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What is Mobile Phone Use

Encyclopedia of Mobile Phone Behavior
Frequency of and time spent on mobile phone use and various activities on mobile phones.
Published in Chapter:
Mobile Phone Culture: The Impacts of Mobile Phone Use
Seung-Hyun Lee (University of North Carolina – Greensboro, USA)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 15
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8239-9.ch055
Abstract
From being a simple communication technology to a key social tool, the mobile phone has become such an important aspect of people's everyday life. Mobile phones have altered the way people live, communicate, interact, and connect with others. Mobile phones are also transforming how people access and use information and media. Given the rapid pervasiveness of mobile phones in society across the world, it is important to explore how mobile phones have affected the way people communicate and interact with others, access the information, and use media, and their daily lifestyle. This article aims to explore the social and cultural implications that have come with the ubiquity, unprecedented connectivity, and advances of mobile phones. This article also focuses on the discussion about people's dependence on, attachment and addiction to mobile phones, social problems that mobile phones generate, and how people value mobile phone use.
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Mobile User Behaviors in China
Mobile phone use mainly focus on how people use mobile phone services and functions. It may be quantified as frequency and time of using a specified service.
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