Communication Gadgets and Its Effect Among Freshmen Students

This chapter presents related literature and related studies, both foreign and local which have direct bearing to this investigation. Studies here and abroad have lent valuable information on the formulation of the research problem at hand. The related literature and studies cites, greatly help the researchers in accomplishment of the objective of this study. Moreover, the interpretations of these researchers become the frame of reference in providing deeper ideas and insights to the researchers as well as explanation and logical connections between previous researchers and the present study.

Related literature (Foreign)

Over the past 40 years, the existence of the communicating gadgets has transformed student’s daily lives. The effect of communicating gadgets begins in business place and slowly infuses the educational setting. A historical perspective helps place communicating gadgets into meaningful context.

According to Mabwa (2012), users have been known to be enslaved to these communication gadgets, that without them, their world collapses. Consider a teenager who constantly spends numerous hours on Facebook, or is constantly making phone calls. Eventually, his/her grades are compromised leading to poor performance in school. If the teenager receives no intervention, he/she will eventually enter the job market half-baked, compromising the quality of the labor market. Following that, the economy will be affected as production gets compromised.

Kendrick (2013) emphasizes that drives mobile devices has improved a lot since those days, and especially in the last ten years. Mobile gadgets have gotten smaller, more powerful, and very useful. They are everywhere and play increasingly greater roles in the lives of most everyone. Availability of mobile devices is rapidly spreading throughout the world and making significant improvements in many lives.

Scott (2010) pointed out that technology is the energy that drives our lives. It runs in the veins of society. Technology is related with innovation and creativity. It transforms ideas and thoughts into reality and into something that is helpful to society and human life. It has brought luxury and benefit to an average person’s life. The level of automation that technology has brought about has saved time and human effort to a great extent. It has simplified the access to information and brought distant places closer.

O’Hara and Pritchard (2010) research literature throughout the past decade has shown that technology can enhance literacy development, impact language acquisition, provide greater access to information, support learning, motivate students, and enhance their self-esteem (ACT, 2004; CEO Forum, 2001; Boster et al., 2004; Mann et al., 1999; Tracey & Young, 2006; WestEd, 2002). Indeed, researchers have affirmed that computer technology provides abundant opportunities for students to build or modify their personal knowledge through the rich experiences that technology affords.

Related Literature (Local)

According to Hernandez (2011), communicating gadgets is a powerful tool that greatly affects one’s development. Even before they enter the school, they have already a set of knowledge about the world. There is an active and happy engagement of the child with the communicating gadgets at an early age.