Impact of Technological Tool Addiction on Health: A Research Project

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RESEARCH PROJECT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................. 2
TITLE.............................................................................................................................................. 3
ABSTRACT...................................................................................................................................... 4
INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................. 5
RESEARCH QUESTIONS.................................................................................................................. 6
LITERATURE REVIEW....................................................................................................................13
RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES...................................................................................................... 14
PROJECT PLAN............................................................................................................................. 18
CONCLUSION............................................................................................................................... 20
REFERENCES.................................................................................................................................21
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INTRODUCTION
The rapid growth in technology is changing the lifestyle and skills of people. The technology
relates to the branch of science and knowledge that deals with the utilization and creation of
technical means and contributes to interrelating the means with life, environment and society.
Innovation and invention of science and technology make the lifestyle of the individual easier
and comfortable. Technology has both negative and positive impact on the lifestyle and health
of the people and depends on the way of the utilization of technology. Technology is one of the
vast fields for development and growth and growing rapidly for success and for making life
convenient and easy (Stewart, 2016). The research project will help in knowing in growing the
understanding of technology and the impact of technological tools on the health and lifestyle of
the people. Several methods and approaches are used in the research for the achievement of
the aims and objectives of the research.
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TITLE
TITLE
"The impact of addiction to technological tools on the health and lifestyle of the individual"
AIM
The growth and improvement in the field of technology are making the life easy and convenient
of people but there is also some negative and positive impact of technology on the individual’s
life. The research is conducted to analyze and understand the concept of technology and the
impact of the technological tool on the lifestyle and health of the individual (West, 2018).
OBJECTIVE
The objective of the research will help in clearing the impact of technology on the lifestyle and
health of the individual. The objective of the research is as follows-
 To access and understand the concept of technology and the need for technology.
 To access the impact of addiction to technological tools on the lifestyle and health of an
individual.
 To access the ways for reducing the impact of technological tools on the lifestyle and
health of people.
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ABSTRACT
Technology development and innovation play an important role in making life faster and
convenient. Technology is the branch of science that deals with the innovation and invention of
new products and services that help in bringing pleasure and relaxation to life. The innovation
of new technological tools contributes to making the world faster with more competition and
convenience. One of the most important tools innovated by technology is the mobile phone
that helps in communicating with everyone conveniently and affordably (Han et al., 2016). The
use of a mobile phone makes life easier and comfortable on the individual. Although there are
both advantage and disadvantage of innovation and technology for the people and depends on
the way of using the technology. The use of technology as per the need will help in making the
work faster and accuracy that contributes to success and growth. On the other hand, the use of
technology in overdose manner has a major impact on the health and lifestyle of the
people(Norman, 2017). The use of technology also reduced the stress and workload of the
people and contributed to providing a comfortable life. Overuse of technology reduced the
physical work of the people that directly impact the health of the individual. The impact of
technology on the health and lifestyle of the people depends on the way of adaptation and
utilization of the technology (Norman, 2017).
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INTRODUCTION
Technology becomes one of the important need for people as well as for the organizations for
growth and success. The adaptation of technology and technological tools makes the life of the
people convenient and comfortable which is one of the biggest advantages for all. The research
is conducted to understand the concept and need of technology in today’s world and the
impact of addiction of technological tools on the lifestyle and health of the people. The
research also helps in knowing the ways through which the impact of technological tools on the
lifestyle and health of the people can be reduced (Andersson et al., 2016).
RATIONALE FOR THE RESEARCH
The lifestyle of the people is changing day by day with the adaptation and innovation of science
and technology. The technology is making life easier and convenient of the individual but the
addiction to technology hurts the life and health of the people. The research will help in
knowing the reason for changing life and health of the individual due to technology and also
provide the ways through which the impact can be reduced for making the life health (Lazar,
2015). The addiction of the technological tools making the people dependent on the technology
and resisting the people to do work itself that has a major impact on the health. The main
reason for the research is to know the impact of addiction of technological tools such as mobile
phones and other gadgets on the health and lifestyle of the people and the ways to reduce the
negative impact of these tools on the health (Ma, 2017).
