Relationship Between Social Media and Political-Social Events: A Research from the Perspective of University Students

Communication is one of the important conditions for the existence of individuals and societies. "Social media" is essential for bringing together the masses and increasing the interaction between them. Today, the intensity of the use of social media increased significantly. Social media plays an important role in the daily life of individuals in Turkey, where the amount of young population is quite large. By examining the current literature, it can be seen that field researches regarding the relationship between social media and political-social events are not sufficient. For this reason, it is required to carry out field researches on this topic and to analyse and evaluate it sociologically. Accordingly, the aim of acquiring such data in this study is extremely important. Through this study, it has been tried to help to fill the gap of sociological evaluation, which has been considered as a deficiency in the current literature. In this study, it has been aimed to evaluate the relationship between social media and political-social events by the viewpoint of university students and the topic is limited to the Adnan Menderes University (Aydın/TURKEY). The method of questionnaire was used in the research and the questions, which were prepared in accordance with the purpose, were replied by 400 university students. In this context, data pertaining to the relationship between social media and political-social events has been tried to obtain from the perspective of university students with quantitative research.

Anahtar Kelimeler: The Internet, Social Media, Political-Social Events, University Students

Communication is one of the important conditions for the existence of individuals and societies. "Social media" is essential for bringing together the masses and increasing the interaction between them. Today, the intensity of the use of social media increased significantly. Social media plays an important role in the daily life of individuals in Turkey, where the amount of young population is quite large. By examining the current literature, it can be seen that field researches regarding the relationship between social media and political-social events are not sufficient. For this reason, it is required to carry out field researches on this topic and to analyse and evaluate it sociologically. Accordingly, the aim of acquiring such data in this study is extremely important. Through this study, it has been tried to help to fill the gap of sociological evaluation, which has been considered as a deficiency in the current literature. In this study, it has been aimed to evaluate the relationship between social media and political-social events by the viewpoint of university students and the topic is limited to the Adnan Menderes University (Aydın/TURKEY). The method of questionnaire was used in the research and the questions, which were prepared in accordance with the purpose, were replied by 400 university students. In this context, data pertaining to the relationship between social media and political-social events has been tried to obtain from the perspective of university students with quantitative research.

Keywords: The Internet, Social Media, Political-Social Events, University Students