THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF DIGITAL ACTIVISM: THE EFFECT OF GENDER ON SOCIAL ACTIVIST PARTICIPATION LEVEL OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Abstract

The study aims to understand the participation status of the university students in the protest activities defined as digital or social activism, which are organized commonly through social media. The survey, in which the participants are asked whether they are participating to various protest activities that starts online and are delivered offline, was applied to 302 individuals in Nigde Omer Halisdemir University. The study results deduced out of testing 5 hypothesis in total showed that online activities have small effects on reality. The reactions are limited to subscribing or likes, and 80% of the students, that is 4 out of 5 students, do not participate in these physical offline activities.

Keywords

• Digital activism,online/offline activities

DIJITAL AKTIVIZMIN DAYANILMAZ HAFIFLIĞI: CINSIYETIN ÜNIVERSITE ÖĞRENCILERININ SOSYAL AKTIVIST KATILIM DÜZEYINE ETKISI

Abstract

Bu çalışma, üniversite öğrencilerinin djital ya da online activism olarak tanımlanan ve yoğunlukla sosyal medya üzerinden gerçekleştirilen protesto eylemlerine katılım durumlarını anlamaya yöneliktir. Öğrencilere çevrimiçinden çevrimdışına yani online’dan dış çevre’ye doğru giden bir yelpazede çeşitli protesto aktivitelerine katılıp katılmayacaklarının sorulduğu anket Niğde Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi’nde 302 kişiye uygulanmıştır. Toplam 5 hipotezin test edildiği çalışma sonuçları sanal eylemlerin gerçek yaşama etkilerinin sınırlı olduğunu göstermiştir. Öğrencilerin tepkileri bir gruba üye olmak ya da bir sayfayı beğenmekle sınırlı kalmakta öğrencilerin neredeyse %80’i yani her 5 öğrencinin 4’ü fiziksel bir çaba gerektiren dış çevredeki aktivitelere katılmamaktadır.

Keywords

• Dijital aktivizm,çevrimiçi/çevrimdışı eylem

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