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Abstract\nThis Paper concentrates on the impact of mobile phones on university students with special reference to University of Peshawar. A sample of 100 students was drawn from different departments of University of Peshawar for this purpose. The study uses descriptive and quantitative tools for analysis. The results show that almost 60% of the students got mobile phones from their parents. 42% of the students keep mobile phones for contacts with friends and society. Out of the sampled students 6% use mobile phone for information access. Majority of the students (87%) are using mobile phone for the period of more than one year. 64% of the students were found using mobile phone more than an hour daily. The results further show that 94% of the respondents keep mobile on mute or vibration in class and 62 % during work. Moreover, 64% do so during sleeping and 91% during Prayer time. Most of the students held the view that the students donβt send missed calls to their fellows during class-time and feel hesitation in sending funny or interesting text messages to their teachers. They feel proud of having costly mobile phones and sometimes, use it as a source of unfair means during examination. They use its dictionary and other informative functions. The parents of female students feel easy with mobile phone to contact their daughters. Some students think its use as wastage of time.They think that this new technology has not only improved the academic performance of the students but also improved the quality of education. It is recommended that the university students should try use of mobile phones positively. They should not waste their time in chatting and unproductive text message.
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