Volume : VII, Issue : I, January - 2018

Uses of Mobile Phone Among College Youths of Rural Areas

Dr. Smita Barge, Dr. Gautami Bhatpahari

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Mobile phones have great impact on the lives of college going youth. Now it has become a life style for them.  Students may be from urban or rural area or high, middle or lower income group they want to use latest mobiles with fastest internet facility. Here the purpose of research is to study the impact of mobile phone on economical, social, psychological status of rural college going youth. This questionnaire based study is inspired by the study of MACRO, Market Analysis and Consumer Research Organization held in April–may 2004 on their research study “A Report on study of mobile phones usage among the teenagers and youth in Mumbai”. Findings reveal that the mobility of mobile phones is the greatest attraction among the youth using mobile phones. Flexibility and easy communication with anyone from anywhere is in priority among rural youths using mobile phones. The mobile phones are easy, hassle free and private mode of entertainment which has become the greatest distraction towards studies of today’s youth. This finding further enfolds the fact that youths have not much explored the educational uses of mobile phones. Meanwhile it is the easiest way to be connected with friends and family anytime and anywhere.

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Dr. Smita Barge, Dr. Gautami Bhatpahari, Uses of Mobile Phone Among College Youths of Rural Areas, PARIPEX‾INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-1 | January-2018

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