Behaviours Disturbing Secondary School Students on the Internet

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the behaviors that secondary school students feel uncomfortable while using the internet. A total of 93 students including 51 boys and 42 girls studying at a secondary school in the Karatay district of Konya province were surveyed by taking their opinions in a written form. Students who were asked for their opinion were studying in the 6th, 7th and 8th grades and had been using the internet at least for a year. At the end of the research, the descriptive analysis technique was used in the analysis of the data obtained. As a result, most of the students reported opinions under the “Unintentional Notification and Pages" theme. Under this theme, students expressed opinion the most about "Bad Content Mail Receiving", "Unintentional Pop-up -Ad “and "Unintentional Request and Offers". In addition, students stated opinions a lot about the "Harmful Content and Advertising" theme. Obtained findings at the end the research were discussed and compared with the related literature.