A study on Usage, Impact, Consequences and Concerns of Smart phone addiction amongst all age groups

The advent of Smart phones has squeezed this large world and brought it into the palm of human being. They are now popular as all purpose components of our everyday lives in today's globalizing society. Earlier they were considered as the tool of young generation but now they are famous amongst all age groups regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, career or economic status. The main objective of the study is to investigate the impact, purpose, consequences & concerns of excessively using the smart phones among various age groups. Overall, Literature has provided in-depth evidence and this research would impart insight into the addictive world of technology and the impacts smart phones have on various age groups. In conclusion, the results of this study provide that youth is the most susceptible group among the population to be addicted to the technology. Using structured questionnaire, interviews and observation by the researcher, primary data was collected. Findings of the study showed that most of the young respondents spend a large amount of their time with their smart phones and the purpose of the use in most of the cases is pleasure driven rather than necessity driven.