DEPENDENCE ON SMART DEVICES AND TECHNOLOGY | Effect on Education, Health, Purchase Behavior, and Convenience
dependence on smart devices and technology
Human
dependency on smartphones and technology, and their effect on education,
health, purchase behavior, and convenience.
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Dependence on Smart Devices and Technology
The
world has constantly changed, as technology is constantly developing. We are at
a time when almost every work, has now depended upon technology.
Technology till the 1960s was just for technical and operational work. There
was also the requirement of the man-force to run and operates the machines. But software technology has completely changed the work dilemmas and now the
effort of human force is reduced. Machines can be operated through artificial
intelligence without mistakes and even they don’t need time for rest.
Also, we are so much dependent on smart devices at this time that even most
of the time in a day, we use them. Smart devices are developing and
changing with the development of technology. These are becoming more effective
and useful for humans. We should ask whether these smart devices will grow
more. As we can see the development in the technology of internet and network
services has also developed mobile phones and devices. Like now we can use
high-speed internet for GPS, mail, data transfer, video calling, live
streaming, etc. Even it had clubbed a lot of technology in a single smartphone
device. Like a calculator, torch, messaging, TV, Radio, Newspapers, etc. We can
now use all these things in just one handset.
Smart devices are basically some
electronic devices that can perform their specified functions automatically and
these devices take the connection of other devices to operate, like Bluetooth,
Wi-Fi, 4G data, etc. Smart devices are those devices that we often use and see
in our daily life like Smartphones, Smartwatches, refrigerators, tablets, Smart
speakers, and even doorbells. These devices can also base on some artificial
intelligence sources. Mark Weiser a computer scientist has presented artificial
intelligence based on these three devices: Boards, pads, and tabs. The tabs are
suitable cm-measured gadgets, while the Pads signify hand-held decimeter-sized
gadgets, while the Boards assign meter-estimated intuitive presentation
gadgets. According to Weiser, the most intense technologies are those which
convert into reality and are part of the daily task of the future. Like
writing, it is the first information technology. Now, no one calls it
technology. It is now an essential part of life in the form of books, newspapers,
magazines, and even street boards based on this technology. But now who
called it a technology? No one. Another technology Silicon-based information
technology, interestingly, is a long way from having progressed toward becoming
a piece of the earth. More than 45 million PCs have been sold, and
regardless, the computers remain generally in their very own kind. It is
agreeable just through complex language that has nothing to do with the
assignments for which individuals really use PCs. The cutting edge is maybe
comparable to the period when recorders needed to know as much about making ink
or heating earth as they did about composition
In the past few years, mobile phone
technology has developed very fast. The concept of a mobile phone has totally
changed. Now everyone can easily access of smartphone and even students are
using it for their education and other matters. According to a report by
EDUCAUSE, in America now sixty-three percent of undergraduate students have
access to smartphones
For accessing GPS, maps, watching
videos, reading books, and all of their work, they can just use their
smartphones with an internet connection. Until the mid-19th century, the
major source for the in-school and out-of-school education, available to the
students was radio AM service and after that FM radio services and television.
But in the last two decades all education, knowledge, and information come into
the hand of a student in the shape of a Smartphone. Young people can use and
understand the functions of mobile earlier than older ones. Pew Internet
has shown some statistics in his report that, then 50% of people, between the
ages of 18 to 30, have smartphones, and below 25% of people, having aged more than 50 years have smartphones
Most of the country's mobile phone
industries have grown rapidly after the availability of 3G and 4G services. In April 2014, Pakistan’s market was 15% and after the access of 3G and 4G to
the public, it goes to 50% of the mobile phone industry. And there was an
increase of 1 billion Rupees in just a few months after the auction of these
services
As technology is growing and developing rapidly, buildings and homes are going to be more developed and changed in the future.
For many years researchers and scientists are working to create a system almost
automated or semi-automated to help and assist people in their homes. Finally,
in the 1970s, the system X10, an automated system for the house, was developed
Social Dependency:
These smart devices are influencing
our social life and the Mobile phone has now turned into a social need of our
society. We need a cell phone to interact with people and communicate in our
daily life with people connected with us, and for our work and jobs. Social
need is constantly pushing us toward the rapid use of smartphones. It has
connected all the people on social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram.
