The effect of anti-phone PSas on adolescents’ phone use and addiction
School Name
Spring Valley High School
Grade Level
11th Grade
Presentation Topic
Psychology and Sociology
Presentation Type
Non-Mentored
Abstract
Mobile phones have become a large part in today’s society and culture since their creation. They are so ingrained in society that one study found a sample of college students spend an average of 8.79 hours a day on their phone (Roberts, Petnji Yaya, & Manolis, 2014). While mobile phones have evolved to become very useful tools, this amount of usage has raised questions involving the average person’s dependence on their device and the problems associated with it. One element of mobile phones in today’s society is the ability to watch videos online, specifically on YouTube. Since YouTube is also accessible through most mobile phones, these PSAs could be used to help fight phone addiction, as they are likely to be seen by phone users. Therefore, The purpose behind this experiment was to help find an efficient and effective way of combating phone addiction. The data was collected through the MPPUS survey, and the t-test that was performed produced a p-value of 0.478, suggesting that there was no significant difference. Extra questions were added to the survey to collect further data on the thoughts of the adolescents during this process.
Recommended Citation
Hankinson, Wesley, "The effect of anti-phone PSas on adolescents’ phone use and addiction" (2017). South Carolina Junior Academy of Science. 248.
https://scholarexchange.furman.edu/scjas/2017/all/248
Location
Wall 305
Start Date
3-25-2017 10:00 AM
Presentation Format
Oral and Written
Group Project
No
The effect of anti-phone PSas on adolescents’ phone use and addiction
Wall 305
Mobile phones have become a large part in today’s society and culture since their creation. They are so ingrained in society that one study found a sample of college students spend an average of 8.79 hours a day on their phone (Roberts, Petnji Yaya, & Manolis, 2014). While mobile phones have evolved to become very useful tools, this amount of usage has raised questions involving the average person’s dependence on their device and the problems associated with it. One element of mobile phones in today’s society is the ability to watch videos online, specifically on YouTube. Since YouTube is also accessible through most mobile phones, these PSAs could be used to help fight phone addiction, as they are likely to be seen by phone users. Therefore, The purpose behind this experiment was to help find an efficient and effective way of combating phone addiction. The data was collected through the MPPUS survey, and the t-test that was performed produced a p-value of 0.478, suggesting that there was no significant difference. Extra questions were added to the survey to collect further data on the thoughts of the adolescents during this process.
