Abstract:

Social sharing sites, on the internet, which have millions of users who are able to share information and links within seconds, is of huge importance when looking at its density of usage. It can be/has been observed that according to studies/research conducted around/on social sharing sites, there has not been enough study/research conducted on how people of a higher level of education perceive or use social sharing sites. In this sense, this study is aimed at targeting academic staff to try to determine how they evaluate and use the internet and social sharing sites. In the survey study conducted on 150 academicians, it was aimed to focus on academicians from a similar background in the sense of public and foundation universities and quantitative and verbal working areas. According to results of the study, academicians, in addition to using the internet to access e-mail, frequently visit social sharing sites. Some of the most important results encountered in the study are; Twitter affects/influences opinions more than Facebook and Twitter is more frequently used by academicians whose study area are verbal disciplines. These and other evaluations show that Twitter and Facebook are defined differently in means of perception. Yet, another important result encountered is that communication on social sharing sites is not seen as important as face to face communication.

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