An analysis of young people’s use of and attitudes toward cell phones

Parental Involvement During the College Transition: A Review and Suggestion for its Conceptual Definition

“…This point is especially relevant for college students, who are most often living away from home for the first time in their lives (Arnett 2006). A growing body of literature has documented that college students and their parents utilize the internet and the cell phone to communicate on a frequent basis, and that most students use communication technologies to support positive family relationships (Aoki and Downes 2003;Chen and Katz 2009;Fingerman et al 2016;Gentzler et al 2011;Stafford and Hillyer 2012;Smith et al 2012). For example, Chen and Katz (2009) found that students reported that their cell phone was the most important tool for keeping in touch with their parents because it enabled direct and instantaneous contact, despite geographical distance.…”

Pattern of Use, Awareness of Health Hazards, And Effect on Family Relationships among Saudi Blackberry Users

“…Similar results by (Krithika & Vasantha, 2013) showed that youth and teens use their phone to the way that interrupt their daily life and develop over involvement with their phones. Aoki and Downes (2003) used qualitative and quantitative approaches to study young adults' attitudes towards cell phones. Their results indicated that although participants reported different attitudes toward the use of cell phones, and they were aware of negative effects of them, they said that their phones were important to them for many purposes.…”

Designing Mobile Phone Interfaces for Age Diversity in South Africa: “One-World” versus Diverse “Islands”

“…For example, Aoki and Downs analysed college students' use of their mobile phones and identified five groups within their sample, displaying very different attitudes towards their mobile phones even within a group of fairly similar age, interest and educational level. In designing for "islands" we have to ensure that we identify the shared characteristics, and design to accommodate those, but the design must also be sufficiently flexible to accommodate the wide diversity within the generational island [47].…”