Proceedings of the Society of Korea Industrial and System Engineering Conference (한국산업경영시스템학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2002.05a
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- Pages.279-284
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- 2002
A Study on Using Manners of Mobile Phone for Young Korean
한국 청소년들의 휴대폰 사용 실태에 관한 연구
- Published : 2002.05.01
Abstract
Nowadays, due to the popularization of mobile phone, the functions and using manners of mobile phone have been varied. According to Korea National Statistical Office, the numbers of domestic mobile phone user were 30 million at the end of March 2002. A survey was conducted to investigate the various using manners of mobile phone, especially the young ones from 15 to 28 years old. Two hundred and sixty people participated in this study. According to the result of this study, text messaging was one of the major functions of the mobile phone for the young people. Also, continuous and repetitive use of small key pad of mobile phone for text messaging could cause the repetitive strain injury on hand, especially fingers.
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