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Üniversite Gençliğinin TikTok Kullanımı: Duygusal ve Sosyal Yalnızlık ile TikTok Bağımlılığı Arasındaki İlişki

Year 2024, Issue: 45, 100 - 121, 30.06.2024
https://doi.org/10.17829/turcom.1373818

Abstract

Sosyal ağlarda çeşitli platformlarda farklı amaçlarla varlık gösteren bireylerin problemli sosyal medya
kullanım davranışlarını açıklamak amacıyla disiplinler arası çalışmalar yürütülmektedir. Sosyal medya
kullanımı bilinçsiz ve aşırı olduğunda, bu davranış türü bağımlılık olarak değerlendirilmektedir.
Davranışsal bağımlılık ise birçok psikolojik değişkenle ilişkilendirilerek açıklanmaktadır. Bu çalışmada
TikTok, diğer sosyal medya platformlarından ayrılan özellikleriyle, problemli bir çevrim içi davranış
olarak bağımlılık ve duygusal ile sosyal yalnızlık perspektifinde incelenmiştir. Bu kapsamda araştırma,
duygusal ve sosyal yalnızlığın TikTok bağımlılığı üzerindeki etkilerini ortaya çıkarmayı ve dijital bağımlılık
farkındalığına katkı sağlamayı amaçlamaktadır. Gerçekleştirilen saha araştırmasında veriler, Eskişehir’de
öğrenim gören 550 üniversite öğrencisinden (Anadolu Üniversitesi, Osmangazi Üniversitesi ve Eskişehir
Teknik Üniversitesi) yüz yüze anket tekniği kullanılarak elde edilmiştir. Araştırmanın sonucunda cinsiyete
göre farklılaşma olduğu tespit edilmiş, erkeklerin sosyal yalnızlık ve duygusal aile yalnızlığı ortalamalarının
kadınlara oranla daha fazla olduğu bulgulanmış, kişinin yalnızlığının ise TikTok bağımlılığında belirleyici
olduğu saptanmıştır.

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The Use of TikTok by University Youth: The Relationship Between Emotional and Social Loneliness and TikTok Addiction

Year 2024, Issue: 45, 100 - 121, 30.06.2024
https://doi.org/10.17829/turcom.1373818

Abstract

Interdisciplinary studies are being conducted to explain problematic social media usage behaviors exhibited
by individuals across various platforms in social networks. When social media usage becomes unconscious
and excessive, this behavior is evaluated as addiction. Behavioral addiction is explained by associating it
with numerous psychological variables. In this study, TikTok has been examined in terms of addiction
as a problematic online behavior and from the perspectives of emotional as well as social loneliness,
highlighting its distinguishing features from other social media platforms. Accordingly, the research aims
to uncover the effects of emotional and social loneliness on TikTok addiction and contribute to digital
addiction awareness. Data from a field study involving 550 university students (from Anadolu University,
Osmangazi University, and Eskişehir Technical University) in Eskişehir were collected using face-to-face
survey technique. The results of the study revealed gender differences, indicating that men tend to exhibit
higher levels of social loneliness and emotional family loneliness compared to women, with an observed
significance in determining loneliness as a factor in TikTok addiction.

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Primary Language Turkish
Subjects Communication Studies
Journal Section Research Articles
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Şükrü Balcı 0000-0002-0477-0622

Tuğçe Esin Pınarbaşı 0000-0002-6790-0420

Fatma Kübra Astam 0000-0001-5056-4558

Publication Date June 30, 2024
Submission Date October 10, 2023
Acceptance Date May 7, 2024
Published in Issue Year 2024 Issue: 45

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APA Balcı, Ş., Pınarbaşı, T. E., & Astam, F. K. (2024). Üniversite Gençliğinin TikTok Kullanımı: Duygusal ve Sosyal Yalnızlık ile TikTok Bağımlılığı Arasındaki İlişki. Türkiye İletişim Araştırmaları Dergisi(45), 100-121. https://doi.org/10.17829/turcom.1373818

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