The Views of University Students Regarding Internet Addiction

In this study, it is aimed to determine the views of university students regarding Internet addiction. The study group consisted of 64 fourth year students studying at Kirikkale University Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Philosophy and Kirikkale University Faculty of Health Sciences’ Department of Child Development in Spring 2013–2014 academic year. In this study, university students’ views regarding Internet Addiction Form, which consists of nine open-ended questions, were developed by the researcher in order to determine the university students’ views about Internet addiction. According the findings of this research; not being able to fulfil the requirements of friendship, which are communication, sharing and responsibility; trying to overcome those via social media; being lonely, they have scarcely any family ties, the adolescent considers entering the courses and doing literature review in the library as a waste of time, and therefore, obtains insufficient academic information solely from the Internet.