Continued Usage and Dependency of Smartphones

Continued Usage and Dependency of Smartphones

Salini Rosaline, Samuel Johnson
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 13
DOI: 10.4018/IJCBPL.2020010104
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Abstract

Smartphones have become an integral part of everyone's life. Being a powerful communication device, the number of subscribers is persistently increasing every year. Younger generation are often the early adopters of smartphones. Because of its educational and entertaining options students have adopted them easily. This study aims to identify the factors that lead to student dependency on smartphones and thus leading to continued usage. The data was collected from undergraduate students and was analysed using structural equation modelling (SEM). The results of the study show that performance expectancy, social needs, social influence, convenience has a positive relationship on dependency on smartphones and dependency on smartphones has a positive relationship on continued usage of smartphones. The findings have led to theoretical and practical implications and future researches are suggested.
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Literature Review And Theoretical Background

Researchers have studied use of mobile devices and related computing devices in multiple disciplines. Much research can be found on technology acceptance, mobile computing, information seeking, and learning outcomes influenced by technology usage. Usage of smartphones among students including their academic purposes is not been explored much. For this purpose, the authors have combined both social and academic aspects to determine students' dependency on smartphones and their intention to use it continuously.

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