Determination of university students' reasons of using social networking sites in their daily life

The aim of this research is to find out undergraduate students' reasons of using social media in their daily life. In this research students were chosen from Near East University's various departments. 229 volunteer undergraduate students from the department of teaching the mentally disadvantaged, department of music teaching, department of pre-school teaching, department of psychological counseling and guidance, and department of computer education and instructional technology were chosen as a sample. This study was applied during the 2013-2014 spring term. The survey was development by the author. This 5 type likert survey contains 16 positive statements. The collected data was analyzed with the SPSS package software. Results were shown through percentages and descriptions. According to the results, the most frequent reason for using social networking is for instant communication with their friends. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.