A comparative study of social network usage and adoption among Turkish prospective teachers

Ünal, Aylin Tutgun; Köroğlu, Osman

doi:10.13054/mije.13.47.3.4

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“…However, the students in South Korea tend to be lonelier. As digital addictions may differ based on many variables among countries, it has become necessary to investigate factors affecting addiction such as loneliness (Tutgun, Deniz & Moon, 2011).…”

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A Comparative Study of Social Media Addiction Among Turkish and Korean University Students

Ünal¹

2020

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Social networks, where access is provided through mobile phones via the internet, have transformed our communication habits, while also paving the way for social media addiction. As social media addiction harms all areas of a person's life, this research has focused on identifying the addictions of young people who have not started their professional life yet. Considering that technology is involved in people's lives to different extents in different countries, country comparisons are considered important in digital addiction research. This study aims to compare social media addiction among university students from South Korea and Turkey. The "Social Media Addiction Scale" developed by Tutgun-Ünal and Deniz (2015) was used in this study conducted with 270 university students. Some of the findings obtained in studies using a comparative survey model are as follows: (a) social media addiction is low in both countries, (b) South Korean students' addiction was found at a higher level than those from Turkey, (c) students in South Korea are getting more emotional support from social media, (d) the addiction of South Korean students on conflict dimension was found higher, (e) students in Turkey communicate with their families via social media more than those in South Korea.

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A Comparative Study of Social Media Addiction Among Turkish and Korean University Students

Ünal¹

2020

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“…It can be elucidated that the young prefer the applications that provide social interaction on the internet (Caplan, 2005;Ceyhan, Ceyhan & Gürcan, 2007;Tutgun, 2009;Tutgun, Deniz & Moon, 2011).…”

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“…Smart phones those provide internet access help students not only interact with each other but also serve them to have an ongoing communication (Moeller & Reitzes, 2011). It can be elucidated that the young prefer the applications that provide social interaction on the internet (Caplan, 2005;Ceyhan, Ceyhan & Gürcan, 2007;Tutgun, 2009;Tutgun, Deniz & Moon, 2011).…”

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Exploring ELT Students’ Perception of Mobile Phone through Figurative Language

Şenel¹

2016

SUJE

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The aim of this study is to investigate, analyze and evaluate the mobile phone perceptions of ELT students by the help of figurative language. The participants of this study are Grade 3 and Grade 4 students of ELT Department at Samsun 19 Mayıs University, Faculty of Education, involving 139 students in total. In this research students were asked to use "simile" as a figurative language and complete the sentence "Mobile phone is as ……as……." in the target language. According to content analysis, the results showed that only 119 of 139 students produced valid sentences, completing sentences considering their social environments and their daily lives. According to the classification of the sentences depending upon the responses of the students, five conceptual categories were identified. At the end of the study, students were found to have both positive and negative concepts about mobile phones; for instance25.2% developed figurative language for 'part of life', 18.5% for 'addiction', 17.6% for 'entertainment', 31.1% for 'useful device' and 7.6% for 'dangerous factor' categories. Implications are given and suggestions made for language teachers at the end. Most of these results indicate that students' preferences change depending upon whether they benefit from the use of mobile phones.

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“…The number of studies about PIU among pre-service teachers in Turkey has been increasing in recent years (Cuhadar, 2012;Ozturk & Kaymak Ozmen, 2011;Senol-Durak & Durak, 2011;Tutgun, Deniz, & Moon, 2011). Most of those studies have found similar results about PIU in spite of some minor differences.…”

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An exploratory study of pre-service teachers’ features related to their online behaviors and Problematic Internet Use in the United States

Liu

2015

Computers in Human Behavior

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A comparative study of social network usage and adoption among Turkish prospective teachers

Cited by 11 publications

References 17 publications

A Comparative Study of Social Media Addiction Among Turkish and Korean University Students

A Comparative Study of Social Media Addiction Among Turkish and Korean University Students

Exploring ELT Students’ Perception of Mobile Phone through Figurative Language

An exploratory study of pre-service teachers’ features related to their online behaviors and Problematic Internet Use in the United States

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