Özet:

Today, the use of social media is becoming an indispensable habit for people to stay in communication with each other, with positive aspects such as entertainment, providing faster news and business opportunities. In addition, the lack of effective use of the time spent on social media often can result in negative consequences especially for young people. This study aims to explore the relationship between the time youth spends on social media, social media usage habits and living satisfaction levels. In accordance with this objective, the survey was applied to university students who studied in the Adana province during the 2018-2019 educational period and the survey results were analyzed by appropriate statistical methods. According to the findings from the study, university students use social media to spend the most of their time, and the longer they spend on social media, the more they participate in the idea of "using social media increases the level of happiness." In addition, there was no meaningful relationship between the time the university students spent on social media and the level of life satisfaction. University students have found positive and statistically meaningful relationships between their levels of life satisfaction and their use of social media for the purpose of making friendship, tracking friends and playing games.

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