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| Title |
Smartphone usage in the 21st century: who is active on WhatsApp?
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| Published in |
BMC Research Notes, August 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13104-015-1280-z |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Christian Montag, Konrad Błaszkiewicz, Rayna Sariyska, Bernd Lachmann, Ionut Andone, Boris Trendafilov, Mark Eibes, Alexander Markowetz |
| Abstract |
Mounting evidence shows that smartphone usage heavily disrupts our work life and social activities. Moreover, it is possible that overuse could resemble addictive tendencies. A key contributing factor to smartphone overuse seems to be usage of the messaging application WhatsApp. Although WhatsApp is one of the most commonly used communication applications on smartphones, research in this area is scarce. Given the huge societal debate on the impact of smartphone usage on our daily lives, the present study undertook a large-scale investigation in order to provide numbers on smartphone usage generally-and use of WhatsApp in particular, with the aim of providing a basis for a scientific debate. In a large sample of N = 2,418 users, we recorded WhatsApp behaviour over a 4 week period. Our data show that use of WhatsApp accounted for 19.83% (= 32.11 min) of all smartphone behaviour (compare: Facebook only 9.38% = 15.19 min). The mean of general daily smartphone usage was 161.95 min. Females used WhatsApp for significantly longer periods of time than males and younger age was associated with longer duration of WhatsApp use. While the personality trait Extraversion was positively associated with daily WhatsApp use, Conscientiousness showed an inverse correlation with the length of daily WhatsApp use. The numbers on smartphone usage in the present study show that the smartphone dominates our daily life. In particular WhatsApp is a driving force, here. Given the length of daily smartphone and WhatsApp usage, more studies need to be conducted to better understand smartphone usage. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 11 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 5 | 45% |
| United States | 2 | 18% |
| Nepal | 1 | 9% |
| Unknown | 3 | 27% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 7 | 64% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 27% |
| Scientists | 1 | 9% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 784 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| Spain | 2 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Argentina | 1 | <1% |
| Uruguay | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 774 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 116 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 99 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 80 | 10% |
| Researcher | 52 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 41 | 5% |
| Other | 153 | 20% |
| Unknown | 243 | 31% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 92 | 12% |
| Social Sciences | 91 | 12% |
| Computer Science | 75 | 10% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 53 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 48 | 6% |
| Other | 154 | 20% |
| Unknown | 271 | 35% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 18. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 March 2016.
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#1,851,825
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#221
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#24,610
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#8
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