Abstract:

The aim of this research is to illustrate the students of secondary education in terms of the digital literacy levels, the level of digital addiction and the virtual environment’s loneliness in terms of the various variables. The research was carried out with a visual scan model. The study group consists of 354 high school students studying in public schools. Data collection uses the Digital Reading Scale, the Digital Addiction Scale and the Virtual Environment Solitude Scale. The data obtained was studied through the Anova, T-Test, and Pearson correlation tests, and the following results were obtained: Students studying in different classes are at a similar level of digital literature, digital addiction and virtual environment loneliness levels. The levels of digital literature, digital addiction and virtual environment for girls and boys are similar to the levels of loneliness. There is a linear relationship between the levels of digital literature and digital addiction of students.

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