Use of mobile phones by male and female Greek students

  • Authors:

  • Anastasios A. Economides;Amalia Grousopoulou

  • Affiliations:

  • Information Systems Department, University of Macedonia, Egnatia 156, Thessaloniki 54006, Greece.;Information Systems Department, University of Macedonia, Egnatia 156, Thessaloniki 54006, Greece

  • Venue:
  • International Journal of Mobile Communications
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

Mobile technology is a continuously growing domain, and researchactivities regarding its use are quite intensive. A questionnaireregarding the use of mobile devices was developed and distributedto 416 students in a Greek University. There were completed 384questionnaires. The results revealed that students use theirmobiles mostly for phone calls and Short Message Service (SMS).They also tend to use their mobiles to take photos and activate thereminder. However, they do not deal with many of the devices'operations. They use their mobiles to communicate (telephone, SMSand e-mail) mostly with their boy/girlfriend, then with theirfriends. They use their mobiles mostly at home, then at theuniversity. Also, they consider health issues as the main reason tolimit the use of their mobiles. Finally, there was not astatistically significant relationship between genders and theirpreferences.