During adolescence (e.g. ages 13-‐15) communication and connectedness with peers is an essential part of adolescents’ self-identity; mobiles phones are a conduit that maintains both communication and connectedness among adolescents whereby social interactions and connectedness are not limited by place, context or time. To study mobile phone usage among adolescents, Grade 9 (n= 218) middle-school students in Queensland, Australia were surveyed using a self-developed questionnaire. The purpose was to explore the relationship between mobile phone use and developmental frameworks. The results suggest that young people use their mobile phones as a way of expressing their sense of self and as a means of communicating quickly between peers.
History
Publication title
Australian Educational Computing
Volume
29
Pagination
1-10
ISSN
0816-9020
Department/School
Faculty of Education
Publisher
Australian Council for Computers in Education
Place of publication
Australia
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Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/