WHAT IS “SOCIAL MEDIA”?

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“Like a social instrument of communication”

Mobile-basedFree time and spaceBased on human communication Sharing and discussionQuestions and answersİnformal education wayUser-generated contentSocial platform

From one-way street where you can read a newspaper or listen to a report on television

To a two-way street that gives you the ability to communicate,too.

PROVIDES US

Not just give you information, but interacts with you while giving you that information.

simple as asking for your comments or letting you vote on an article,complex based on the ratings of other people with similar interests.

IN THE WORL

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2.4 billion internet users since 2013,more than half of these has a continuous social network

1.Tayland (12.797.500), 2.Endenozya (11.658.760), 3.Brezilya (8.791.700), 4.Türkiye (8.325.860), 5.Meksiko (7.743.220)

Social Media: Explained for MomsFACEBOOK : I like sleep.TWITTER : Dreaming of sleep. # tiredINSTAGRAM:Here’s an old looking photo of my sleep –deprived

face.PANDORA : Now, listening to “need some sleep”GOOGLE : I’m a google employee who needs sleep.

What are the aims ?

Mostly, which ages ?

How often used ?

Most common social network?

Computer and internet skill are related or not?

The results of Information Management Department of Hacettepe University

the students in Turkey to find out their skills in using the Internet,

Web 2.0 tools,social networks…

It is understood that they think themselves about using İnternet :

%54 partially sufficient%40 sufficient%6 not sufficient

according to the classes

except the last grade ,

Students assessthemselves partially

sufficient

62% last grade think

themselves sufficient about

computers and the Internet.

time spent on the Internet indicates that:

47% 1 to 3 hours a day,

34%More than 3

hours,

10%less than 1

hour-day,

9%several times a

week

The students evaluated themselves about

using social media applications:34% of The students feelssufficient,

56% of them feels partially sufficient

9% of them feels inadequate

When consider the time they spend in social media;

# 40%1-3 hours

# 14%more than 3 hours

# 22%less than an hour

# 20%several times a week

# 4%actively using thenetworks all day long

Objectives of the students use Social Media follow current developments and innovations (47%)

share information (22%)

leisure (21%)

To learn the views of others on a particular subject (6% )

to share their views with other people (3% )

The Factors That Influence The Young People To Become A Member Of A Social Network

Students 1.Grade 2.Grade 3.Grade 4.Grade

Factors Number % Number % Number % Number %

Friend

suggestion

36 53 30 56,5 18 42 18 37,5

Surfing on the

net

21 31 17 32 16 37 23 48

Resources 6 9 1 2 3 7 5 10,5

Lessons 4 6 4 7,5 3 7 2 4

Other 1 1 1 2 3 7 0 0

Total 68 100 53 100 43 100 48 100

“Which social networks/tools

are used among the students?”

82.7% of the students use

in second place with the rate of 81%,

The third is a web platform which was developed by

Microsoft, (66.4%)

social media as an educational tool

Information Management Department of Anadolu University

The staff had a study about “using facebook” as an educational tool.

The results:

67 teachers (30 woman-37 men) 41-45 years old50 teachers have “facebook”

%72 of staff find it useful for course announcements

%62 of staff find it useful for giving homework

%64 belives facebook group has good effects on common interest and requirements.

Most of them has good thoughts about teaching their lessons on facebbok

Only one of 284 lessons is active on FB.All think positively on FB.

A research on Value Education Using Facebook Groups

• by the Ministry of National Education, Turkey

• sixth-graders

• sharing poems, proverbs, idioms, anecdotes, pictures, videos, etc. about “love” via Facebook groups.

satisfaction questionnaire

Students indicate that:

1.Had fun2.Felt relaxed and improved self-confidence3.Out of class activities were more relaxed4.Took feedback comment immediately5.Really useful for interacting continuously

Prepared by Esra DEĞİRMENCİ

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