Abstract
Social Media Habits of University Students: a Case of Necmettin Erbakan University
With the internet, there have been radical changes in our individual, commercial, social and society life. Especially the usage of the internet as an individual has led people beyond ordinary lifestyles. Through social networks, which are called social media and have millions of users, people almost move their living spaces to the digital space entirely. In this sense, social media has begun to take place more and more in human life. Especially young people show great interest in social media thanks to their unique attraction of social media, sharing of information on various topics, being interactive, providing interactivity and publishing individual thoughts. This research has been conducted in order to reveal the social media usage habits of young people, at example of university students. The field survey method was used in this study and data was collected by face to face survey technique from 520 participants. According to results of research; the duration of women's social media usage at one session is higher than that of men. As the duration of social media usage of university students increases; there is also an increase in the level of trust and dependence on social media. Wish of pleasure and relaxation, communication with friends and wish of having information in various subjects are in the first place among the reasons to direct usage of social media.
Keywords
Social media, university students, usage of internet
