THE EXAMINATION OF USING SOCIAL MEDIA BY SPORT SCIENCE FACULTY STUDENTS AS A COMMUNICATION TOOL IN TERMS OF SOME VARIABLES

The aim of this study is to examine using social media by faculty of sport science students as a communication tool in terms of some variables. 145 female and 190 male students, totally 335, studying in faculty of sport sciences at Mu？la S？tk？ Ko？man University constituted the study group. Using Social Media Scale, developed by Altunbas and Kul (2015) and Demographic Form, designed by the author were used for data collection. Descriptive analysis was used for the analysis of demographic variables. T-test and one-way ANOVA test were used for the analysis of difference between variables in terms of using social media preferences. Tukey HSD test was used for which group caused the differences. Significant level was accepted as p<0.05. Consequently, significant difference was found between genders, age groups, department, the times spent on social media, following official social media accounts of the university and using fake accounts on social media in terms of using social media scal