Communıcatıon Faculty Students 'socıal Medıa Usage Habıts: Uşak Unıversıty Sample

5. Innovation and Global Issues Congress

When the new technological developments in the 20 th century, the shape of communication has changed, some new notions have started to be used , such as: ''new communication, new media, social media''. With the emergence of new media facts, traditional journalism and media understanding have assumed to different formats and particularly, in the last 10 years, as the rapidly developing social media phenomenan affects many areas of our lives and also it has led to changing the press and journalism sectors. As McLuhan stated 'Global Village' concept has shapped nowadays, and communicating in interactive communication areas has started to come to a state. Because the usage of social media which makes possible interactive and fast communication environment, has reached intensive usage rate, it is necessary to evaluate communication in a new way. In this study, it was aimed to examine the students' usage patterns of social media usage, the way of following the news agenda and the satisfaction that they get from using social media within the framework of Uses and gratifications theory of Uşak University Communication Faculty students. Survey technique was used in the field survey conducted with the students. In the questionnaire, it was found out how the students use the social media, which channels the news agenda was followed from and the satisfaction they obtained as a result of using social media. As a result of the study, it was determined that the students who participated in the survey had social media usage habits based on similar reasons and that communication faculty students expected to be future specialists of news-like communication environments should be aware of the social media accounts and tools has been achieved.

2019

Emre Vadi BALCI, Yusuf ŞAHİN