Functions and consequences of cellular phone usage on selected De La Salle University faculty and students

• Main Authors: Baluyut, Beatrice Dy, De Leon, Leoren Gatchalian, Nubla, Janice Celestine Consunji
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2000
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/16701
• Institution: De La Salle University

The primary focus of this study is to determine the socio-demographic characteristics of selected De La Salle University students and faculty, the reasons for their ownership and usage of cellular phones, functions, consequences and adjustments to the consequence of ownership and usage of cellular phones with text messaging. A total of 42 subjects, composed of 30 students and 12 faculty were chosen purposively. These respondents come from the College of Liberal Arts, College of Engineering, College of Computer Science, College of Education, College of Business and Economics and College of Science, with a representation of 5 students and 2 faculty for each college. Results reveal that owners of cellular phones are young, live in urban area where technology is widely used and comes from well-to-do families. Users and owners came to acquire cellular phones because of the functions that they serve. Moreover, they were also influenced by their peers and by themselves as well. Cellular phones are used for making calls and also for other features such as text messaging, games and the calendar for arranging schedules and meetings. Accessibility is the main reason for acquiring a cellular phone followed by the convenience it brings to its users. The main advantage the cellular phone gives to its users is also accessibility. The most dominant problem for students is their being addicted to the use of their cellular phones and for faculty, cellular phone ownership and usage adds to their expenses. Cellular phone ownership and usage brings about both positive and negative consequences to its users. Users adjust to the negative consequences, though by limiting their calls and the messages they send and they try to budget and allocate their money to be able to continue their usage of their cellular phones.