THE IMPACT OF SMARTPHONE ON BREACHING THE ETHICS OF HUMAN COMMUNICATION
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https://doi.org/10.29121/shodhkosh.v5.i6.2024.2216Keywords:
Smartphones, Human Communication, Digital Ethics, Social Interaction, AddictionAbstract [English]
The rise of smartphones has transformed the landscape of human communication, bringing forth significant ethical concerns. This research is focused on examining the effects of smartphones on ethical decision-making in communication, exploring the relationship between smartphone addiction and the quality of ethical communication. The purpose of this paper is to thoroughly review how smartphones affect ethical norms in communication by looking at pertinent literature, current data on smartphone prevalence, and case studies exposing ethical breaches. This paper is descriptive with content analysis to gather data from a diverse sample to check the level of validity. This research emphasizes on the importance of human communication to foster well-informed and critically engaged users.
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