The progress societies take in progress becomes directly proportional to their adaptation to technology and their rapid catching up with change. In the computer age, all kinds of life layers of individuals are intertwined with technology. As a matter of fact, education, culture, health, social and all kinds of social life layers are being carried out through the internet, social networks and technological tools. While the Internet and social media have emerged as an alternative communication medium, they have emerged as an opportunity for individuals who have difficulty expressing themselves especially in the public sphere or in their social circles. Social networks, which provide opportunities for young people to make their voices heard, produce content, create networks by coming together with individuals who think like them, and increase their democratic participation by expressing their opinions on political and social issues, have also had positive effects in this context. This research was conducted to measure the social media usage purposes of music teacher candidates, and to determine whether their social media use purposes, situations and areas are related to social media use disorder or addiction. Social media usage scale were applied to the study group determined by the random assignment method within the scope of the research, and in the light of the data obtained, the social media usage status of the music teacher candidates was compared with the gender and individual instrument variables, and it was examined whether there was a significant difference between them
The aim of the study is to determine the preference rankings higher education students’ social media platform preferences for educational purposes. The most used social media platforms in which people spend their time are respectively Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, WhatsApp, and Facebook in Turkey. These nine social media platforms were scaled using the method of pair-wise comparison. Participants of the study were 492 higher education students in Turkey. Data analysis was done using the Thurstone V. equation of state equation. In this research, social media tools preferred by higher education students for educational purposes are listed respectively as Instagram, WhatsApp, YouTube, Twitter, Snapchat, Telegram, Pinterest, Facebook/FB Messenger and TikTok. Also, the preferences of female and male higher education students upon social media tools for educational purposes are examined. According to this for female students it is listed respectively as WhatsApp, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, Snapchat, Pinterest, Telegram, TikTok and Facebook/FB Messenger; and for male students, it is listed respectively as Instagram, WhatsApp, YouTube, Twitter, Telegram, Facebook/FB Messenger, Snapchat, and Pinterest. El objetivo del estudio es determinar las clasificaciones de preferencia de las preferencias de la plataforma de redes sociales de los estudiantes de educación superior con fines educativos. La plataforma de redes sociales más utilizada en la que las personas pasan más tiempo son Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, WhatsApp y Facebook en Turquía. Estas nueve plataformas de redes sociales se escalaron utilizando el método de comparación por pares. Los participantes del estudio fueron 492 estudiantes de educación superior en Turquía. El análisis de los datos se realizó utilizando la ecuación de estado de Thurstone V. En esta investigación, las herramientas de redes sociales preferidas por los estudiantes de educación superior con fines educativos se enumeran respectivamente como Instagram, WhatsApp, YouTube, Twitter, Snapchat, Telegram, Pinterest, Facebook / FB Messenger y TikTok. Además, se examinan las preferencias de los estudiantes de educación superior de ambos sexos sobre las herramientas de medios sociales con fines educativos. De acuerdo con esto, para las estudiantes femeninas, se enumera respectivamente como WhatsApp, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, Snapchat, Pinterest, Telegram, TikTok y Facebook / FB Messenger; y para los estudiantes masculinos, se enumera respectivamente como Instagram, WhatsApp, YouTube, Twitter, Telegram, Facebook / FB Messenger, Snapchat y Pinterest.
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