@article{2019,title={SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROCESS OF TEACHING GEOGRAPHY IN TURKEY},abstractNode={Social media platforms are applications that allow people to share their ideas, information and work. Social media, user-based and continuous updating is of great importance in terms of bringing people together and increasing their interaction. In today's digital age, it has become possible to send various data to the desired targets in seconds so that access to information becomes very convenient. These social media technologies have the potential to have a very advantageous educational management system in sharing of geographic information. Information becomes widespread, remote and inaccessible locations are converged and introduced with these platforms. Thus, social media platforms become a school. The ability of users to write their ideas freely, share photos and videos, and the fact that applications are constantly updated every day, increase the use of masses rapidly. Due to these benefits, there are now internet users expressed in billions. People from different backgrounds and different age groups from different cultures use the Internet. The degree of dependence is increasing. The importance of the use of these tools in the educational context is also growing as new technologies develop and expand rapidly. In this study, it is aimed to reveal the effects of these social media platforms and applications on the spread of geographic information. For this purpose, social media platforms were examined and the effects of statistical data and social media applications on geography education were determined and the contributions of these systems were questioned and their advances were determined. Thus, a school is turning into social media platforms. This article in the world regarding the use of the internet and facebook up to date given as the sample of the research the evaluation of the Geomorphology (Prof. Dr Sırrı Erinç) from the group member 57 made with the 15 question survey covers. This study examined social media platforms and social media applications in geography education effects by considering the contribution of these systems have been identified in the query and the gains. The use of Social media as a result of research applications and ease of Access, can be used with the Visual and the result of Geography teaching the writing process was understood the positive contribution. and increased the rate of use among these platforms are Geographers and other users the importance of Geography science thanks to these platforms with a as a result of the rising shares.},author={Muhammed ÇETİN-- Ahmet ÖZKAYA - Mahmut KESKİN - Önder ÖZDEMİR},year={2019},journal={The Journal of Social Sciences}}