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SMARTPHONE ADDICTION AMONG THE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ON SMARTPHONE USAGE – A GLOBAL VIEW

SEETHARAMAN R 1, and RAJESWARI P.S

Vol 17, No 09 ( 2022 )   |  DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7085387   |   Author Affiliation: Research Scholar, College of Management, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Tamilnadu, India 1; Associate Professor, College of Management, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Tamilnadu, India 2.   |   Licensing: CC 4.0   |   Pg no: 913-925   |   To cite: SEETHARAMAN R, and RAJESWARI P.S. (2022). SMARTPHONE ADDICTION AMONG THE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ON SMARTPHONE USAGE – A GLOBAL VIEW. 17(09), 913–925. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7085387   |   Published on: 16-09-2022

Abstract

Smartphones are fervently used by about more than five billion people athwart the world now, derives closer to two-thirds of the world's population and the number is still escalating upward. India surmounts the second position next to China in the smartphone usage. Though there are many special and salient features that attract the users, the harmful side of the smartphone is also to be profoundly noticed as it impacts desperately on psychological and physiological part of the users. This conceptual study mainly emphases on vigour and considered importance of smartphone usage and also synthesised based on the several meta-analysis pertaining to different countries of the world.


Keywords

Smartphone usage, smartphone addiction, University students, global view