Vol.7, No.2, May 2018.                                                                                                                                                                             ISSN: 2217-8309

                                                                                                                                                                                                                eISSN: 2217-8333

 

TEM Journal

 

TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION, MANAGEMENT, INFORMATICS

Association for Information Communication Technology Education and Science


Teacher Candidates' Opinions Regarding Instructional and Safe Use of Social Networks and

Internet Addiction Risk Levels

 

Enis Fasli, Fezile Ozdamli

 

© 2018 Enis Fasli, published by UIKTEN. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License. (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

 

Citation Information: TEM Journal. Volume 7, Issue 2, Pages 405-410, ISSN 2217-8309, DOI: 10.18421/TEM72-23, May 2018.

 

Received: 22 January 2018
Accepted: 29 March 2018
Published: 25 May 2018

 

Abstract:

 

In conjunction with the development and advancement of internet technologies, social networking sites have created a socialization environment. Instructors point out that these tools must be used as an active and different form of communication with students. Also, participation of the students through social networking sites should be encouraged. However, the risk of internet addiction has also become widespread on the increase use of social networks. The aim of this research is to “determine the opinions of teacher candidates on the use of social networking sites in education and Internet addiction risk levels”. General survey model was used in this research in order to determine the opinions regarding social networks of teacher candidates from the education faculties in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and figure out their internet addiction risk levels. “Use of Social Networks in Education Scale” developed by Ozturk and Akgun and “Internet Addiction Test” developed by Young were used in this research. According to the results of the study, it has been figured out that almost all of the teacher candidates think that sharing information through social networking sites is either partially safe or not safe. Besides, most of the teacher candidates feel anxious about keeping information as confidential. Another important result is that teacher candidates are internet users at an average level. It also shows that they might spend too much time on the internet however they use internet in a controlled manner.

 

Keywords –Teacher candidate, internet addiction, social network.

 

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