Nomophobia: A Research among Italian Digital Natives

Jacopo Bernardini ()
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Jacopo Bernardini: University of Perugia (Italy), Faculty of Political Sciences

Journal for Social Media Inquiry, 2018, vol. 1, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: In recent years, media attention has been increasingly focused on certain concepts that are closely related to the improper and excessive use of mobile phones: smartphone psychological dependence, the correlation between youth apathy and the massive use of new technologies, and the drastic change of social interaction in the Internet Age. Such phenomena may be considered to be the reason behind the emergence of a new contemporary pathology that already has a name: nomophobia. This is a pathology that seems to be quite common at present, particularly in those countries with high levels of smartphone ownership, usage and penetration, such as Italy.

Keywords: nomophobia; digital natives; smartphone; Italy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.18662/jsmi/01

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