A Study of Smartphone Using on Students at Public Junior High School 55 Palembang
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.200814.028How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- smartphone, junior high school
- Abstract
This study aims to describe the use of smartphones on the students at Junior High School 55 Palembang. The population consisted of 200 students selected by total sampling technique. A quantitative approach with a survey method was employed in this study. The data collection technique used a questionnaire with the scale of Guttman. The data were analyzed using a quantitative descriptive method. The results show that most subjects use Android, which is connected to the Internet through a SIM Card. The smartphone content is mostly used for communication. Utilization of the content can be an entertainment medium. A smartphone produces positive effects on users i.e. It increases the knowledge of the users about technological developments, it facilitates communication, it is a medium of entertainment, and its stores the data. It also has negative effects including it poses physical and mental disorders, it becomes a communication barrier, and it changes lifestyles.
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- © 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Triska Aulia Viranti AU - Muh Farozin PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08/14 TI - A Study of Smartphone Using on Students at Public Junior High School 55 Palembang BT - Proceedings of the 2nd International Seminar on Guidance and Counseling 2019 (ISGC 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 123 EP - 127 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200814.028 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.200814.028 ID - Viranti2020 ER -