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Facebook Addiction Levels of Students in the Physical Education and Sport Department
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Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology Volume 4, Number 2,

Abstract

Time spent using various technological equipment increases every day with rapid technology development. Unfortunately, technology addiction is becoming an important issue. Especially with the development and ubiquity of mobile technologies, social media addiction is expanding. The aim of this study is to measure the Facebook addiction levels of 274 students at the Physical Education and Sports Teaching Department in a public university in Turkey and to examine their Facebook addiction levels against a number of variables. Descriptive method was used within the framework of the study and the "Facebook Addiction Survey" developed by Çam and Isbulan (2012) was used as the data collection instrument. The results of the study show the students had low levels of Facebook addiction. On the other hand, when the Facebook addiction level mean scores were compared, male students were seen to have higher scores than female students. Students in the 3rd grade had higher mean scores than those in the 1st and 2nd grades. Although Facebook addiction is not a problem among the students, proactive action is needed to enhance student awareness of the problem and ensure future teachers can be role models in an addiction-free academic environment.

Citation

Yaman, Ç. (2016). Facebook Addiction Levels of Students in the Physical Education and Sport Department. Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, 4(2), 1-7. Retrieved December 9, 2023 from .

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