Analysis of Demographic Variables Affecting Digital Citizenship in Turkey

Akduman Gülbeniz (), Karadal Himmet () and Dinçer Evren ()
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Akduman Gülbeniz: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Foundation University, İstanbul, Turkey
Karadal Himmet: Faculty of Communication, Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey
Dinçer Evren: Aksaray Municipility, Aksaray, Turkey

Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment Journal, 2024, vol. 18, issue 1, 12

Abstract: The new technologies generated by the digital age are changing how individuals and societies communicate, learn, work, and manage. Although digital citizenship is defined as the behavioral norms regarding the use of technology in the most general sense, it also includes ethical and appropriate behaviors and being informed about this issue while using technology. However, there is a generational gap in digital information and literacy. In this context, the research analyzes digital citizenship according to gender, age, number of children, job position, and education level. In this analysis, which was structured as exploratory research to examine the digital citizenship status of participants, the descriptive model was preferred over quantitative research models. According to the analysis results, it can be said that the participants’ digital citizenship behavior is in the range of “I am undecided” (at a moderate level). Citizenship behavior with the lowest score was “political activism on the internet.” The groups with a significantly higher level of digital citizenship are women, those between the ages of 22 and 42 working as managers, and those at the graduate level.

Keywords: digital age; digitization; digital citizenship (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1515/econ-2022-0092

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