@article{article_335953, title={Development of a Scale to Determine High School Students’ Purposes for the Utilization of Social Networks via Smart Phones / Lise Öğrencilerinin Akıllı Telefonlar Üzerinden Sosyal Ağ Kullanım Amaçlarının Belirlenmesine Yönelik Bir Ölçek Geliştirme Çalışması}, journal={e-Uluslararası Eğitim Araştırmaları Dergisi}, volume={8}, pages={34–45}, year={2017}, DOI={10.19160/ijer.335953}, url={https://izlik.org/JA55JJ53BH}, author={Karaca, Feride and Tamer, Murat Adnan}, keywords={Anket Geliştirme, Akıllı telefon, sosyal ağlar, lise öğrencileri}, abstract={This study aimed to develop a scale for exploring high school students’ purposes for utilizing social media via smart phones. The sample of the study involved students from a public vocational high school in Istanbul. While developing the scale, the researcher benefitted from the literature, open-ended questions applied to a group of vocational high school students, cognitive interviews with participants and expert reviews. Then, a pilot study was conducted with 201 vocational high school students. According to the exploratory factor analysis results, the final scale involved 25 items
with 5 factors: (1) information gathering, (2) problem solving, (3) social communication, (4) routine communication, (5) sharing and entertainment. Giving information about the high school students’ daily social network utilization, this scale would be beneficial for the teachers, educational institutions and also for social network developers about how to use social networks more effectively in educational environments.}, number={3}