“La vida está ahí”: Lectura etnográfica sobre el uso del teléfono inteligente en adolescentes

Abstract

Objective: to investigate the effects of the use of smartphones in a group of adolescents in the second year of secondary education in an institution located in the state of Zulia, Venezuela, as well as to understand the implications of their use in the social and personal spheres of the population studied. Method: the research is qualitative, ethnographic, based on observation, in-depth interview, field diary and visual and auditory records for the collection of information. Results: a tendency to “problematic use” of IT is revealed, although not enough to give it the meaning of disorder or pathology. Conclusions: The findings indicate that there are both positive and negative effects regarding the use of such devices in the lives of these adolescents; within the negative ones, a high dependence of adolescents towards smartphones was found, to the point that the satisfaction of their communicative needs is closely linked to this device to a high degree.

Keywords:

Smartphone

ethnography

adolescents

students

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