An Investigation by CAID Analysis of Variables That Affect of Reality Perception in Social Networks

Social networks, which have become part of everyday life, can affect individuals and societies in positive or negative ways. Today, with the privileges of tablet and smartphone entering our lives after laptops, routine jobs such as paying bills, reading books and making shopping have become possible through the internet. People now spend a long time in stores or boutiques and the needs they go on the internet at home, in the car, on the road, picnic and work places can be done with a single button. Sometimes the use of the Internet has become a necessity beyond preference. It has been observed that the efforts to determine the effects of social networks on individuals have intensified and diversified in recent times. The studies examine the effects of social networking on individuals. Social networks emerging as the 21st century's new social environment form like a new perception for the individual. The purpose of this work is to examine the perception of individuals' reality in the social network. This quantitative study is the general screening model. The universe of research is the undergraduate students of Van Yuzuncu Y？l University. In the study, purpose sample was used. The sample of the study consisted of 2660 students. Variables of the study were analyzed by Caid analysis. As a result of the study, it was concluded that the perception of reality in the social network of students, which is dependent variables is significantly related to the independent variables (whether they express feelings of anger in the social network, credibility of the news in the social network, sharing about themselves in the social network, credibility of sharing by other people in the social network, found to be affected in some way