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Mustafa Koc; Rabia Pala – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2024
Smartphones working like a computer are much more than just classic mobile or cell phones used to communicate as they offer all the possibilities of computer and internet technology in our palms. By means of features they have and new applications developed every day, smartphones are used for a wide variety of purposes including but not limited to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Addictive Behavior
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Gezgin, Deniz Mertkan; Cakir, Ozlem; Yildirim, Soner – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2018
The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between nomophobia levels of high school students and their Internet Addiction. This study also investigates the factors including duration of smartphone and mobile Internet use that trigger and create this phenomenon. In order to explore the prevalence of nomophobia among high school…
Descriptors: High School Students, Handheld Devices, Addictive Behavior, Internet
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Simsek, Ali; Elciyar, Kemal; Kizilhan, Taner – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2017
For a long time the concept of addiction has been considered within the medical context of consuming certain materials excessively. Lately, it has been used to describe by psychologists some behavioral habits that are outside the normal life of the general population, such as gambling which affect a particular group of individuals. After the…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Social Media, High School Students, College Students
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Stankovska, Gordana; Angelkovska, Slagana; Grncarovska, Svetlana Pandiloska – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2016
The world is extensively changed by Social Networks Sites (SNSs) on the Internet. A large number of children and adolescents in the world have access to the internet and are exposed to the internet at a very early age. Most of them use the Social Networks Sites with the purpose of exchanging academic activities and developing a social network all…
Descriptors: Social Media, Interpersonal Relationship, College Students, Psychological Patterns