Globalization and Technological Advancement: An Assessment of Impact of Mobile Phones among Secondary School Students in Morogoro Municipality, Tanzania
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2015
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Mwenge Catholic University
Abstract
This study was conducted to assess the impact of the mobile phones among secondary
school students in Morogoro municipality. Specifically the study determined the influence
of mobile phones on students’ behaviors, and assessed the impact of mobile phones on
students’ academic performance. A cross sectional research design was used to obtain
data from both primary and secondary sources of information through structured
questionnaire from 90 respondents obtained through simple random sampling. The
collected data were coded and analyzed by using Statistical Package for Social Science
(SPSS) computer program. Findings revealed that, 93.3% of the interviewed respondents’
access and use mobile phones, and 63.3% agreed that mobile phones usage among
secondary school students cause behavioural changes. Also the study revealed that
students use mobile phones to organize and maintain their social networks (8.9%), search
materials on internet and organize discussion (54.4%), and informing their parents’ on
issues concerning their education (1.1%). A number of impacts on using mobile phones
were revealed, including; facilitating engagement of students in sexual affairs (41.1%),
decline in moral values (43.3%), decrease in academic performance (91.1%), causing health
problems to students (50.0%), cause disturbance in studies (47.8%) and resulting to time
wasting (88.9%). This study recommends various measures to be taken by secondary school
teachers and parents to minimize the use of mobile phones among secondary school
students hence ensuring that students are getting time to concentrate on their studies
and improve academic performance.
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Mobile phones, Secondary School Students, Globalization, Morogoro
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Muhanga, M.I. (2015). Globalization and Technological Advancement: An Assessment of Impact of Mobile Phones among Secondary School Students in Morogoro Municipality, Tanzania. Globalization and Its Impact on Social, Economic and Political Changes in East Africa MWECAU Annual Conference 19th – 20th November 2015, 84-99