Examining Digital Citizenship Studies: Conceptual and Methodological Trends

Year 2021, Volume: 11 Issue: 2, 385 - 393, 31.08.2021

Mücahit Öztürk

Abstract

The aim of this research is to examine the digital citizenship studies in the literature in terms of research subject, research method and
research group. In this direction, the study attempts to present the perspective for future researchers by identifying the trends of digital
citizenship studies. Research articles were evaluated by content analysis method. Research articles were searched in EBSCO, ERIC,
Taylor and Francis ve SCOPUS databases. Database searches were performed using keywords such as “Digital citizenship”, “Digital
citizenship education”, “Digital citizenship in schools”, “Digital citizenship scale”, “Digital citizenship in curriculum”, “Digital age”, “Digital
technologies”, “Internet safety”. 119 research articles were reached. When the digital citizenship studies are examined, there are theoretical
studies on the dimensions of digital citizenship, digital citizenship teaching, and scale development studies for determining the level of
digital citizenship. In this study, literature review, survey and case study were benefited as research methods. Undergraduate students and
adults stand out as research groups. There is a need for experimental studies on digital citizenship education and evaluation of students
studying in primary and secondary schools.

Keywords

Digital citizenship, Digital citizenship education, Research methods, Research subject

Dijital Vatandaşlık Araştırmalarının İncelenmesi: Kavramsal ve Yöntemsel Eğilimler

Abstract

Bu araştırmanın amacı literatürdeki dijital vatandaşlık çalışmalarını araştırma konusu, araştırma yöntemi, araştırma grubu ve yıllara göre
yapılan araştırma sayısı açısından incelemektir. Bu doğrultuda son yıllarda yeni çalışma konusu olan dijital vatandaşlık araştırmalarının
eğilimlerini belirleyerek gelecekteki araştırmacılar için perspektif sunulmaya çalışılacaktır. Araştırma makaleleri içerik analizi yöntemiyle
değerlendirilmiştir. Araştırma makaleleri için EBSCO, ERIC, Taylor and Francis ve SCOPUS veri tabanlarında taramalar yapılmıştır.
Veritabanlarındaki taramalar; “Digital Citizenship”, “Digital citizenship education”, “Digital citizenship in schools”, “Digital citizenship
scale”, “Digital citizenship in curriculum” ve “Digital age”, “Digital technologies”, “Internet safety” anahtar kelimeleri kullanılarak yapılmıştır.
119 araştırma makalesine ulaşılmıştır. Dijital vatandaşlık çalışmaları incelendiğinde dijital vatandaşlığın kavramsal boyutlarına ilişkin
teorik çalışmalar, dijital vatandaşlık eğitimi ile dijital vatandaşlık düzeyinin belirlenmesine yönelik tarama ve ölçek geliştirme çalışmaları
bulunmaktadır. Çalışmalarda literatür taraması, tarama ve durum çalışması gibi araştırma yöntemlerinden sıklıkla yararlanılmıştır. Lisans
öğrencileri, yetişkinler araştırma grupları olarak öne çıkmaktadır. Dijital vatandaşlık eğitimine ilişkin deneysel çalışmalara ve ilk ve orta
dereceli okullarda öğrenim gören öğrencilerin değerlendirilmesine ihtiyaç bulunmaktadır.

Keywords

Dijital vatandaşlık, Dijital vatandaşlık eğitimi, Araştırma Yöntemleri, Araştırma Değişkenleri, Örneklem Düzeyleri

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