THE IMPACT OF USING MOBILE PHONES OR GADGETS ON THE READING INTEREST OF SMAS BHAKTYARSA STUDENTS

Gadgets, Interest, Reading

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to prove the impact or influence of the use of mobile phones or gadgets on students' interest in reading at Bhaktyarsa Catholic High School in Maumere. The method used to analyze the data in this research is quantitative research method, with questionnaires, face-to-face interviews, and literature studies as data collection techniques. The results of this research show that there is a significant impact or influence between the use of mobile phones or gadgets (X) and interest in reading (Y), namely 0.002 <0.005. Thus, hypothesis 0 (h0) is ignored and hypothesis 1 (h1) is accepted, that is, there is an impact or influence of the utilization of mobile phones or gadgets on students' interest in reading at SMAS Katolik BhaktyarsaMaumere.