Social Media Addiction of Social Studies and Class Teacher Candidates

Hüseyin Mertol,Ayşe Alkan

doi:10.13189/ujer.2019.070708

Abstract

Social Media Addiction of Social Studies and Class Teacher Candidates

Highlights

With the development of Web 2.0 technologies, different internet platforms have been used to prioritize social interaction, cooperation and sharing
This study aimed to evaluate the social media addiction of teacher candidates
While this situation shows that people do not act honestly in social media. they can make them happy individually but they do not give trust [27].In studies conducted for the purpose of using social media, the participants stated that they used social networks to maintain social relations, share personal information and thoughts [28,29]

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Introduction

With the development of Web 2.0 technologies, different internet platforms have been used to prioritize social interaction, cooperation and sharing. One of them is the social networking sites where people exchange information and share their personal information [2,3]. The social network allows people to share their thoughts and interact on the Internet. Social networks can be defined as an environment where people share their personal information in addition to the exchange of information [3]. Social media is an interactive media where contents are created by users and music, images, animations, videos and podcasts are shared through websites [5]. Ryan [6] defines social media as the term used to describe web-based software and services that allow users to interact online and engage in social interaction where they exchange ideas. Twitter, Foursquare, Instagram, Snapchat, Whatsapp, Swarm, LinkedIn and Youtube can be added to the most used social media platforms

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