Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education
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Journal

Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education


Volume
& Issue

Volume 12, Issue 2


Published
on

April 5, 2021


Pages

1080-1084


DOI

Article

Social Media Usage of Higher Secondary School Students - A Pilot Study


Authors

Jijish Elias Affiliation:
Research Scholar, Dept. of Educational Technology, Bharathidasan University, India
, M Mirunalini Affiliation:
Asst. Professor, Dept. of Educational Technology, Bharathidasan University, India
and V T Jalajakumari Affiliation:
Asst Regional Director, IGNOU Regional Centre, Cochin


Abstract

In the context of the lock down due to Covid -19, usage of mobile phones has increased among the adolescents. Usage of mobile phones for educational purposes as well as for entertainment makes them more addicted to mobile phones and electronic gadgets. In this scenario, Nomophobia, that is fear towards the situation when there is no phone, has increased among the adolescent. In this study, investigators developed and standardized a Nomophobia rating scale (NPRS) to identify the addiction rate of Higher Secondary school students to mobile phones. NPRS applied to 82 Higher Secondary School students and the study shows that most of the students are prevalent to nomophobia. But the nomophobic rate do not depend on their locality, gender, course stream, but depend on management of school.


Keywords

Nomophobia, Nomophobic rate, mobile phone, higher secondary school students


Citation

Elias, J., Mirunalini, M., & Jalajakumari, V. T. (2021). Social media usage of higher secondary school students - a pilot study. Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education, 12(2), 1080–1084.

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