Perception of modern technology uses and its impact on youths and adolescents in Myanmar

Abstract

The explosive growth of Informative Technology in Myanmar has transformed the lives of teenagers in various ways. In Myanmar, since 2010 technology especially the smart phone reaches to the teenager’s daily lives with many different approaches. Technology influences is not depend on different ages, sexes and socioeconomic level in Myanmar. Nowaday, most of the teenagers addict online with the smart phones and excessive amount of their time is occupied by Facebook, Twitter, Viber, Youtube, and video games. Press states, “Young people now spend more time with media than they do in school. They should spend no more than TWO HOURS online per day”. However, according to our finding, most of the participants excessively used modern technology as their daily imperative without knowing negative impact of digital devices. Through this research we explored the opinions of adolescents on modern technology and how it impacts their daily practices.