The use of mobile phones as tools for access and knowledge exchange by students in Spain when studying

  1. Cristóbal Fernández Muñoz 1
  2. Francisco García García 1
  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR 02p0gd045

Journal:
Prisma Social: revista de investigación social

ISSN: 1989-3469

Year of publication: 2016

Issue Title: Teens and Ads

Issue: 1

Pages: 190-208

Type: Article

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Abstract

The usage of mobile phones during school and studying hours is a subject of recent discussion. Are smartphones makers that young people show more or less interest in classroom? Are mobile phones a greater educational tool to take advantage on, or just tools that distract pupils’ attention from their studies? This research explores the utility of smartphones during study times, including the amount of time spent on leisure activities through them, and as a contrast, the usage of smartphones as kind of academic tool to obtain and share notes from classes with their classroom mates or to access to information and knowledge on the Internet in their devices. Taking into account the results, its conclusions propose the desirability of reconsidering the usual dichotomy that opposes online and offline in education and the sociability of youth.

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