The evaluation of high school students' tendencies and opinions regarding e-diseases

Abstract It is known that with the developments in today's technology-based world, there is a significant increase in the possibilities of accessing the internet and the time spent using the internet. While internet-based technologies make life easier for individuals, situations that arise due to misuse also make life difficult. Uncontrolled use of the Internet, apart from its purpose of making life easier, triggers e-diseases, which refer to addiction to digital tools and the applications within these tools. The prevalence of these diseases among today's young people, who are called digital natives, is noteworthy. The aim of this study is to determine high school students' tendencies towards e-diseases such as "selfitis, cheesepodding, photolurking, fomo and facebook depression" and what they know about these diseases.The sample of the study consists of 480 students studying in 3 high schools (Anatolian high school, vocational high school and Imam Hatip high school) in Çaldıran district of Van. Maximum sampling method was used in sample selection. In the study conducted according to the mixed method approach, quantitative data were collected with the e-disease Trend Determination Survey and qualitative data were collected through a semi-structured form. SPSS 23 package program was used in the analysis of quantitative data, and MAXQDA 24 package program was used in the analysis of qualitative data. When the findings are evaluated in general; It has been determined that high school students are not inclined towards e diseases and that students have general knowledge about e-diseases. Keywords: high school, digital disease, digital, technology, addiction, e-disease