Abstract
NEW MEDIA USAGE PRACTICES OF USERS EKŞİ SÖZLÜK
People’s usings of internet tools has increased by the fast evolution of communication technologies such as internet, smartphone etc. Nowadays, the most important of this tools is new media. The new media; consists of platforms in which users can express themselves by virtual paths and socialize. These platforms, afford people an opportunity to express themselves and they are used by all sections of society without distinction of age. In this search, it has been tried to identify new media usage practices of writers who writes actively in web site called Ekşi Sözlük and represent a certain section of society; it has been expressed properties of usage internet that exists in all fields of everyday life and influences on our habits through survey study on 242 people which has been elected with simple random sample method between Eksi Sozluk writers.
Keywords
New media, Uses and Grafitications Theory, Ekşi Sözlük.
