Open AccessIndividual’s Use of Leisure and Social Media: The Case of Northern Cyprus
Author(s) -
Bahar Ozturk Gungor,
İbrahim Özejder,
Savas Gungor
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista de cercetare şi intervenţie socială
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1584-5397
pISSN - 1583-3410
DOI - 10.33788/rcis.73.11
Subject(s) - social media , addiction , psychology , leisure activity , leisure time , social psychology , order (exchange) , distribution (mathematics) , developmental psychology , sociology , physical activity , computer science , mathematics , medicine , mathematical analysis , finance , neuroscience , world wide web , economics , physical medicine and rehabilitation
When we define human as a social being, we can say that one has to adapt to the society, and continue the life depending on that society. Individuals have formed some behavioral patterns in order to adapt to their environment. In Northern Cyprus, how the preferences of the individuals vary in their time, especially in terms of gender, age group, education level, the social media application preferred by the individual and how many hours they spend daily in this social media application, the individual’s social media, the positive or negative relationship between usage reasons and social media addiction and leisure time were analysed. In order to obtain how the preferences of individuals vary in their free time especially during the pancemic a qualitative method was used. The positive or negative relationship between usage reasons and social media addiction and leisure time was analsed by comparing frequencies. The data obtained from the participants included in the study were statistically analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) 26.0 data analysis program. The distribution of the characteristics of the participants showed significant differences.