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Analysis of Social Media Addiction and Usage Purposes Among Secondary-School Students in Turkey
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The excessive use of social media has become a social habit in today’s world, and social media addiction affects people worldwide. The purpose of this study is to explore social media use and addiction among secondary-school students, according to several personal variables as reported in a personal information form and a survey form asking respondents to disclose their reasons for using social media and to rate their level of social media addiction. Our research sample consisted of 1005 students studying at public schools in Kastamonu city centre, Turkey. The findings from this study indicated that students have an overall tendency to become social media addicts. Students sometimes use social media to prepare for their courses and in interpersonal interactions. The level of social media addiction is higher among males than females. Males use social media more than females for interpersonal communication. Social media addiction increases as the age of the students increases, and older students use social media more than their younger counterparts to communicate and interact with other people. As internet use increases among students, their use of social media for course preparation and interpersonal interactions increases as do their addictions to social media. The degree of addiction increases as the grade level increases, and the use of social media for course preparation decreases with this addiction. The use of social media at home and in transportation systems has more influence on the formation of social media addiction. Students usually use Facebook, Facebook Messenger and YouTube. They mostly use Facebook to communicate with their friends rather than to prepare for their courses. Thus, Facebook contributes little to their academic improvement. Social media addiction among students using Facebook, Facebook Messenger, YouTube, Twitter and Skype is higher. Most students start to use social media in primary school in the third and fourth grades. Thus, their addiction to social media and the use of social media in interpersonal interactions increase. 
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
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Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yayımlanma Tarihi
1 Temmuz 2019
Gönderilme Tarihi
1 Temmuz 2019
Kabul Tarihi
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Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2019 Cilt: 10 Sayı: 38
APA
Altayef, H. A. A., & Karacı, A. (2019). Analysis of Social Media Addiction and Usage Purposes Among Secondary-School Students in Turkey. AJIT-e: Academic Journal of Information Technology, 10(38), 7-34. https://doi.org/10.5824/1309-1581.2019.3.001.x
AMA
1.Altayef HAA, Karacı A. Analysis of Social Media Addiction and Usage Purposes Among Secondary-School Students in Turkey. AJIT-e. 2019;10(38):7-34. doi:10.5824/1309-1581.2019.3.001.x
Chicago
Altayef, Hamid Altayef Abed, ve Abdulkadir Karacı. 2019. “Analysis of Social Media Addiction and Usage Purposes Among Secondary-School Students in Turkey”. AJIT-e: Academic Journal of Information Technology 10 (38): 7-34. https://doi.org/10.5824/1309-1581.2019.3.001.x.
EndNote
Altayef HAA, Karacı A (01 Temmuz 2019) Analysis of Social Media Addiction and Usage Purposes Among Secondary-School Students in Turkey. AJIT-e: Academic Journal of Information Technology 10 38 7–34.
IEEE
[1]H. A. A. Altayef ve A. Karacı, “Analysis of Social Media Addiction and Usage Purposes Among Secondary-School Students in Turkey”, AJIT-e, c. 10, sy 38, ss. 7–34, Tem. 2019, doi: 10.5824/1309-1581.2019.3.001.x.
ISNAD
Altayef, Hamid Altayef Abed - Karacı, Abdulkadir. “Analysis of Social Media Addiction and Usage Purposes Among Secondary-School Students in Turkey”. AJIT-e: Academic Journal of Information Technology 10/38 (01 Temmuz 2019): 7-34. https://doi.org/10.5824/1309-1581.2019.3.001.x.
JAMA
1.Altayef HAA, Karacı A. Analysis of Social Media Addiction and Usage Purposes Among Secondary-School Students in Turkey. AJIT-e. 2019;10:7–34.
MLA
Altayef, Hamid Altayef Abed, ve Abdulkadir Karacı. “Analysis of Social Media Addiction and Usage Purposes Among Secondary-School Students in Turkey”. AJIT-e: Academic Journal of Information Technology, c. 10, sy 38, Temmuz 2019, ss. 7-34, doi:10.5824/1309-1581.2019.3.001.x.
Vancouver
1.Hamid Altayef Abed Altayef, Abdulkadir Karacı. Analysis of Social Media Addiction and Usage Purposes Among Secondary-School Students in Turkey. AJIT-e. 01 Temmuz 2019;10(38):7-34. doi:10.5824/1309-1581.2019.3.001.x
