Research Article

The Effect of Generative Artificial Intelligence Literacy on Digital Awareness Perception: The Example of the Faculty of Sports Sciences

Volume: 9 Number: 2026 March 27, 2026
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The Effect of Generative Artificial Intelligence Literacy on Digital Awareness Perception: The Example of the Faculty of Sports Sciences

Abstract

Purpose: This study aimed to examine the effects of participants' generative artificial intelligence literacy levels on their perceptions of digital awareness.

Method: The study sample consisted of 302 undergraduate students actively continuing their education in all departments of the Faculty of Sports Sciences at Erciyes University. The "Demographic Information Form" developed by the researchers; the "Generative Artificial Intelligence Literacy Scale" developed by Wang et al. (2022) and adapted to Turkish by Gökçearslan et al. (2024), and the "Digital Awareness Perception Scale" developed by Karakuş and Kılıç (2024) were used. SPSS 22.0 program was used in the analysis of the data obtained in the study. Frequency/percentage, kurtosis and skewness, t-test, ANOVA and correlation analyses were applied to the data.

Results: Based on the data obtained, it was determined that as participants' generative AI literacy levels increased, their perception of digital awareness was positively affected and increased. In the gender variable, significant differences were found in all subscales and the other scales except for the Generative Artificial Intelligence Literacy Scale and ethical/legal dimension; in the frequency of use of AI-based applications in daily life, a significant difference was found only in the Generative Artificial Intelligence Literacy Scale; and no significant differences were found in the age, department, grade, or average daily internet use duration variables.

Conclusion: The study found that the perception of digital awareness was higher in favor of male students, and that as the frequency of use of AI-based applications increased, generative AI literacy levels also increased.

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Ethical Statement

The ethics committee approval document of the research was received from Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University Social and Human Sciences Research Ethics Committee on 01.09.2025.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Sports Science and Exercise (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

March 27, 2026

Submission Date

November 30, 2025

Acceptance Date

March 26, 2026

Published in Issue

Year 2026 Volume: 9 Number: 2026

APA
Aktop, M., Göksel, A. G., & Çolakoğlu, K. (2026). The Effect of Generative Artificial Intelligence Literacy on Digital Awareness Perception: The Example of the Faculty of Sports Sciences. 9(2026), 118-137. https://izlik.org/JA75NH63JD
AMA
1.Aktop M, Göksel AG, Çolakoğlu K. The Effect of Generative Artificial Intelligence Literacy on Digital Awareness Perception: The Example of the Faculty of Sports Sciences. 2026;9(2026):118-137. https://izlik.org/JA75NH63JD
Chicago
Aktop, Mustafa, Ali Gürel Göksel, and Kaan Çolakoğlu. 2026. The Effect of Generative Artificial Intelligence Literacy on Digital Awareness Perception: The Example of the Faculty of Sports Sciences. 9 (2026): 118-37. https://izlik.org/JA75NH63JD.
EndNote
Aktop M, Göksel AG, Çolakoğlu K (March 1, 2026) The Effect of Generative Artificial Intelligence Literacy on Digital Awareness Perception: The Example of the Faculty of Sports Sciences. 9 2026 118–137.
IEEE
[1]M. Aktop, A. G. Göksel, and K. Çolakoğlu, “The Effect of Generative Artificial Intelligence Literacy on Digital Awareness Perception: The Example of the Faculty of Sports Sciences”, vol. 9, no. 2026, pp. 118–137, Mar. 2026, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA75NH63JD
ISNAD
Aktop, Mustafa - Göksel, Ali Gürel - Çolakoğlu, Kaan. “The Effect of Generative Artificial Intelligence Literacy on Digital Awareness Perception: The Example of the Faculty of Sports Sciences” 9/2026 (March 1, 2026): 118-137. https://izlik.org/JA75NH63JD.
JAMA
1.Aktop M, Göksel AG, Çolakoğlu K. The Effect of Generative Artificial Intelligence Literacy on Digital Awareness Perception: The Example of the Faculty of Sports Sciences. 2026;9:118–137.
MLA
Aktop, Mustafa, et al. The Effect of Generative Artificial Intelligence Literacy on Digital Awareness Perception: The Example of the Faculty of Sports Sciences. no. 2026, Mar. 2026, pp. 118-37, https://izlik.org/JA75NH63JD.
Vancouver
1.Mustafa Aktop, Ali Gürel Göksel, Kaan Çolakoğlu. The Effect of Generative Artificial Intelligence Literacy on Digital Awareness Perception: The Example of the Faculty of Sports Sciences [Internet]. Vols. 9. 2026 Mar. 1;9(2026):118-37. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA75NH63JD

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