Improved due to feedback received from Jo.
Young adults say their mobile phone is more important to them than television (Sorensen 2006) is one of the conclusions into a study of how mobile phones have changed the lives of young people in the modern world. Ling 2004 offers a view that mobile telephony has become an integral part of adolescent’s everyday life. Nowadays society in general relies upon their mobile devices for far more than making simple phone calls but what are the positive and negative effects of a young person having a mobile phone? Mobile phones are not simply just devices for making phone calls – technology has enabled us to have powerful, feature rich applications, features at our fingertips.
The purpose of this study is to provide an insight into the effects that mobile telecommunications technology has had on the lives of young people in the “digital revolution”. Have mobile phones had a detrimental impact on the communication and relationships between child and parent? Ling 2004’s research provides the view of a mother who feels more secure when she has her mobile phone as she knows she is always contactable by her family. Just how dependent have young people become on the use of mobile phones, and is it something which would make one feel secure and content?
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
Research Methodology version 2
I have amended my research methodology after feedback from Jo (and the fact that it was all in first person!)
The purpose of this paper is to explore the effects of mobile phones on young people in today’s society. Due to the topic in question being a rather broad area to investigate it has been necessary to collect a large amount of material from a variety of different sources in order to be able to answer the question properly.
The internet and several different published papers/books have been the main sources of information for this essay. Ideally, it would have been an advantage to collect primary qualitative and quantitative data to work with from issuing a questionnaire to a sample of young people under the age of 30 (people who grew up in the “digital revolution”. A sample of 100 students from the local area would have been sufficient for the purpose of this research. However, due to time constraints it has not been possible to collect primary data from the use of a questionnaire. For this reason all research which has been presented and used in this paper has been from third party sources collected from a variety of different mediums such as books, websites (of academic papers), online news articles and printed journals.
To summarise, the main points which will be covered in this paper are:
-The positive and negative effects of mobile communications technology on young people
-The impact that mobile phones have had on young people
-The effect that mobile phones have had on communication/relationships between parent and child
From the use of a mixture of different research conducted by different authors in different countries, it is hoped that this paper will sufficiently answer the original question in an unbiased, substantive manner.
The purpose of this paper is to explore the effects of mobile phones on young people in today’s society. Due to the topic in question being a rather broad area to investigate it has been necessary to collect a large amount of material from a variety of different sources in order to be able to answer the question properly.
The internet and several different published papers/books have been the main sources of information for this essay. Ideally, it would have been an advantage to collect primary qualitative and quantitative data to work with from issuing a questionnaire to a sample of young people under the age of 30 (people who grew up in the “digital revolution”. A sample of 100 students from the local area would have been sufficient for the purpose of this research. However, due to time constraints it has not been possible to collect primary data from the use of a questionnaire. For this reason all research which has been presented and used in this paper has been from third party sources collected from a variety of different mediums such as books, websites (of academic papers), online news articles and printed journals.
To summarise, the main points which will be covered in this paper are:
-The positive and negative effects of mobile communications technology on young people
-The impact that mobile phones have had on young people
-The effect that mobile phones have had on communication/relationships between parent and child
From the use of a mixture of different research conducted by different authors in different countries, it is hoped that this paper will sufficiently answer the original question in an unbiased, substantive manner.
Monday, 2 November 2009
Research Methodology
For my essay, I have chosen to investigate the effects of mobile phones in today’s society. Due to this being a rather broad subject, with several different topics as possible research areas, I have had to try and be rather flexible and open minded when trying to research the material which I need for my essay.
I have used several different mediums to do my research. I have mainly chosen to use the internet as this is by far the fastest way of accessing the largest amount of information. I have also acquired copes of a few books and research papers to try and improve my knowledge of my research topic.
Seeing as I am dealing with, but not limited to, a topic which is connected far more with people under the age of 30 (people who grew up with the ‘digital revolution’), it would have been nice to cast a few surveys to try and gain the views and opinions of how mobile phones and mobile technology is important to them and how it’s changed their lives. I am not able to do this unfortunately, as logistical and time constraints prevail given the current circumstances. I am therefore relying on data which is readily available in published essays, books and other research material.
I have used several different mediums to do my research. I have mainly chosen to use the internet as this is by far the fastest way of accessing the largest amount of information. I have also acquired copes of a few books and research papers to try and improve my knowledge of my research topic.
Seeing as I am dealing with, but not limited to, a topic which is connected far more with people under the age of 30 (people who grew up with the ‘digital revolution’), it would have been nice to cast a few surveys to try and gain the views and opinions of how mobile phones and mobile technology is important to them and how it’s changed their lives. I am not able to do this unfortunately, as logistical and time constraints prevail given the current circumstances. I am therefore relying on data which is readily available in published essays, books and other research material.
Litreature Review
For my assignment, I have chosen to look into the effects of how mobile phones have changed our society, community and way of thinking. I have been researching my essay using a variety of different resources and mediums such as newspapers, books, research papers and online.
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Young adults say their mobile phone is more important to them than television (Sorensen 2006) is one of the conclusions into a study of how mobile phones have changed people’s lives in the UK. Nowadays society relies upon their mobile devices for far more than making simple phone calls – smart phones are a bigger part of consumers’ lives than ever before. Just how much of our lives now rely on mobile communication devices? Mobile phones are not simply just devices for making phone calls – technology has enabled us to have powerful, feature rich applications, features at our fingertips.
What would happen if we lost all mobile communication? What would be the detrimental effect on real life in the 21st century? Just like sliced bread, mobile phones have become something which we as humans can’t live without.
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Young adults say their mobile phone is more important to them than television (Sorensen 2006) is one of the conclusions into a study of how mobile phones have changed people’s lives in the UK. Nowadays society relies upon their mobile devices for far more than making simple phone calls – smart phones are a bigger part of consumers’ lives than ever before. Just how much of our lives now rely on mobile communication devices? Mobile phones are not simply just devices for making phone calls – technology has enabled us to have powerful, feature rich applications, features at our fingertips.
What would happen if we lost all mobile communication? What would be the detrimental effect on real life in the 21st century? Just like sliced bread, mobile phones have become something which we as humans can’t live without.
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