Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Electronic devices, teaching and learning at home, device usage addictionAlong with technological advances in the 21st century, electronic devices have undergone renewal and improvement from the point of view of technological excellence and design from day to day that can help a person's day-to-day life to become more accessible and more efficient.Journal of Techno-Social Vol.16 No. 2 (2024) 87-93 88 Electronic devices like mobile phones become necessary when the teaching and learning at home school session begins.As a result, teenagers' use of mobile phones is inevitable, and the worst is the teenager's addiction to these devices.The study was conducted to explore parents' awareness of teenagers' addiction to cell phone use.The survey uses questionnaires as a tool and is distributed randomly online via Google Forms.A total of 44 people, consisting of parents or fathers, have responded to this survey.This study data is analysed descriptively and produces findings such as frequency and percentage.Subsequent studies show a high level of awareness among parents about teenager addiction to the use of devices and the effects of such addiction on teenagers.However, only a small number of parents are aware of the approach to addressing the issue of addiction to electronic devices.In conclusion, the problem of the addictive use of electronic devices among teenagers should not be taken lightly by all parties.Parents need to play a more significant role in dealing with this issue so that teenagers take advantage of the device and do not abuse it.
Source: Journal of Techno Social
Authors: Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Fazlinda Ab Halim, Wan Hanim Nadrah Wan Muda, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Lee Ming Foong, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Lai Chee Sern, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
Institution: Tun Hussein Onn University of Malaysia
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4406685791