Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Tezin Türü: Yüksek Lisans
Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, Eğitim Fakültesi, Bilgisayar ve Öğretim Teknolojileri Eğitimi Bölümü, Türkiye
Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2017
Öğrenci: HACER BİLÜ
Danışman: İBRAHİM SONER YILDIRIM
Özet:Mobile phones have become a part of our everyday life thanks to being used anytime and anywhere. They offer many features to users, which have turned them into devices that used for much more than calling and messaging. Moreover, previous studies indicate that mobile phones have drawbacks for users as well as benefits. Users have become addicted to their mobile phones and they experience negative emotions in case of separation from them. In addition, the use of mobile phones directly/indirectly affects the academic performance of college students which results in the decline of academic achievement. Thus, there is a need for studies that examining the mobile phone usage behaviors of college students. This study is a Casual-Comparative research which aims to investigate the extent of the relationship among students’ mobile phone affinity and their gender and type of their mobile application usage. The data was collected via Internet as an online survey which consists of Mobile Phone Affinity Scale and Student’s Demographic Information from 252 participants aging 19 to 29. In addition to this, the data was collected over the course “Introduction to Information Technologies and Applications” which is an online undergraduate course at METU introducing basic information technology concepts and applications. As a result of the study it has been found that females use mobile phones more than males on three dimensions; Addiction, Anxious Attachment, and Empowerment. Additively, students who use Social Media mobile app reported more mobile phone usage in terms of Connectedness, Anxious Attachment, and Addiction.