Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
ATLANTIC JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION, cilt.33, sa.5, ss.1-24, 2024 (ESCI)
Second screen use
is becoming increasingly popular among young people. Türkiye can be expressed
as a place where the use of devices such as TV, phone, tablet and computer is
widespread. This study, which is based on the uses and gratifications approach,
seeks answers to the following questions: a) which devices are used as second
screens, b) with which TV programs they are used, c) with what kind of
motivations they are used by Generation Z members who still watch TV. We
collected data from university students using a questionnaire and the
convenience sampling method, which is a type of non-probabilistic sampling,
through SPSS. The data showed that Generation Z primarily uses smartphones as
second screens, and only a few use second screen applications on their mobile
phones. Music programs are the most popular thematic programs watched together
with the second screen. Women tend to use their second screens for watching
series and shopping. Generation Z prefers using a "smartphone with
computer" as a second screen. Future studies could investigate the
motivations of students and academics to use second screens in distance education.
Additionally, future studies can investigate the usage habits of second screens
in second language learning.