Internet and social media addiction

Being one of the indispensable habits of today, internet use has become a phenomenon that facilitates our social life in many areas such as daily life, environment, family environment, business and education. Although the internet provides many advantages such instant access to information through fast communication and interaction, it also brings about several social and psychological problems when unconsciously used. This research aims to define the internet and social media addiction among university students and to assess the levels of addiction. A face to face survey was conducted in this research in order to determine the internet and social media addiction levels of university students. According to the findings of the research, all of the participants use internet and 99.3% use social media. When internet and social media addictions of university students are examined, it is seen that 21.8% of the students are internet and social media addicts. In addition, 56.5% of the students are at risk of internet addiction and their addiction is at threshold level. Similarly, 58.6% of the students are at the risk of social media addiction and their addiction is at threshold level. Keywords: Internet, Internet Addiction, Social Media Addiction