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RESEARCH QUESTIONS
The motive of the research is carrying out the impact of addiction to technological tools on the
health and lifestyle of the people in the world. The collection of the data for the research is
carried out with the help of different data collection method. The adaptation of the surveillance
helps in bringing out the opinion and views of the consumer regarding the impact and influence
of technological tools on the health and lifestyle of the consumer. The survey is conducted by
gathering 100 people that use technological tools such as cell phones and other gadgets daily
(Zhu et al., 2019). 10 questions are provided to each participant for gathering the data for the
completion of the research in a successful manner. The questions presented for the research is
as follows-
1. What is your age?
below 18 18 to 24 25 to 34 35 and above
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age
age
The survey is conducted with the consumers that are using the gadgets daily. Most of the
participants in the survey belong form the age group of 18 to 24 that shows that youngster is
using more technological devices in comparison to others and the people within the age group
35 and above are less dependent on the gadgets (Uva et al., 2017).
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2. What is your gender?
male female
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gender
gender
Most of the participants in the survey are male and this shows those males are using more
gadgets and technological tools in comparison to female. The percentages of male using
technical devices are 65% whereas only 35% of the female is using technical devices (Uva et al.,
2017).
3. What is your occupation?
student job housemade
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occupation
occupation
The number of students participated in the survey are 45% that shows most of the student are
dependent on technical tools. 25% of the employees are using technical tools and 30% of the
house-made and unemployed people are using technology tools for making the schedule busy.
That shows that the courage and addiction of technical tools are more in between the students
and unemployed peoples (Uva et al., 2017).
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4. What is your qualification?
higher
secondary graduation post
graduation diploma
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qualification
qualification
Most of the qualified and young people are using technology tools for making life easy and
relevant. As per the survey, 45%b of the people who had completed graduation are using
technical tools daily. 25% of the people completed higher secondary classes are addicted to
technical tools and 15 % of the post-graduated individual in the survey uses the tools for
convenience. The percentage of addiction to the technical tool is less in the diploma holder
individuals (Murphie, and Potts, 2017).
5. is the enhancement and improvement in the technology affected life?
yes no
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technology
technology
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70% of the people in the survey thought that the improvement and enhancement in the
technology and science impacted the life of the people. The effect of the technology on the
lifestyle of the persons is in both a negative and positive manner. 30% of the people thought
that there are no changes in the daily routine and lifestyle with the improvement in technology
and no impact on the health as well. The technology is influencing the life of every person in
both ways and it depends on the people how they are utilizing the technology (Murphie, and
Potts, 2017).
6. How would you see the impact of technology on the lifestyle and health?
positive negative
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Series 1
Series 1
The improvement and adaptation of the technology impacted the lives of most of the people as
per the survey in both senses. As per the opinions of the responses 60% of the participants are
in the favour to the technology and reviewed that the technology has positive impact o0n the
lifestyle and health whereas 40% of the respondents thought that technology is negatively
influencing the lives of people by destroying the lifestyle and health. The development of
technology makes the people last and dependent on the technology for every activity that
affecting the health and making the lifetime of the people shorter (Murphie, and Potts, 2017).
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7. Is the enhancement of the technology beneficial for the lifestyle and health of people?
yes
no
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Series 1
Series 1
The survey is conducted for knowing the opinion of the people for the enhancement in
technology and science. As per the survey, most of the participants thought that the
enhancement or the technology and science is beneficial for the lifestyle and health of the
people as the technology help in carrying out the work in a faster and easier manner that
improved the health and lifestyle of the individual. 65% of the participants are in favour to
technology and enhancement whereas 35% of the people thought that enhancement in the
technology is destroying the life of the people and is not beneficial for the health (Dooly, 2018).
8. The addiction to technological tools beneficial for life and health?
yes no
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As per the survey, 50% of the individual thought that the addiction to the technical tools and
gadgets is beneficial for the health and 50% of the people thought that added to the tools
making the life worst and unhealthy. The views of the people that are in favour to the addiction
thought that the gadgets make their life easy and provides health benefits by reducing the
workload whereas the people, on the other hand, thought that the addiction to the tools are
making the life busy and dependent on tools that lead to various health diseases (Dooly, 2018).
9. Is the impact of the addiction to technological tools can be reduced for better lifestyle and
health?
yes
no
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Series 1
Series 1
The reviews of the people play an important role in gather relevant data and according to the
survey, most of the people thought that the addiction o the technical tools can be reduced for
making the lifestyle and health of the people better. 60% of the people think that the addiction
to the technical devices and gadgets can be reduced if taken necessary actions whereas 40% of
the respondents are not in favour and thought that it is not possible to cure the people of the
addiction of technical tools and the lifestyle and daily routines works on the basis on tools and
gadgets (Dooly, 2018).
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