The purpose of the study is the determination of the intended use of social networking sites of students studying in the School of Physical Education and Sports (S.P.E.S.) and demonstration of the current situation. In line with this purpose, answers were sought for the questions 'What are the intentions and aims of students studying in the School of Physical Education and Sports to use social networking sites?' and 'Do intended uses of students studying in the School of Physical Education and Sports differentiate in accordance with their demographic characteristics (gender, department, grade)?' The study population consists of students of the Schools of Physical Education and Sports of Kocaeli University and Sakarya University who have been studying in these schools in 2013-2014 academic year. 672 students were chosen from the study population by use of convenience sampling method. "Social Networking Sites Intended Use Scale" is the general screening model because of the reason that the existing situation was determined as a result of analysis of the obtained data with quantitative method. Frequency measurement, Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis test techniques were used for the analysis of data obtained from students. Consequently, the findings of this study have shown that gender and grade do not create a significant difference in the intended use of social networking sites of students who are studying in the Schools of Physical Education and Sports and the intended use of students can be classified in the issues including communication, sharing, publicity, recognition, education and enlightenment. ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR
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Atali, L., Sertbas, K., & Akkus, Z. (2014). Social Neworking Sites Usage of Students Studying in the S.P.E.S. CHOREGIA, 10(1), 45–56. https://doi.org/10.4127/ch.2014.0086
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