أثر استخدام الهواتف الرقمية على طلاب الجامعات : دراسة مقارنة بين طلاب علوم الاتصال بجامعتي أم درمان الأهلية و السودان للعلوم والتكنولوجيا

Abstract EN

This study aims at finding out the impact of smart phones on the university students, the problem of this study represented in a key question: what are the positive and negative impacts of the mobile phones on university students? the significance of this study comes from the importance of smart phones for students and to what extent they are affected academically, socially and psychologically.

the study aims at identifying the students’ interest in programs and applications of smart phones under the umbrella of communication and information revolution as well as identifying the students’ benefit from these modern technologies.

the researcher used historical method via presenting previous studies and reviewing the books and scientific references related to the subject of the study, also the study adopts the survey method, represented in the questionnaire and the collection of data from the study population, as well as using appropriate statistic test in analysis process, the study comes up with several results, such as : smart phone has significantly contributed to the increase in the information culture of university students, also one of the most important results that the smart phone can be used as a mobile electronic library.

the study has number of recommendations and the most important ones are: the necessity of introduce digital telephone services and connect them to university libraries so that the student can use the electronic library at any time, also one of the most important recommendations is the need to teach smart phones’ applications within the curriculum of communication and information colleges for use in the processes of e-education.