A Survey Study on the Use of Internet and Social Networking of the Ege University Medical School Students and Doctors
Hülya Güler, Orhan Meral, Çetin Köse, Aslihan Teyin, Ender Şenol, Kocak, Aytac · DergiPark (Istanbul University) · 2015
AbstractToday, research shows that despite the rapid development of technology offers great advantages, there is also an increase in security breaches in recent years. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to evaluate the Ege University Medical Faculty composed of students and physicians who became volunteer participants', in terms of demographic data is available, internet use frequency and purpose of the internet usage, their operations, obtaining information about their usage of the internet and social networking use, their confidence in the social networking and the problems in this area. In this study, 54 physicians, 46 medical students summing up a total of 100 volunteer participants were given a questionnaire consisting of 29 questions about the internet and social networking usage, and the questionnaire data were analyzed with the statistical program. The mean age of the study participants was 25.5 ± 4.8, 54% were female. 10% of the respondents were receiving a training course Internet usage, 89% were using the internet every day, 84% stated that they were connecting to the internet from home. 57 participants (65.5%) of the 87 participants (%87) who said they were using social networking through the Internet reported that they were using social networking every day. The rate of the participants who have stated that they were using real information on social networks was %86. As a result of their shares, 47% stated that they were harassed, 5% stated that their profiles were seized by someone else, and 7% said that they have suffered damages. %95.7 of the group of %47 who were harassed was determined to be the people who were giving real identity information. Internet use has some of the benefits but it also has some disadvantages. With the sharing of personal information in the Internet environment, this information can be seen by people who are members of social networking and information technology is making the work of criminals easier than before.Key words: Definition of Internet, definition of informatics, cyber crimes