SMARTPHONE USAGE AMONG STUDENTS AT POLITEKNIK UNGKU OMAR

Abstract

This study was carried out to investigate the smartphone usage among students in Politeknik Ungku Omar, Ipoh. This paper aims to examine how the smartphone usage affects the respondents’ academic performance, health and lifestyle. Questionnaires were sent out to a total of 300 respondents from different courses and semesters in Politeknik Ungku Omar. Results of the frequency analysis in this study showed that most respondents agreed that smartphone usage affects their health the most while the Pearson Correlation analysis concluded that there is a relationship between smartphone usage and users’ lifestyle that causes changes in student’s attitude and behavior. For efficient learning and teaching processes, this study recommends that lecturers could collect smartphones from the students before the lesson starts. Moreover, students should delete underused mobile apps with the attempt to reduce their time spent on exploring such mobile apps.