ◽

Mobile Phones ◽

Medical Staff ◽

Care Staff ◽

Health Care Staff ◽

Mobile Phone Use ◽

Mobile Phone Usage ◽

Technology And Communication

Abstract Introduction. Advancements in technology and communication have revolutionised the 21st century with the introduction of mobile phones and smartphones. These phones are known to be platforms harbouring microbes with recent research shedding light on the abundance and broad spectrum of organisms they harbour. Mobile phone use in the community and in professional sectors including health care settings is a potential source of microbial dissemination.Aim. To identify the diversity of microbial genetic signature present on mobile phones owned by hospital medical staff.Methods. Twenty-six mobile phones of health care staff were swabbed. DNA extraction for downstream next generation sequencing shotgun metagenomic microbial profiling was performed. Survey questionnaires were handed to the staff to collect information on mobile phone usage and users’ behaviours.Results. A total of 11259 organisms derived from 26 phones were found with 2096 genes coding for antibiotic resistance and virulent factors. These organisms corresponded to 5717 bacteria, 675 fungi, 93 protists, 320 viruses, 4456 bacteriophages. The survey of medical staff showed that 46% (12/26) of the participants used their mobile phones in the bathroom.Discussion/conclusion. Mobile phones are vectors of microbes and can contribute to microbial dissemination and nosocomial diseases worldwide. As fomites, mobile phones that are not decontaminated may pose serious risks for public health and biosecurity.

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

10.53926/ynjr/0008 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 01 (02) ◽

pp. 15-20

Author(s):

Nidhi Rao ◽

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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.

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Pattern of Mobile Phone Use among Students of An Institution

Journal of Nepal Medical Association ◽

10.31729/jnma.3442 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 56 (209) ◽

pp. 522-526 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Kriti Thapa ◽

Rita Pokharel ◽

Rambha Sigdel ◽

Surya Prasad Rimal

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Mobile Phone ◽

Mobile Phones ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Simple Random Sampling ◽

Young Generation ◽

Major Purpose ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Mobile Phone Use ◽

Mobile Phone Usage

Introduction: The charm of mobile phone is more among young generation and the increasing use can lead to various harmful effects and may result in dependence. The objective of the study is to evaluate the pattern of mobile phone use among medical students. Methods: A descriptive cross sectional study was conducted on a total of 229 medical students aged between 18 and 25 years who were using mobile phones for more than 1 year by using simple random sampling technique. Students were requested to complete a pre-tested self-administered questionnaire which comprised their socio-demographic characteristics and pattern of mobile phone usage. Results: Among the total 229 students, all of them had their own smart phones. Major purpose of using mobile was for calling, listening music, taking photos/videos and internet use. Most of the students 97 (42.4%) have owned mobile phones since 4-6 years. The median time spent by the students on the mobile phone using different features of mobile phone was 3.5 hours. Majority of the students i.e. 157 (68.5%) use mobile phones at night. The median amount of money spent on recharge per month was 500. Age of student was significantly (P <0.05) associated with calls per day. There was no significant association of pattern of mobile phone use with other selected socio-demographic variables Conclusions: Students were found to use mobile phone excessively. The pattern of mobile phone usage among the students in this study may signal the evolution of mobile phone use from a habit to an addiction.

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Mobile Phones as Assistive and Accessible Technology for People with Disabilities

Encyclopedia of Mobile Phone Behavior ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-8239-9.ch116 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 1471-1487

Author(s):

John T. Morris ◽

James L. Mueller ◽

Michael L. Jones

Keyword(s):

Assistive Technology ◽

Mobile Phone ◽

Mobile Phones ◽

People With Disabilities ◽

Phone Call ◽

Mobile Wireless ◽

Mobile Phone Use ◽

New Era ◽

Mobile Phone Technology ◽

Accessibility Barriers

Mobile phones have contributed substantially to greater levels of social participation and independence by people with disabilities. Mobile phone technologies (including tablets) have become increasingly powerful, sophisticated, flexible, and ubiquitous since the first commercial mobile wireless phone call was made on October 13, 1983. In 2007, the launch of the first iPhone with its capacitive touchscreen interface ushered in a new era of accessibility, usability, and assistive technology for people with disabilities. Still, important economic and accessibility barriers to greater mobile phone use by people with disabilities remain. The evolution of mobile phone behaviors of people with sensory, physical, and cognitive disabilities is closely intertwined with the development of ever more powerful and flexible mobile phone technology, as well as the evolution of statutory and regulatory requirements for accessibility and use. This article summarizes these developments, by first identifying and defining disabilities, then distinguishing between assistive technology and accessible technology. Finally, the complex evolution of mobile phone technology and mobile phone behaviors by people with disabilities is reviewed.

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