The most unique use of the computer through the internet was the sending and
receiving emails and messages and accessing other data through the internet,
but smartphones had also declined the excessive use of computers because all
those works can be done easily with cell phones. Also, this unnecessary social
connection between the societies is influencing people's behaviors, like now
anyone can comment and influence the feelings of others. The media, public
figures, friends, and other connected people can be able to influence any person
socially through these cell phones. One of the huge impacts on society of
technology development is it has changed social relations and interactions
among people. These relationship has changed completely because of this
internet access and social media influences. These people are now dependent upon
the information taken through the internet and do not believe in reality
and information comes through their own observance. And this has completely
changed their behaviors to those people who were discussed as bad people on
the internet
Convenience
Dependency:
Smart home system:
Convenience is the main reason
behind the selling of these smart home systems. People are buying and installing
devices for their own convenience. The convenience of not doing the daily
boring work, the convenience of enjoying free time at home, the convenience of
doing things easily, and cleaning the house easily, etc., are the reasons
why these Smart Home systems are useful and selling. Also, through this people
got control over their homes and time. According to research, we are at the
stage where only decisions about the family are required to make by the
parents, all other work can be done by machines
Smartphone: Today, consumers
have a strong need for accessing the internet and sending and receiving
messages at any place and at any time. That’s why people are now dependent on
mobile phones for the convenience they get. Now, we can easily access different servers and sites and collect and transmit any kind of information by
using cell phones at any place. If we can see the smartphone abilities we can
say that now we have a cellphone as a laptop in our pockets. Internet usually
provides us a convenience that we can’t recognize, like the old messaging
system and paper mailing system through posting and the new E-mail technology
comparison can elaborate the real meaning of convenience we get from the latest
technology. By using a smartphone and other mobile applications which are free
for download, users can swing the standardized tag at an item on the physical
store and afterward create the item and organization data naturally and
instantly progressively. The use of smartphones enables users to shop for products
and services from anywhere in the world with a higher level of convenience,
pliability, coherence, and distinction. This clearly shows that the development
of smartphone technology is constantly changing human behavior and changing
their level of convenience. In the Internet of Things, clients may be viewed
with a socially dynamic perspective, with different settings, in different jobs, and using diverse devices in different settings. Vitally, Internet innovation
will be layered with man-made consciousness that serves to help each
undertaking with the fitting arrangement of assets: things. To boost
usefulness, gadgets, and web applications should be on steady exchange,
practically speaking tweaking personalization and alpha convenience
Purchasing:
The recent development in the
technology of smartphones shows that it will overhaul the antediluvian cell phones. Smart devices are offering so many new features and benefits to the
users that the basic purpose of the smartphone has completely changed, and its
impact on the social and convenience dependence on employees is changing
students’ behavior, and this behavioral change is influencing the purchase
behavior. The excessive knowledge about the products through the internet has
developed the customer’s interest in buying the more useful thing and new
technology. This knowledge and advertisement through the internet are
influencing man’s expectations for future purchases. Media transmission
gadget encourages everyone to impart from a separation. The main media
transmission gadget was known as Paper. The paper was the little media
communications gadget that could just use to get or transmit ready flags and
send short messages. In the year 1973, the Cellphone was designed by Motorola
specialist Martin Cooper. The conventional cellphone is structured huge and
massive in size and just conveys some fundamental usefulness, for example, call
and short informing framework (SMS). The cellphone is currently additionally
refined to a littler and smaller form. From the cellphone that comprises various catches, the telephone is currently developing progress toward becoming a cell phone as it tends to be constrained by contact screen. As a rule, a cell
phone is an augmentation of the customary handheld cell phone. In any case, it
plays out a more extensive scope of capacities. These days, the cell phone has
been profoundly acknowledged by the vast majority around the globe and has
turned into a fundamental piece of everybody around the world. Furthermore,
because of huge enhancements in innovation, the further developed and modern
cell phone is presented and propelled consistently. The cellphone has been
profoundly acknowledged by a great many people far and wide, particularly among
youthful grown-up buyers. According to research by Mafia and Blas, the user’s
dependency on a smartphone is positively influencing the purchases made by the
users in the future
Education:
Every phase of development has
changed human life with a new style. But the advancement time in the youth was
the most important part of human development. The period between childhood and
teenage is the most serious time and the most frustrating time of a person’s
life. During this time they pick and adopt things that can’t be separated from
their lives even their whole life. In this modern technological world, at
this sensitive age, most students got addicted to the use of mobile
phones and computers for using the internet. This affects their life, health,
and studies. Students waste their time using cell phones, and this really
affects their studies. Also, in this modern world, schools, and colleges are
forcing students towards the internet and technology, by providing them the
lectures on the internet, e-books, online mock tests, online exams, research, and other assignments on a computer. This also provides a lot of information
and technical knowledge to students and they can connect themself to the
world through the internet. But there are most of the students got addicted to
these devices and started using the internet most of the time. They should healthily use the internet, and a healthy way of using the internet means
using it for a specific time and purpose and after that closing it. It does not
use in a way that a student just started playing games all the time and uses
social media apps and sites. All these social media sites are also for social
relationships and promotions, but unfortunately, students are doing wrong with
it
According to a news published by
the E Campus News, a poll of Press-mtvU shows that more students are dependent
on mobile phones and computers. 57% of the students said that without computers
and smartphones, they will be more depressed and their life will be more
difficult, and only twenty-five percent of students said it will be a relief
with these technologies
According to a report published by
the International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health, 45% of students’ dependency on gadgets is very high. And all these students usually
belong to average or below-average families, they are totally dependent on gadgets and these are seriously affecting their health and education. And
to reduce this dependency, health awareness programs should be made and students
should be aware of the effects of these gadgets on their health. This
information and awareness can be provided through lectures, special health
seminars, and by adding this topic to their courses. Government and other
stakeholders should take responsibility for this
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