The Attitudes of the Young towards Social Media

Autor/inn/en	Ertekin, Alpaslan Baki; Avunduk, Yesim
Titel	The Attitudes of the Young towards Social Media
Quelle	In: Journal of Educational Issues, 6 (2020) 2, S.287-296 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2377-2263
Schlagwörter	Social Media; College Students; Student Attitudes; Measures (Individuals); Attitude Measures; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Interpersonal Competence; Social Isolation; Teacher Student Relationship; Sharing Behavior; Fine Arts; Team Sports; Education Majors; Majors (Students); Computer Software; Social Networks; Foreign Countries; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Medien; Collegestudent; Schülerverhalten; Messdaten; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Soziale Isolation; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Bildende Kunst; Mannschaftssport; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Ausland; Türkei
Abstract	This study aimed to investigate the attitudes of young individuals towards social media. The study sample consisted of 391 university students studying at different faculties (172 males and 219 females) and with an age average of 22.47±2.29. The participants were selected using the appropriate sampling method, which is one of the non-random sampling methods. The data collection tools involved a personal information form and the "Social Media Attitude Scale" developed by Otrar and Argin (2015). Descriptive statistics were applied to determine the distribution of personal information (e.g., frequency, arithmetic mean, standard deviation) and the Shapiro Wilks normality test to check whether the data had a normal distribution. Since the data were appropriate for parametric tests, an independent t-test and ANOVA were applied to find the differences in social media use by specific demographic characteristics. According to the study findings, there was a significant difference in social media use by gender and faculty (p < 0.05), but no significant difference was found by age (p > 0.05). It was concluded that the participants' attitudes towards social media varied by only gender and faculty. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01