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Purpose: This study was made in order to assess the relationship between the social media addiction of the students studying in the physical education and sports academy and their level of participation to physical activity according to some variables, starting from the importance of social media addiction creating the sedentary life based on the popular usage of internet. Method: The research group consisted of 143 students studying in the Physical Education and Sport Academy, Bartın University. In the research, as the data collection tool, developed by (Craig et al., 2003). The validity and reliability study of UFAA, the “international physical activity survey” done by (Öztürk, 2005) and the social media addiction scale, developed by (Ünal, 2015) were used. The data obtained for the research were primarily transferred to the computer environment and then, analyzed via SPSS 22 package software. The error margin level was taken as p < 0.05 in the research. Findings: Considering the physical characteristics of the students participating in the research, the age, length and body weight of the male students were found out as respectively: 21,57 ± 1,96 year, 178,41 ± 6,67 cm, 74,92 ± 10,16 kg, and of the female students: 20,48 ± 2,65 year, 166,33 ± 5,58 cm, 54,83 ± 9,91 kg Of the students, 20 study for teaching, 67 for trainer, 36 for sport management, and 20 for recreation departments. Again, of the students participating in the research, 79 stated that they study normal education and 67 evening education. Result: Statistical meaningfulness was found between the social media addiction level of the students participating in the research and the program they study. The meaningfulness was also seen in the result of the analysis done just after according to the gender variable of the physical activity participation statuses. In addition to this, a meaningful relationship was found out in the positive direction between sub-factors of social media addiction scale.

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