The Impact Of Cell Phone Use On Young People’s Interpersonal Communication

Abstract:In recent years, the rapid development of mobile phone has swept across the world. The percentage of teenagers with a cell phone has been increasing year by year. Text message is the teenagers’ favorite among all the mobile services and has become a main tool in teenagers’ interpersonal communication. This article is based on the two-week mobile-use diaries from 24 high school students and one-to-one interviews with them in January,2014, aiming at analyzing the features of teenagers’ mobile use during interpersonal communication, the influences on their mobile use for interpersonal communication caused by different environmental factors, and also the impact of text message on teenagers’ interpersonal communication.