ABSTRACT
Social network sites are widely used by many people nowadays for various aims. Many researches have been
done to analyze the usage of these sites in many different settings. In the literature the number of the studies
investigating the university students’ usage social network sites is limited. This research was carried out to
determine the social network sites usage of physical education and sports students for social and educational
purposes. This research was carried out by using descriptive/survey method. The research was done at the
School of Physical Education and Sport of Gazi University in Turkey. The participants of the study were
comprised of 167 students who are attending the School of Physical Education and Sports of Gazi University.
The data were collected by the researcher and analyzed by using several statistical techniques like t-test, Anova,
frequency and percentage with SPSS program. according to the results of the study, most of the students who are
attending the School of Physical Education and Sports think that social network sites can be used by university
students for educational purposes effectively.
Keywords: Social Network Sites, Physical Education, Internet.