EXAMINATION OF VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL ANATOLIAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS' OPINIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND INTERNET USE

Abstract

This study aims to examine the views of vocational and technical Anatolian high school students on social media and internet use. The purpose of our study is to examine the characteristics of the use of internet and social media in the literature and the emergence process, and accordingly, the internet usage habits of vocational and technical Anatolian high school students and their views on social media use. The views of female students between the ages of 14 and 18 were obtained with an interview form consisting of eight questions, and it is important to determine how much time they spend on the internet in terms of time management and which social media applications they use and how often. This is a qualitative study in which the data was collected with a semi-in-depth interview technique using the interview form created by the researcher. The phenomenology technique was used in the analysis of the data through the MAXQDA package program. In our study, it was concluded that female students studying in vocational and technical Anatolian high schools use the Instagram application the most, spend time on the internet on the weekends and use social media applications more for chatting. In order to examine the subject with different dimensions, it would be useful to examine different school types, age groups and to research from every field through the eyes of different branches of science.