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Although major criticism of new media technologies, in particular social media environments, in particular the functioning of education and teaching, it is unlikely to deny the fact that digital methods and channels also affect today’s education at almost every stage. In this context, the way and content of social media is used also plays an important role in university and subsequent education. When used meaningfully and correctly, it makes the student’s learning journey pleasant, makes it easier to communicate with the teachers and can get faster answers to their questions. However, misuse and addiction in use can cause serious difficulties in both student and educational terms. This study has studied the use of social media and the role of social media environments in university education. The study, on the one hand, assessed the methods of social media and the frequency of applications that students applied especially when creating their relationships with their teachers; on the other hand, the teacher tried to respond to how they respond to the communications requests transmitted to them through digital media. According to this, research quality research methods have been carried out with the situation study scheme; a half-structured conversation with 20 faculty members in different universities has been conducted. The research has found that the university teachers actively use social media and communicate with their students through these environments. However, the communication established through social media has also been observed to have a negative effect on the educational distance between the student and the teaching staff and to have the student more frequently and more specific interest. Keywords: social media; education; university; new media; communication.