Research Article

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATON TECHNOLOGIES (ICT) AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT: A SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT INDEX RECOMMENDATION FOR TURKEY

Number: 59 November 22, 2023
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INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATON TECHNOLOGIES (ICT) AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT: A SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT INDEX RECOMMENDATION FOR TURKEY

Abstract

Social development is a vital element of sustainability. However, the fact that it is a wide-ranging and dynamic field makes the measurement of the concept difficult, and it reveals the need for updating its content depending on the developments. In the literature, social development has generally been measured with dimensions such as education, health, and gender equality. Today, however, technological indicators have become a part of social development and there is a need to prepare a new social development index to which information and communication technologies (ICT) are added. In this study, an index of social development including the ICT dimension were prepared and index calculations for Turkey were performed. There are twelve variables under four dimensions, namely ICT, education, health, and gender equality, in the index covering the years 2008–2020. Principal Component Analysis was used in the index calculation. The results of the analysis revealed that the values of the social development index in Turkey increased over time. However, the increase in social development needs to be continued. For this, more importance should be given to the dissemination of information and communication technologies, increasing the education level of the society, facilitating access to health services, and ensuring gender equality.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Economics

Journal Section

Research Article

Early Pub Date

November 22, 2023

Publication Date

November 22, 2023

Submission Date

May 3, 2023

Acceptance Date

September 10, 2023

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Number: 59

APA
Özgün, F. (2023). INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATON TECHNOLOGIES (ICT) AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT: A SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT INDEX RECOMMENDATION FOR TURKEY. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 59, 163-180. https://doi.org/10.30794/pausbed.1291964
AMA
1.Özgün F. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATON TECHNOLOGIES (ICT) AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT: A SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT INDEX RECOMMENDATION FOR TURKEY. PAUSBED. 2023;(59):163-180. doi:10.30794/pausbed.1291964
Chicago
Özgün, Fergül. 2023. “INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATON TECHNOLOGIES (ICT) AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT: A SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT INDEX RECOMMENDATION FOR TURKEY”. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, nos. 59: 163-80. https://doi.org/10.30794/pausbed.1291964.
EndNote
Özgün F (November 1, 2023) INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATON TECHNOLOGIES (ICT) AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT: A SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT INDEX RECOMMENDATION FOR TURKEY. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 59 163–180.
IEEE
[1]F. Özgün, “INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATON TECHNOLOGIES (ICT) AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT: A SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT INDEX RECOMMENDATION FOR TURKEY”, PAUSBED, no. 59, pp. 163–180, Nov. 2023, doi: 10.30794/pausbed.1291964.
ISNAD
Özgün, Fergül. “INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATON TECHNOLOGIES (ICT) AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT: A SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT INDEX RECOMMENDATION FOR TURKEY”. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 59 (November 1, 2023): 163-180. https://doi.org/10.30794/pausbed.1291964.
JAMA
1.Özgün F. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATON TECHNOLOGIES (ICT) AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT: A SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT INDEX RECOMMENDATION FOR TURKEY. PAUSBED. 2023;:163–180.
MLA
Özgün, Fergül. “INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATON TECHNOLOGIES (ICT) AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT: A SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT INDEX RECOMMENDATION FOR TURKEY”. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, no. 59, Nov. 2023, pp. 163-80, doi:10.30794/pausbed.1291964.
Vancouver
1.Fergül Özgün. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATON TECHNOLOGIES (ICT) AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT: A SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT INDEX RECOMMENDATION FOR TURKEY. PAUSBED. 2023 Nov. 1;(59):163-80. doi:10.30794/pausbed.1291964

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