Investigation of Purchasing Behaviors of Young Consumers for Social Media Advertisements Using Technology Acceptance Model: Gümüşhane University

Social networks, which have radically changed our communication style with the developments in communication technologies, are used by businesses as an advertising tool to differentiate from their competitors and directly reach the target audience. In addition, social media advertisements are important in terms of increasing awareness of businesses and gaining return from the target audience. On the other hand, knowing consumer purchasing behavior is a prerequisite for advertiser businesses to be successful in social media. Twenty-six research questions were created in the study, and then, by testing the hypotheses, regression analysis was applied to test the hypotheses, and the data were interpreted. The results obtained result in the fact that university students in the sample find social media advertisements useful, useful and reliable, have positive attitudes and intentions towards purchasing, and positive attitudes and intentions cause them to perform purchasing behaviors. In addition to provide accurate and descriptive information in advertisements.