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Online Social Network Sites for K-12 Students: Socialization or Loneliness

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dc.creator Serhat Bahadır KERT
dc.date 2011-10-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2015-08-12T11:24:50Z
dc.date.available 2015-08-12T11:24:50Z
dc.identifier 2223-4934
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/88acd9bbd67b4687b558e5d60eb0890c
dc.identifier.uri http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/30010
dc.description Social Network Sites (SNSs) are online environments used by many of internet users from different ages for years. These environments, which support inter-individual communication with multimedia sharing and multiuser online games, are updated and shaped in accordance with the needs of individuals who have to cope with the tensions of daily life. The main purpose of a SNS is to provide an online social sharing and communication platform, however, it is still ambiguous whether there is a significant correlation between the tendency to use social networks and loneliness. Loneliness has long been associated with excessive use of the Internet, however, the use of SNSs has caused internet to gain a new role related to social interaction. In this study, SNS usage preferences of 170 high school students were surveyed and some relations between these preferences and students’ loneliness level were analyzed. Students' loneliness level was measured by means of UCLA loneliness scale developed by Russell, Peplau and Cutrona (1980). The results revealed that there was a negative correlation between the number of user’s friends on SNS and the UCLA loneliness scale points.
dc.language English
dc.publisher Federal College of Education
dc.relation http://ijsse.com/sites/default/files/paper%203_0.pdf
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/2223-4934
dc.source International Journal of Social Sciences and Education, Vol 01, Iss 04, Pp 326-339 (2011)
dc.subject Social network sites (SNSs)
dc.subject Social interaction
dc.subject online learning and interaction.
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Social sciences (General)
dc.subject H1-99
dc.subject Social Sciences
dc.subject H
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Social sciences (General)
dc.subject H1-99
dc.subject Social Sciences
dc.subject H
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Social sciences (General)
dc.subject H1-99
dc.subject Social Sciences
dc.subject H
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Social sciences (General)
dc.subject H1-99
dc.subject Social Sciences
dc.subject H
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Social sciences (General)
dc.subject H1-99
dc.subject Social Sciences
dc.subject H
dc.title Online Social Network Sites for K-12 Students: Socialization or Loneliness
dc.type article


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