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This study aims to examine the social networking skills levels of teachers candidates according to their conditions of use of social networks. In accordance with this purpose, the screening model was used in research. The sample of the study consists of 701 teachers candidates who continue to a bachelor's programme at a state university in the spring semester of the 2012-2013 educational year. In the study, the data related to the use of social networks were obtained by the researcher's "Social Networks Use Survey" and the social skills levels were evaluated by Riggio's "Social Skills Inventory" developed in 1989 and adapted to Turkey in 2004. Since the research data did not meet the assumptions of parametric tests, the analysis of the data used the Mann-Whitney U test and the Kruskal Wallis Varyans Analysis. If there is a significant difference in the result of the Kruskal Wallis variance analysis, the Bonferroni corrected Mann Whitney U test was used to determine which groups the difference is between. According to the results of the study, the level of social narrative skills of the teacher candidates significantly differs according to the status of membership in social networks, the time they are members of social networks, the number of social networks they actively use, the time they spend on social networks on a day, the status of commenting on the content on social networks, the status of using facial icons in their communications on social networks. However, the level of social narrative skills of the teacher candidates does not show a significant difference depending on the purposes of the most use of social networks. Recommendations are made based on the results obtained.

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This study is intended to researche candidate teachers’ social expressivity skill levels according to their use of social network sites. Survey method is used based on this purpose. Sample of the study is composed of 701 candidate teachers studying at a state university, Faculty of Education in Spring semester of 2012 – 2013 academic year. The data on the usage of social networking sites is collected through the “Social Network Sites Usage Survey” developed by the researcher and the social skills levels were assesed through “Social Skills Inventory”, developed by Riggio in 1989 and translated into Turkish by Galip Yüksel in 2004. As the data of the research doesn’t meet the hypothesis of the parametric tests, Mann – Whitney U test and Kruskal Wallis Variance Analysis have been used for data analysis. In case of detection of a significant difference as a result of Kruskal Wallis variance analysis, Mann Whitney U test, adjusted by Bonferroni, was used in order to determine the groups between which difference is significant. According to the results of the study, Social expressivity skill levels of teacher candidates showed significant difference with respect to their membership of social network sites, the duration of their membership to social network sites, the average of daily time spent on social network sites, their making comments on contents in social network sites, their main purpose of using social network sites and their use of smileys in social network sites.. However, no significant difference detected among total social skill levels with respect to their main purpose of using social network sites. Suggestions were made based upon the obtained results.

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