Title(KR)
소년들의 스마트폰 게임 및 인터넷 중독연구를 위한 스마트폰 응용프로그램 설계 및 제작
Title(ENG)
Design and Implementation of Usage Monitoring and Regulation Application for Understanding and Treatment of Smart Phone Addiction for Teenagers
Keywords(KR)
Smart phone, Behavior Addiction, Evidence-based, Usage pattern, Teenagers
Keywords(ENG)
Smart phone, Behavior Addiction, Evidence-based, Usage pattern, Teenagers
Author
Heejune Ahn, Garam Park, Heyoung Lee
Abstract(ENG)
Since the advent of smart phones in 2007, the population of smart phone user has been increasing at stunning rate in Korea. In spite of many benefits such as full internet access, location based service, and easy installation of new applications, many social and medical researches have been reported the concern of overuse of smart phones, especially for teenagers on game and internet addiction. However, most of studies are based on the survey research, so often questioned to be limited number of sample and subjective, which can be overcome by evident-based study. The paper presents a pilot development of Google Android app that provides the 24-hour-measured application usage pattern of smart phone users. A requirement study performed with medical doctors and phycologists are discussed and the key technical and application issues are discussed and their solutions are presented. The system is designed to be extensible so that social network and additional service can be applied based on the user. The measured data is expected to be used for study the cause and treatment of game and internet addiction for teenagers and adults.
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