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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">2976</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"> http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2020.SP29</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Perception of General Public Regarding Pros and Cons of Technological Advancements During Lockdown Due to COVID 19 Pandemic - An Online Survey&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Yuvaraj</surname><given-names>Ashna</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Sangeetha</surname><given-names>S.</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>S</surname><given-names>Kavitha</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>20</day><month>10</month><year>2020</year></pub-date><volume>ti</volume><issue>-b</issue><fpage>227</fpage><lpage>233</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Introduction: The outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) has created a global health crisis that has a deep impact on the way we perceive our world. Media and technology have long been recognized as powerful sources that tend to mould our views and experiences, but how does it influence the different dynamics ranging from work, education and interpersonal relationships is the study about and its advantages and disadvantages. Aim: The aim of the research is to study the Pros and Cons of technological advancement during this pandemic and global lockdown. Materials and Methods: An online survey link was circulated among 105 residents of Chennai and the results were studied, analyzed and graphically interpreted using SPSS software. Results: 80% of the participants agreed that technology was advantageous during the lockdown and 19% said that it was disadvantageous. The Chi-square test was done associating the age of the participants and the perception of the Pros and Cons of technological advancements during this lockdown. Conclusion: There was a significant association between the age of the participant and the various purposes of using electronics during the lockdown. The majority of the participants belonging to all the age groups use electronics mainly for entertainment and education/work. The Chi-square test was done and it was found to be statistically significant, implying that there is much awareness among the age group of 10-20, and the majority of the participants agree that technology is advantageous during the lockdown.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd> Coronavirus</kwd><kwd> Global health crisis</kwd><kwd> Media and technology</kwd><kwd> Interpersonal relationships</kwd><kwd> Influence of media and technology</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
