The ability of reading is an important part of teaching literacy and language acquisition. Reading improves the thinking ability by giving new concepts and ideas and enhances vocabulary and language which is essential in verbal communication. Because of the importance of reading, children and adolescents are encouraged to read by their parents, teachers and sometimes by national reading campaigns as an educational policy. Turkey launched a nationwide reading campaign targeting high school students in 2004, and another one aimed at primary school students in 2005 which is called the 100 Basic Literary Works reading campaign. This study investigated the reading habits of Turkish high school students. It also explored how students are influenced by family, teacher and peer group. Moreover, the study investigated the association between the students reading habits and their gender, school type and region. In addition, the study examined current efforts to encourage students to read. The study was conducted in 8 provinces and 8 districts of Turkey in 2012. The data was gathered thorough questionnaires with 2425 students from 86 high schools of 5 different types and interviews with 31 students, 15 teachers and 4 local education managers. The study found that 82.0% of young people in general read at least once or twice a week outside school for at least 30 minutes and 40.6% read every day or almost every day for leisure. It was found that females were more frequent and enthusiastic readers than males. The students from science high schools and Southern East Anatolia Region read more frequently. It was indicated that the majority of the students reported that they were aware of the 100 Basic Literary Works reading campaign but, in fact, they knew of the campaign in upper-primary school. The qualitative findings indicated that there was little awareness of the campaign in high schools. Libraries are important places to assist inculcate children s and young people s love of reading and provide free access to reading materials and sources but Turkish young people were not frequent users of libraries. Both teachers and students had concerns about lack of reading materials and poor facilities and services in public and school libraries in Turkey.

Bakgrund: I åldersgruppen 16–25 år är internet den starkaste informationskällan. Denna åldersgrupp är även de främsta användarna av sociala medier. Sociala medier kan medföra en hel del positiva effekter. Men studier har också visat att användning av vissa sociala medier kan ha negativa hälsoresultat för unga vuxna.  Syfte: Syftet med uppsatsen är att studera unga vuxnas reflektioner, tankar och upplevelser kring sociala medier och dess användning. Åldrarna i undersökningen är 15–30 år.  Design och metod: Studien utfördes via en kvantitativ tvärsnittsstudie med hjälp av enkäter via Facebook, enkäten var utformad med 16 frågor om hur unga vuxna använder sociala medier, varför och hur mycket. Enkäten låg ute på Facebook i tre dygn och genererad totalt 142 svar.  Resultat: Resultaten som framkom utav enkäten visade att alla förutom en använde sig av sociala medier. Det är nästan dubbelt så många kvinnor som män som har svarat på enkäten. De allra flesta använder sig av sociala medier ca en till fyra timmar om dagen. Men de framkommer också attityder och upplevelser kring sociala medier.  Slutsats: Många unga vuxna använder sig av sociala medier flera gånger om dagen, där de ständigt får ta del av andras värderingar och normer. Sociala medier berör unga vuxna på olika sätt och i olika utsträckning. De flesta påverkas positivt eller negativt eller till och med både och men trots detta använder de allra flesta sociala medier i alla fall.  Denna studie svarar dock inte på varför eller på vilka sätt sociala medier påverkar oss eftersom det inte har varit studiens syfte att undersöka detta. / Background: In the age group 16-25 years, the internet is the strongest source of information. This age group is also the main users of social media. Social media can have a lot of positive effects. But studies have also shown that the use of some social media may have negative health results for young adults.Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to study the reflections, thoughts and experiences of young adults about social media and its use. The ages studied in this study are 15-30 years.Design and method: The study was conducted via a quantitative cross-sectional study using surveys via Facebook, the questionnaire was designed with 16 questions about how young adults use social media, why and how much. The survey was on Facebook for three days and generated a total of 142 responses. Result: The results of the survey showed that all but one used social media. Almost twice as many women as men have answered the questionnaire. The vast majority use social media about one to four hours a day. But they also evoke attitudes and experiences around social media. Conclusion: Many young adults use social media several times a day, where they constantly share other people's values ​​and norms. Social media affects young adults in different ways and to varying degrees. Most people are positively or negatively affected or even both, and yet most of them use social media anyway. However, this study does not answer why or in what way social media affects us because it was not the purpose of the study to investigate this.