An Examination of Postgraduate Studies on Phubbing (Sociotelism) in Türkiye
Abstract
The aim of this study is to examine the studies on phubbing in Turkey with certain criteria. In the study, 25 theses on phubbing, which were published in the YÖK National Thesis Center between 2019-2023 and open to access, were examined by document analysis method. SPSS 25 package program was used to analyze the data. As a result of the research, it was seen that phubbing research was also examined with the concepts of sociotelism and tele-hiçleme. It was determined that the first thesis was published in 2019 and the studies showed a great increase in 2023, with a sample group of at least 148 people and at most 1050 people, with university students at most, with teachers at least, and all of the studies were conducted with quantitative methods. One of the results obtained from the studies is that there is no qualitative thesis study on phubbing. Another conclusion reached in the study is that experimental methods are not applied in phubbing studies. In line with the findings obtained from the studies, it was determined that there were no studies on phubbing at the primary and secondary school level, and few studies were conducted at the secondary education level. It was concluded that research can be conducted with activities in different age groups, with different research methods; in student, parent, teacher and adult sample groups.
Keywords
Phubbing , Sociotelism , Document Analysis , Graduate Theses
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