Título: | THE FAST OBSOLESCENCE OF CELL PHONES: WHAT YOUNG USERS OF THIS TECHONOLOGY THINK AND FEEL ABOUT IT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Autor: |
PRISCILLA DA SILVA MARX ANDRADE |
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Colaborador(es): |
ANA MARIA NICOLACI DA COSTA - Orientador |
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Catalogação: | 11/AGO/2008 | Língua(s): | PORTUGUESE - BRAZIL |
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Tipo: | TEXT | Subtipo: | THESIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notas: |
[pt] Todos os dados constantes dos documentos são de inteira responsabilidade de seus autores. Os dados utilizados nas descrições dos documentos estão em conformidade com os sistemas da administração da PUC-Rio. [en] All data contained in the documents are the sole responsibility of the authors. The data used in the descriptions of the documents are in conformity with the systems of the administration of PUC-Rio. |
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Referência(s): |
[pt] https://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/projetosEspeciais/ETDs/consultas/conteudo.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=12039&idi=1 [en] https://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/projetosEspeciais/ETDs/consultas/conteudo.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=12039&idi=2 |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.17771/PUCRio.acad.12039 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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We live in a time of ever-increasing technological changes.
Nowadays, we can clearly see a significant growth in the
number of cell phone users, which shows how fast the this
market is expanding. The purpose of the present study was
to find out how middle class young people deal with the
obsolescence, consumption and constant innovations
in cell phones. To reach this goal, a qualitative study was
carried out with 15 young people, both male and female,
whose average age was 26. Most of them were professionals
and had a university degree. All had been
intensively using cell phones for more than 5 years. The
interviews were carried out on-line through the MSN
Messenger chat program. The results showed that cell phones
play a central role in their lives. Most of the
interviewees admitted that they always carry their cell
phones and never switch them off. However, in what concerns
their consumption, the participants` statements were
contradictory. Most of the interviewees keep
the same model of cell phone for a short period of time,
providing a host of different reasons for changing it. They
all say that a new model should be bought only in case of
malfunction of the previous one. However, all of
them admit changing phones long before this happens. And
the reasons for this behavior lie in the fact that they are
attracted by the constant technological innovations.
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