IMPACT OF CELL PHONE USAGE ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, SOCIAL LIFE AND PHYSICAL HEALTH OF STUDENTS: A CASE STUDY OF PUNJAB

Abstract

The present was “The Impact of Cell Phone Usage on Academic Performance, Social Life and Physical Health of Students: A Case Study of Punjab” The present was “The Impact of Cell Phone Usage on Academic Performance, Social Life and Physical Health of Students: A Case Study of Punjab” Mobile phones are the most necessary medium of communication for adolescents. It has virtually affected the society’s accessibility, security, safety and coordination of business and social activities and has hence become a part of culture of the whole world. Traditional agents of socialization are families and universities. With the expansion of educational system as a result of the need for highly skilled workers lead to the school system taking increasing larger responsibilities in socialization. Surprisingly, research on the influence of mobile phone on our schools today has not been given much attention. There is the conflicting priority of young people, parents and teachers in relation to the mobile phone device, with teachers more concerned about issues such as discipline in the classroom and parents worried about means of contacting their children at every point in time. Students’ cell phone activities are reported as playing games, using social media, communication, watching videos and movies and the most important was academic purpose activities on regular basis. The pattern length of 259 students was selected from the population of university students of Punjab in above mentioned special universities. The sample size changed into composed of 179 male university students and 80 girl university students. University students need to be re-orientated on the need to set their priorities right. This drive towards reorientation must be championed by the university management in conjunction with the parents/guardians of the students. While the usage of internet enabled phones by students cannot be outlawed, they need to be continuously informed on the positive and negative effects of their usage and of the problems deriving from the over-dependency and unregulated use of their mobile phones.