A Quantitative Research on the Relationship between the Level of Religious Orientation and Religious Sharing Attitude on Social Media: The Example of Erciyes University Faculty of Theology Students

Abstract

This research deals with the relationship between the level of religious orientation and religious sharing attitude on social media. Religious orientation, which is examined in many disciplines of social sciences, especially religious sciences, is defined as the individual’s way of applying his religious beliefs and religious values and putting them into practice. Religious content that can be positioned as an indicator of religious orientation is abundant in social media environments. This study tries to reveal the levels of religious orientation of the Faculty of Theology students and their religious sharing attitudes on social media. In this article, a questionnaire was applied to 481 students studying at the Erciyes University Faculty of Theology at the undergraduate level. T test, one-way ANOVA test, Pearson correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis were used in the analysis of the data obtained in this study. In the article, it was found that the levels of religious orientation of Erciyes University Faculty of Theology students and the average of their religious sharing attitudes on social media were high. Moreover it has been concluded that there is a significant relationship and effect between the levels of religious orientation and religious sharing attitudes on social media.