Abstract
Aims: This paper aims at exploring the purpose and frequency to use their smartphones and to see their reactions about the importance ofusing a smartphone.Method: Survey technique was applied to collect the data. A sample of 100 young aged adults and 100 middle-aged adults from Delhi andDelhi NCR region was selected to study the habit pattern of the mobile phone users.Findings: The study revealed that there is a big difference in the usage of the smartphone by young aged adults and middle-aged adults.Young aged adults use their smartphone mainly to browse over the internet, using online applications and to entertain themselves for morethan 5 hours of a day. On the other hand, middle-aged adults use their smartphone mainly to contact with the people and use watts app for2–3 hours of the day. It was found that most of the positives sides like tech-friendly, socializing, getting information from the internet, etc. andnegatives like bad effect on the health, misuse of personal information through hacking by using a smartphone is affecting young aged adultsbut middle-aged adults are less affected by smart phone’s positives and negatives also.Keywords: Information and communication technology, Middle-aged adults, Young-aged adults.Journal of Teacher Education and Research (2019). DOI: 10.36268/JTER/1414
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