Investıgatıon of pre-service turkısh language teachers’ attıtudes toward dıgıtal readıng

Developing technology has changed many situations and has led to specific changes in how people read. Nowadays, digital reading activities through electronic media/devices and printed materials have started to increase daily. This research aimed to examine the digital reading attitudes of Turkish teacher candidates in terms of different variables. For this purpose, the research was structured according to the relational screening model, which is a quantitative method. Scanning models are an approach that allows you to describe a past or present situation as it is. The research sample consists of 224 Turkish teacher candidates studying at Akdeniz University in 2022-2023. The research data was collected with the Digital Reading Attitude Scale, and the data accessed using SPSS 24.0 was interpreted with ANOVA and t-test to analyze the data. Based on the findings of the research, it was observed that there was no significant difference in the digital reading attitudes of pre-service teachers in terms of gender, grade level, reading preferences (printed/digital material), and digital reading time variables. Still, a significant difference was observed in terms of reading proficiency