The Predictive Power of University Student’s Attitudes towards Technology on Alienation

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to describe predictive power of university student’s attitudes
towards technology on alienation. Correlational survey method was used in this quantitative research. To
collect research data Pupils' Attitudes towards Technology and Student Alienation Scale was used. The
research data were collected from 1007 Bozok University students who are studying in the faculties of
education, science literatüre, theology, communication, economic and administrative sciences, engineering,
agriculture and natural sciences and health high school and pedagogic formation students in education
faculty. Data were analyzed by multiple linear regression analysis. As a result, it was said that university
student’s attitude about technology (“tendency about technology”, “disadvantages of the technology”, “the
contribution and importance of technology”, “technology for everyone”) was predictor of feelings of student
alienation (weakness, anomy, meaninglessness, isolation).