Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, Issue 49/A, 2012 Exploring Pre- Networking Sites Addictive Tendencies   Hasan KARAL  Suggested Citation: Berigel, M., Kokoç, M., Karal, H. (2012). Exploring pre-service teachers’ level of social networking sites addictive tendencies. Egtim Arastirmalari-Eurasian Journalof Educational Research, 49/A, 215-228. Abstract Problem Statement: Social Networking Sites (SNSs) are the latest exam- ples of information and communication technologies that have been wide- ly-adopted by students and, have the potential to become an important re- source to support their educational, social and emotional communications and collaborations with faculty and their daily life (Roblyer, McDaniel, Webb, Herman & Witty, 2010). Increase and development of social net- working sites have changed socialization patterns of young people with the usage of internet to mediate personal interactions and communica- tions. Young people especially faculty students started to use social net- working sites as a part of their daily life. In addition, SNSs have both posi- Purpose of Study: The present study mainly attempts to explore pre- ctive tendencies. Methods: The participants of the study were undergraduate pre-service teachers (n=2539) enrolled in 12 different programs in Fatih Faculty of Education of Karadeniz Technical University in Turkey. Three instruments developed by researchers were used for data collection in the study. De- mographic information (age, gender, and grade level) was collected  Muhammet Berigel Karadeniz Technical University, Computer Education & Instructional Technology  Karadeniz Technical University, Computer Education & Instructional Technology  Hasan Karal, Karadeniz Technical University, Computer Education & Instructional Technology