Topic: Mobile Phones
Title: The effects of using mobile phones addiction to the academic performance of the students.
Objectives
a. To determine the profile of respondent in term of:
a. sex
b. age
b. To identify the cause and effects of mobile phone addiction:
c. To know how to prevent the negative effects of mobile phones addiction
Question:
1. What is the profile of respondent?
a. age
b. sex
2. What are the causes and effects of mobile phone addiction?
3. to determine how you use this
Background of the study
A mobile phone us a device that can basically make and receive calls over a radio link
while moving around a wide geographic area (few research center, 2010). It does o by
connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile phone operator, allowing access to the
public telephone network. The ancient types of mobile phone support limited services and
examples were shown in fig. 11 such as calling, sending messages and very few for taking
pictures, however the modern phones support very wide range variety of other services apart
from making and receive cells and examples were shown. These include text messages: MMS,
email internet access, short range wireless communications [(infrared, Bluetooth, fire transfer
protocol, (FTP)].
Mobile phone is one of the most rapidly growing new technologies in the world. In cell phone
users were less than a billion worldwide with the majority of the users had reached fire billion
worldwide with subscriptions form developing countries out numbering that of the developed
countries. However, in recent years, different types of mobile phones have been produced by
different phone manufactures and each will comes with different features for different/ specific
functions.
Background of the study
They are using them to share stories and photos, to stay touch with friends and parents.
They are bored. And some are using their phones to go online to browse to participate in social
networks and check their emails. This is the sunny side of the story. Teens are also using mobile
phones to cheat on tests and to skirt rules at school and with their parents. Some are using their
phones to send texts, others are sleeping with buzzing phones under their pillows, and some are
using their phones to place calls and text while driving.
Over use is often defined as a “dependence syndrome” which is the term used by the
world health organization to replace addiction or habituation. This is categorized
Objectives of the study:
1. Ascertain the extent to which mobile phones are being utilized in secondary schools
among the students.
2. Find out the extent to which the use of mobile phones will affect student’s performance in
secondary schools.
3. Comparison of student performance in public and provides schools using mobile phones.
Significance
Cell phones are the perfect way to stay connected with others and provide the user with
others and security. In the event of emergency having a cell phone can allow help to reach
you quickly and could possibly save lives. However, the importance of cell phones goes way
beyond personal safety.
Literature Review
This study reviewed related literature from books, journals and internets organized under
the following sub – headings.
1. Meaning and concept of mobile phones
2. Student performance
3. Impact of mobile phones on students performance
4. Review of related literature
Taksi Nakamura (2019), our identities may be largely determined by our relationships
with people in our environment. In the mobile phone (smart phone) era the mobile phones is
indispensable for building and maintaining social relationship that is our identities
considerably depend on mobile phone usage. A better insight into our on existences reasearch
on mobile phone usage.
Jumoke Joyeni, (2015) the usage of internet enabled mobile phones is a 21 st century
experience when covers examines phone usage and identities the effects internal enabled
mobile phones have on the academic performance of student of the tertiary institution using
the federal Nigeria as a case study.
Adnan pasheed (2014) this study in an effort to investigate the impacts of cell phone
using habits on the studies of students of university lahoro. The study student’s survey
method for data collections a sample of 100 respondents consisting of 50 leaders and so
patents was selected by using purposive and convince sampling technique.
Jeffrey H. Kuznekoff (2013) in this study we examined the impact of mobile phone usage
during class lecture in student learning. Participants in three different study groups watched a
video lecture took notes on that lecture assessment after watching the lecture.
Jany Gordon (2017) this article seeks to explore the influence of the mobile phone on the
public sphere in particular with regard to its effect on news agandas gale keepers and primary
definers.
Dr. Jayanti P. Acharya (2013) cell phones are being used by each every one today their
use without any knowledge of their harmful effects is unsafe studies on cancers die to
electromagnetic radiations from all phones are available but there is a need to research on the
harmful physical and menial effects esp. on rampant users, like high schools students.
Abdul Karim Suhag (2016) this work investigets the effects of excesive mobile phone use
on the human health. The research to grounded upon the quantities study conducted to
amalogomale the outcomes on excessive usage of mobile phones from the medical
practotioners.
Marilyn A. Campbell (2015) the adoption of the mobile phone by young people has been
a global phenomenon in recent years. It is now an intergal part f adolescents daily lives and is
for the majority the most popular form of electronic communication. In fact the mobile phone
has turned from a technological tool to a social tool. This paper explorer the impact of the
mobile phone on youth peer relationship on family relationships and on the institution of the
school.
F. Lui (2014) overweight and obesity is a major global health changelle due to its high
prevalence and associated increases in chronic disease morbidity and mortality including
cardiovascular diseases. Body weight management