Impact of Mobile Phone Uses on Urban Life: A Study at Tamluk Municipality of West Bengal, India

Abstract

Mobile phone is one of the important and essential electronic devices of twenty first century. Our modern life cannot imagine without this device which influences the daily social, economic and cultural life. The impact of this electronic gadget on society is in both positively and negatively. Main objectives of this paper are to highlight the types of mobile phone uses among the various categories of peoples and its impacts. Information from municipality published sources, latest census of India data and public opinion data have considered here for present analysis. The entire analysis is based on both statistical inference and cartographic techniques. Overuse of smart phone is adversely affecting the urban social-cultural life but the proper utilization makes easier of the daily life of the society. So, purposeful management is essential regarding the proper utilization of smart phone which is helpful for stable human society.