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The scope of cell phone research in the psychological literature
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The scope of cell phone research in the psychological literature

C. Piotrowski and Steven J Kass
Psychology & Education: An Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol.50, pp.29-32
2013

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Reference Citation Cell Phone Health Monitoring User-Interface Cellular Telephones Marketing
Research on the topic of cell phones has proliferated over the past decade, particularly in scholarly publications. Thus, it would be of interest to examine the scope and extent of research emphasis on the topic. This paper reports on a reference citation analysis of the database PsycINFO, using 'cell phone' in a keyword search. In rank order, the major foci of the research involved the issues of impact on driving, health monitoring, aspects of usage, sampling bias issues, marketing, user-interface, personal relationships, impact on brain function, and instructional applications. Implications of these trends in the psychological literature were noted. In addition, the validity of using citation analysis as a methodology in trend analysis research was discussed.

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