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The social media networks that have gained importance by spreading the internet environment have shown a level of development that will impact the social life. These social networks have different influences on individuals while bringing a change and form of socialization beyond the traditional social life. Social media, especially on the Internet, is an important tool for socialization. The youth period, which is one of the main points of the socialization process, is also an important stage to be studied in this context. In this sense, the main theme of the study is the change and transformation created by social media environments in the ways of socialization of university students. This study aims to study the views of university students on social media as a field of socialization; in the context of cultural values, the nature of knowledge, the forms of relationships, the form of expression, cultural characteristics, and behavioral characteristics in social media environments. The research data was collected according to the data received from 394 students studying at Mersin University at the beginning of the 2018-2019 academic year (4 faculties, 1 high school and 1 professional high school). The data of the research was collected through an survey developed by the researcher. The data was previously encoded and uploaded to the SPSS package program. The research has studied the views of university students who participate in the research with the frequency and percentage-imaging statistical techniques carried out by monitoring sub-problems on social media networks as a field of socialization. The findings of the study suggest that university students do not behave honestly and honestly with other people in social media environments, they do not experience real friendship relationships. University students say that the knowledge in social media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media media.