The Effect of Smart City Applications on Smart City Life Inteniıon: The Moderating Role of Technology Anxiety

Year 2024, Issue: 36, 90 - 111, 31.05.2024

Bülent Yıldız

https://doi.org/10.54600/igdirsosbilder.1438940

Abstract

The human population living in cities in the world is constantly increasing. As a result of the increasing population, the use of digital technologies has become widespread to facilitate city life. The importance of a smart city has increased mainly due to the integration of artificial intelligence and Internet of Things technologies into cities. Therefore, this study aims to examine the effect of smart city applications on life intention and how technology anxiety moderates this effect. For this purpose, data were collected from 386 people using a questionnaire. The data were analysed with a structural equation model. As a result of the analyses, it was determined that smart public service, smart transportation and smart environmentalism practices significantly positively affect the intention to live in smart cities. As a result of the moderator analysis, it was found that technology anxiety has a moderating role in the effect of smart city applications on the intention to live in smart cities. Suggestions were made according to the research findings.

Keywords

smart cities, sustaniability, technology anxiety

Akıllı Şehir Uygulamalarının Akıllı Şehir Yaşam Niyetine Etkisi: Teknoloji Kaygısının Moderatör Rolü

Abstract

Dünyada şehirlerde yaşayan insan nüfusu sürekli artmaktadır. Artan nüfusun bir sonucu olarak şehir hayatını kolaylaştırmak için dijital teknolojilerin kullanımı yaygınlaşmıştır. Özellikle yapay zekâ ve nesnelerin interneti teknolojilerinin şehirlere entegre edilmesiyle akıllı şehrin önemi artmıştır. Bu nedenle, bu çalışma akıllı şehir uygulamalarının yaşam niyeti üzerindeki etkisini ve teknoloji kaygısının bu etkiyi nasıl ılımlılaştırdığını incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Bu amaçla 386 kişiden anket yoluyla veri toplanmıştır. Veriler yapısal eşitlik modeli ile analiz edilmiştir. Analizler sonucunda akıllı kamu hizmeti, akıllı ulaşım ve akıllı çevrecilik uygulamalarının akıllı şehirlerde yaşama niyetini anlamlı şekilde pozitif yönde etkilediği tespit edilmiştir. Yapılan moderatör analizi sonucunda akıllı şehir uygulamalarının akıllı şehirlerde yaşama niyeti üzerindeki etkisinde teknoloji kaygısının moderatör rolü olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Araştırma bulgularına göre önerilerde bulunulmuştur.

Keywords

akıllı şehir, sürdürülebilirlik, teknoloji kaygısı

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