International Comparative Study on the Development of Mobile-phone Usage and Social Influences

通过对日本、韩国、台湾三国手机使用情况的对比调查，了解三国手机使用情况的差异及其影响。这三个国家和地区的手机普及率位居世界前列。在使用方式和调查的影响上都有很大的不同。手机有许多功能，如通话(电话)、发送邮件和上网。虽然日本人喜欢用邮件，而不是打电话，甚至对非常亲密的朋友也是如此，但韩国人倾向于频繁地通过手机给“URI”(同乡感强烈的群体)成员打电话。这种差异可以理解为来自电信文化的差异，而电信文化是通信文化的一部分。韩国的传播文化坚持用较高的“丰富度”媒体毫不犹豫地与“URI”成员进行接触，而日本的传播文化则要求对正在接触的人给予考虑。而日本人，即使是年轻人，也往往比打电话更频繁地使用邮件。日本人和台湾人之间有许多有趣的差异。最有趣的不同之处在于使用手机的效果。虽然日本人不认为使用手机会增加家庭间的交流，但许多台湾人回答说，使用手机后，家庭间的交流会增加。在社会中最亲密的群体中，手机的使用具有凝聚力的共同作用，但不同的国家和地区的群体不同。在韩国是“URI”，在日本是非常亲密的朋友团体，在台湾是家庭，通过分析日本、韩国和台湾的调查数据，我们发现当地电信文化的存在和手机的不同使用方式。

Comparative survey among Japan, Korea and Taiwan was conducted to make clear the differences of usage of mobile-phone and its influences. These three countries and area lead the world in the diffusion rate of mobile-phone. The big differences are observed in the way of usage and the influences by the survey. Mobile-phone has many functions such as conversation (telephone call), sending mail and internet access. Although Japanese like to use mail rather than phone-calling even to very close and/or intimate friends, Korean tend to phone-call frequently to member of "Uri" (group with strong fellow feeling) via mobile-phone. The difference can be understood to come from the difference of telecommunication culture which is a part of communication culture. Korean communication culture insists on using higher "richness" media to make contact to the member of "Uri" without hesitation, but Japanese communication culture ask for consideration to the person one is making contact. And Japanese, even if they are young, tend to use mail more frequently than calling. There are many interesting differences between Japanese and Taiwanese. Most interesting difference is about the effect of using mobile-phone. Although Japanese do not think that use of mobile-phone bring increase of communication among family, many Taiwanese answered that communication among family increase after using mobile-phone. There is common function of mobile-phone usage that cohesive power in the most close group in the society, but the group is different from country and area. In Korea it is "Uri", in Japan it is very close friend group whom meet every day, and in Taiwan it is family.As mentioned above we find the existence of local telecommunication culture and different way of usage of mobile-phone by analyzing the survey data conducted in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan.