GCIT1015SMARTPHONE'S EFFECT ON

TEENAGERS

CHEUNG KA YEE 15216225CHOI TSZ WAI RUBY 13205900 LEUNG YU KIU ELISA 12202789

1 MAY 2023

CONTENT

Objective &

Introduction

Search Strategies Mind map Video

Survey results & analysis

Conclusion

Job Division

INTRODUCTION

WITH THE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY, SMARTPHONES HAVE BECOME NECESSARY AND ESSENTIAL PARTS IN OUR LIVES. ACCORDING TO KOREA BCC NEWS, AROUND 72% OF CHILDREN AGED 11-12 OWN A SMARTPHONE. MOREOVER, THEY SPEND ON AVERAGE 5.4 HOURS PER DAY. WITH THESE SURPRISING DATA, WE WANT TO KNOW THAT WHETHER HONG KONG TEENAGERS IN OUR AGE GROUP ALSO INFLUENCE DEEPLY BY SMARTPHONES. WHY DO SO MANY TEENAGERS LIKE TO USE SMARTPHONES? WHAT DOES SMARTPHONE REALLY BRING TO TEENAGERS? TO WHAT EXTENT ARE THEY ADDICTED TO THEM?

OBJECTIVE

THROUGH FINDING INFORMATION FROM WEB, LIBRARY AND THE SURVEY,• SMARTPHONE’S EFFECT ON TEENS• TEEN’S HABIT AND EXPERIENCE• THEIR PERSPECTIVES ON MOBILE PHONE

WHETHER OR NOT HK TEENAGERS ARE ADDICTED TO SMARTPHONES ?

SEARCH STRATEGIES• WEBSITE- GOOGLE

Wikipedia

Online news

Scholarly Articles

• HKBU LIBRARY- ONE SEARCH

INCLUDE JOURNALS, BOOKS, REFERENCE

MIND MAP

VIDEO

Teens react to Smartphones

SURVEY RESULTS

• 36 RESPONDENTS• 20 FEMALES AND 16 MALES• 22 PEOPLE AGED BETWEEN 19-25 AND 8 OF THEM AGED 12-18• THE OTHER 6 ARE 26 OR ABOVE• ALL OF THEM HAVE SMARTPHONES

ANALYSIS- DURATION

• 48% OF TEENS SPEND 1-5 HOURS ON PHONE PER DAY

ACCEPTABLE RANGE CONVENIENT ENOUGH FOR

COMMUNICATION AND RELAX

• 32% SPEND OVER 6 HOURS, 15% EVEN SPEND OVER 10 HOURS

OVER 25% OF TIME ON SMARTPHONES DAILY

GETTING ADDICTED

ANALYSIS- HABIT

• NEARLY ALL TEENAGERS USE FOR COMMUNICATION

FOR SOCIAL PURPOSES MORE COMMUNICATION WITH PEER

• 80% USE FOR TAKING PHOTOS OR VIDEOS FUNCTION OF CAMERA IS BETTER TAKE GOOD QUALITY PHOTOS UPDATE THEIR STATUS OF SOCIAL NETWORK

OR CREATE THE MEMORY WITH FRIENDS

• OVER 65% USE FOR RELAXATION FREE MUSIC PROVIDED

ANALYSIS- PURPOSE

• HALF OF THE TEENAGERS USE PHONES FOR COMMUNICATION

APPS ARE EASY AND CONVENIENT TO USE CHAT WITH PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD INSTANTLY NO NEED FACE TO FACE RELY HEAVILY ON PHONES FOR DAILY COMMUNICATION

• 16% THINK TAKING PHOTOS IS THE MAIN PURPOSE HIGH QUALITY SUBSTITUTE CAMERA

ANALYSIS- EFFECT

• 22 RESPONDENTS AGREE THAT THEY USE MORE TIME THAN EXPECTED

CANNOT RESIST ON THE ATTRACTIVENESS CANNOT CONTROL THEIR NEEDS

• OVER 66 % WILL FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE WITHOUT THEM DEPENDENCE & CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT IT

• A MAJORITY AGREE ON THE AROUSAL OF PAINFULNESS LONG PERIOD LOOKING ON THE SCREEN EXPERIENCE SHOULDER PAIN, HEADACHE OR DRY EYES

EFFECT

• 20 OF THEM EVEN USE WHEN WALKING TEXTING, LISTENING MUSIC OR SURFING NET

DANGEROUS AND CAUSE POOR EVE SIGHTED

ANALYSIS- TREND

• 69% MAJORITY TEENAGERS WILL FOLLOW THE TREND • KEEP ON BUYING NEW PHONES• 97% THINK MOBILE IS ESSENTIAL

EXPERIENCE THE NEW FUNCTIONS NOT FOR THEIR NEEDS BUT SHOW OFF IN FRONT OF PEERS AFFECTED EASILY BY PEERS

CONCLUSION

BASED ON THE SURVEY,

HK TEENAGERS ARE GETTING ADDICTED TO SMARTPHONES• MOBILE PHONES ARE ESSENTIAL TO EVERY TEEN• COMMON AND POPULAR AMONG YOUNGSTERS• COMPARE BRANDS AND FUNCTIONS • RELY HEAVILY TO CONNECT WITH THE WORLD • WITH FURTHER DEVELOPMENT, SMARTPHONES ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSTITUTE MANY

THINGS LIKE CAMERA, BOOKS ETC.IF THEY USE IT APPROPRIATELY, SMARTPHONES ARE USEFUL CAN BRING CONVENIENCE TO US

JOB DIVISIONWork Person in Charge

Introduction & Objective Elisa and Ruby

Search Strategies Elisa

Mind Map Elisa, Ruby and Ka Yee

Survey Analysis Elisa, Ruby and Ka Yee

Conclusion Elisa

PowerPoint Layout and Combination of work

Elisa

END OF PRESENTATIONTHANK YOU!