THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND LONELINESS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Yıl 2021, Sayı: Özel Sayı, 93 - 110, 31.12.2021

Gülnur Yenilmez Kaçar

https://doi.org/10.32952/atauniiletisim.1034712

Cited By: 1

Öz

COVID-19 salgını sırasında, uzun süreli sosyal izolasyon ve sokağa çıkma kısıtlamaları nedeniyle
sosyal medya başlıca sosyal etkileşim ve iletişim aracı haline gelmiş ve bu nedenle sosyal medya
kullanımında önemli bir artış yaşanmıştır. Bundan hareketle, sosyal medya kullanımının yalnızlık
hissini hafifleterek ruh sağlığı üzerinde olumlu bir etkisi olduğu varsayılmaktadır. Mevcut çalışma,
pandemi döneminde sosyal medya kullanımı ile yalnızlık arasındaki ilişkiyi araştırmayı ve buna ilişkin
bir model önermeyi amaçlamaktadır. Bu hedef doğrultusunda 178 katılımcıya online anket uygulanmış
ve ilgili istatistiksel analizler SPSS 22.0 üzerinde yapılmıştır. Bulgular, sosyal medya kullanımı (sosyal
medyada geçirilen zaman, takipçi sayısı, hesap sayısı) ile yalnızlık arasında negatif bir ilişki olduğunu
ortaya koymuştur. Çalışma sosyal medyanın pandemi sırasındaki sosyal izolasyonun neden olduğu
yalnızlığı azaltmak için etkili bir sosyal etkileşim platformu olarak kullanılabileceğini ortaya
koymuştur.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Sosyal Medya, Sosyal Paylaşım Siteleri, Pandemi, Yalnızlık, Covid-19

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