Abstract:

Every day, with the internet getting more and more in our lives, social media has become an unnecessary communication environment. Social media tools that can be used through the Internet influence their users’ social abilities, their perceptions of the profession and their preferences of communication. It is necessary to know the user’s perceptions (positions) to determine the level and purposes of the social media they spend most of their time. The main objective of this study is to reveal the attitudes of teachers candidates regarding the use of social media. According to the screening model, the research developed by Otrar and Argın (2015) has used the Social Media Attitude Scale. The sample of the study consists of 285 teachers candidates who studied in the last class of the University of Inönü Education Faculty in the 2016-2017 educational year. The analysis of the statistical program resulted in the study of the attitudes of the teacher candidates towards social media, the state of being an internet connection, the state of being a computer, the time of being an internet connection, the gender, the type of device used to connect to the internet, the state of being any social network membership, the purpose of using the internet and the time of daily use of the internet are influenced by the variants.

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