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Authors
1 Associate Professor of Communication, University of Tehran
2 Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Tehran
3 M. A. of Communication, University of Tehran
Abstract
This article studies the mobile phone effects on interpersonal communications of youths (through surveying students of Tehran universities). In fact, this study specifies whether the depth and width of interpersonal communications have been changed through mobile phone or not?
This research has considered mobile phone communications of 387 students of state universities in Tehran through measurement methods.
After gathering and examining data, it was found that personal characteristics of mobile phone owners have no effects on depths and width of interpersonal communications.
But their recognition of modern technologies (IT literacy) has little effect on their usage of mobile phone. The results also showed that the mobile phone use has had effects (although little) on depths and width of interpersonal relationships. Of course, this effect was observed in students who had mobile-mediated communications in addition to face to face communications.
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