Pandemi Döneminde Üniversite Öğrencilerinin Akıllı Telefon Bağımlılığı ve Farkındalığı: Bitlis Eren Üniversitesi Örneği

Year 2022, Issue: 12, 79 - 96, 30.06.2022

Barış Çağırkan Mustafa Agah Tekindal

https://doi.org/10.55609/yenimedya.1109968

Abstract

Cep telefonu olmadan kalma korkusu olarak bilinen akıllı telefon bağımlılığı, genellikle aşırı internet kullanım sorunu veya bağımlılığı ile ilişkili olarak tartışılmaktadır. Ancak genel olarak baktığımızda, bağımlılığı yaratan şey nadiren telefonun kendisidir, daha çok bireylerin bağlandığı oyunlar, uygulamalar ve çevrimiçi dünyalardır. Bu çalışma, Türkiye’de yaşayan üniversite öğrencilerinde akıllı telefon bağımlılığı düzeyini ölçmeyi ve üniversite öğrencilerinin COVID-19 pandemisi sırasında akıllı telefon bağımlılığı ve farkındalığını belirlemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Araştırmanın evrenini Bitlis Eren Üniversitesi’nde 2020-2021 bahar döneminde farklı bölümlerde öğrenim gören 443 öğrenci oluşturmaktadır. Araştırma sonuçlarına göre erkek öğrenciler kadın öğrencilere kıyasla daha fazla akıllı telefon bağımlısıdır. Diğer yandan COVID-19 etkilerinin akıllı telefon kullanımını etkilemediğini düşünen öğrenciler, düşünen öğrencilere göre daha fazla akıllı telefon bağımlısıdır. 1. sınıf öğrencilerinin 2. sınıf öğrencilerine göre daha fazla telefon bağımlısı olduğu gözlemlenmiştir ve son olarak akıllı telefonu 1 yıl ve daha az kullananlar 5 yıl ve daha uzun süre kullananlara göre daha fazla akıllı telefon bağımlısıdır.

Keywords

Akıllı Telefon Bağımlılığı, Üniversite Öğrencileri, Bağımlılık Bilinci, Kırsal Alan, COVID-19.

Smartphone Addiction and Awareness of University Students During the Pandemic Period: The Case of Bitlis Eren University

Abstract

Smartphone addiction, known as a fear of being without a mobile phone, is often discussed with an Internet overuse problem or addiction. But in general, it is rarely the phone itself that creates the addiction, but rather the games, apps, and online worlds it connects people to. This study aims to measure the level of smartphone addiction in university students living in Eastern Turkey and identify the university students’ smartphone addiction and awareness during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study population consists of 443 students who were studying in different departments in the 2020-2021 spring term at Bitlis Eren University. To summarise the key findings, it has been observed that men are more smartphone-addicted than women. Those who do not think that the duration of smartphone use has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic period has more impact on the SAS than those who do. It has been observed that students in the 1st grade are more phone addicted than those in the 2nd grade. Those who used the smartphone for 1 year or less were more likely than those who used it for 1 year or less were more smartphone addicts than those who used it for 5 years or more.

Keywords

Smartphone Addiction, University Students, Addiction Awareness, Rural Area, COVID-19

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