Abstract:

The purpose of the research is to study a number of variables that affect the purpose of social media use of the students of the Faculty of Theology. Relational scan model was used in the research. The sampling, which is easily determined by the sampling model, consists of 300 students studying in different theological faculty. The data was analyzed with the SPSS package program, the frequency analysis for visual statistics, the independent variables and the social media use purposes were tested. The analysis found that the daily time of browsing on the internet was concentrated between 1-2 hours and 3-4 hours, while the daily time of browsing on social media was concentrated between 1 hour and 1-2 hours. A meaningful relationship has been established between gender-based social media use for the purpose of religious content sharing and class-based learning for the purpose of communication. The daily time of browsing on the internet and the agenda follow, a meaningful relationship between using social media for the purposes of entertainment, because it is tired has been found. In the social media, according to the time of navigation, a statistically meaningful relationship between use for the purpose of follow-up, use for chat, use for educational purposes, use because of fatigue, use for entertainment, use for religious sharing has been identified.

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