It is an undeniable fact that the use of technology and social media, which have become a part of our daily lives, has covered a large area of our lives
. When this is the case, is it a dependency or a need? We often have difficulties in finding the answer to the question, and most of the time we do not need to ask. (Ertemel and Eroğlu Pektaş) in 2018 on Mobile Technology Addiction with 24 university students, the result of the qualitative study seems quite remarkable. To the question of what is your smartphone usage frequency, 45% of the participants answered between 4-7 hours.
On the other hand, students who spend more than 8 hours a day on the mobile internet constitute 20% of the participants. The total of the students who spend less than 1 hour and between 1-3 hours constitute 32% of the participants.
Depending on the conditions of our age, while technology and social media are so central to our lives
it may seem very difficult for people who do not fall into the addicted category to break away from it.
As a matter of fact, most of us. While we did not feel dependent yet, we turned to the technological tools that enable us to use social media platforms and to access these platforms
. Curiosity, keeping up with the advancing technology and need can be considered among the main reasons for this tendency, which can have multiple reasons. "Social media, as the purpose of students' use of smartphones, was the highest in terms of rate with 32.7%. As for students' use of smart phones, "educational situations" were the lowest in terms of rate with 8.2%. In addition, the purpose of using the smart phone of the students
is 14.9% to talk, 22.5% for texting and other situations (surfing the Internet,
listening to music, playing games, taking photos-videos, etc.) % 21.8 came out.
We can state that another important use of technology and social media addiction is the desire to be happy and
escape from the intensity of daily life. As a result of this behavior By moving away from the moment
we accept the technological reality and the happiness brought by instant sharing
. (South, 2017)' According to this, individuals can experience happiness by interacting with many familiar or unfamiliar people as a result of social media interactions and the satisfaction they receive in return. As a result of this situation that pleases the person, a vicious circle chain will begin and
the individual may be caught in the ocean of addiction without realizing it.
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