Title: How is the phone affecting the daily life of the new generation?
Authors: Dhruv Pandya
Kanish Jain
Nikhil toche
Introduction: Smartphones have changed how young people live daily. They’re always connected, but this constant use brings concerns. Spending too much time on screens can lead to shorter attention spans and less productivity. Social media can make them feel bad about themselves. Privacy is also a worry, with personal information easily shared and tracked. Understanding how smartphones affect the new generation’s mental health, relationships, and privacy is important. Balancing the benefits of technology with its drawbacks helps ensure a healthier relationship with smartphones and a better quality of life for young people.
Objectives: To understand the underlying phenomena of this problem.
Literature review: Smartphones greatly impact social aspects of people’s lives. They’ve become a trademark of the young generation due to their advanced technology and constant accessibility to the internet. People are so dependent on them that they struggle with social anxiety, have difficulty holding conversations, and interact less with the outside world. Smartphones changed how we interact, work, and learn, making life more convenient. With just a touch, users can access applications and information anytime. Despite the benefits, it’s important to recognize the negative effects like decreased face-to-face interaction and overdependence on technology, shaping a generation deeply intertwined with smartphones.
Testing of Hypothesis:
Ho: μ=4
H1: µ≠4
Data collection:
- Spending excessive time on phones negatively impacts overall well-being.
- Phone screen time interferes with the quality of sleep.
- Screen time on phones has a noticeable impact on academic performance.
- Excessive phone screen time leads to increased stress levels.
- Parents/guardians should actively regulate and monitor their children’s phone usage.
These 5 questions were asked in Google form to students and for every question standard deviation, standard error, mean and t-stat was calculated.
Data analysis:
- Spending excessive time on phones negatively impacts overall well-being.
S.D.= 1.33 S.E.= 0.36 Mean= 3.73 t-stat= -0.76
- Phone screen time interferes with the quality of sleep.
S.D.= 1.24 S.E.= 0.32 Mean= 3.92 t-stat= -0.25
- Screen time on phones has a noticeable impact on academic performance.
S.D.= 1.20 S.E.= 0.34 Mean= 3.52 t-stat= -1.41
- Excessive phone screen time leads to increased stress levels.
S.D.= 1.18 S.E.= 0.33 Mean= 3.57 t-stat= -1.30
- Parents/guardians should actively regulate and monitor their children’s phone usage.
S.D.= 1.32 S.E.= 0.37 Mean= 3.61 t-stat= -1.06
Conclusion:
- Spending excessive time on phones negatively impacts overall well-being.
- t-stat is -076 which means we reject the null hypothesis and t is between -1.96 and 1.96. It means spending excessive time on phones negatively impacts overall well-being.
- Phone screen time interferes with the quality of sleep.
- t-stat is -0.25 which means we reject the null hypothesis and t is between -1.96 and 1.96. It means phone screen time interferes with the quality of sleep.
- Screen time on phones has a noticeable impact on academic performance.
- t-stat is -1.41 which means we reject the null hypothesis and t is between -1.96 and 1.96. It means screen time has some impact on academic performance.
- Excessive phone screen time leads to increased stress levels.
- t-stat is -1.30 which means we reject the null hypothesis and t is between -1.96 and 1.96. It means excessive screen time increases stress level.
- Parents/guardians should actively regulate and monitor their children’s phone usage.
- t-stat is -1.06 which means we reject the null hypothesis and t is between -1.96 and 1.96. It means parents should regulate their child.
References:
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1590&context=ots_masters_projects
https://archives.palarch.nl/index.php/jae/article/download/7164/6839