Lise Öğrencilerinin Sosyal Medya Tutumlarının Araştırılması (Antalya Örneği)

Abstract

Worsening mental health among high school students during the pandemic has been a serious health problem worldwide. The decrease in face-to-face socialization opportunities of high school students studying distance education during the Covid-19 pandemic has led to a significant increase in the use of social networks and social media. However, overuse can support addiction tendencies towards these platforms and have negative consequences for the mental health of high school students. The aim of this study is to examine the attitudes of high school students towards the use of social media in education according to different variables. The sample of the study consisted of 319 students selected by simple random method, studying in the 10th, 11th, and 12th grades of an Anatolian High School in Antalya. The research was designed as a descriptive survey, one of the quantitative research models, and the 'Social Media Attitude Scale' consisting of 23 items developed by Otrar and Argın (2015) was used as a measurement tool. Adolescents' social media usage purposes were evaluated according to the variables of gender, class level, family income, family education and family working status, time spent on social media, and the number of friends they made in social media. In the research, t-Test was used for independent tests for binary variables, and Anova Test for three or more variables, which is one of the parametric statistical analysis tests.