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From social to digital inequalities: The use of new media by the poor in Eskişehir, Turkey
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This study focuses on the problem of digital inequalities and examines how having new media and the ability to use it are affected by age, gender, and socio-economic status over a sample of individuals living in Eskişehir where high levels of social deprivation can be found. This mixed-design study, based its data 415 questionnaires and 39 semi-structured interviews and was conducted in Eskişehir’s Emek, Gündoğdu, and Sevinç neighborhoods, where most residents experience poverty. Quantitative methods are highly important in terms of revealing the accessibility and ownership aspects of the issue in studies on digital inequality. The study will attempt to use qualitative data to complete the general framework drawn by the quantitative data and present how social inequalities are reflect in online attitudes within the sample of the poor. Thus, the study aims to contribute to the literature on digital inequalities both in terms of methodology and sample. The results of the study show that second-level and third-level digital inequalities are both feed by inequalities in offline life and also feed them. New media play an important role in overcoming the walls built by low educational levels and economic constraints. On the other hand, socio-economic status affects thoughts about digital media, the skills and practices of using them, and the quality of the benefits gained by using them. This sample includes people who abandoned education at a very early age, and in this sample, marriage at a young age is common and poverty prevails, with an evident relationship existing between digital inequalities and social origin.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Destekleyen Kurum
Anadolu Üniversitesi Bilimsel Araştırma Projeleri Koordinasyon Birimi
Proje Numarası
1706E361
Kaynakça
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
İletişim ve Medya Çalışmaları
Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yayımlanma Tarihi
30 Aralık 2022
Gönderilme Tarihi
14 Haziran 2022
Kabul Tarihi
2 Kasım 2022
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2022 Sayı: 63
APA
Sütlüoğlu, T., & Gökalp, E. (2022). From social to digital inequalities: The use of new media by the poor in Eskişehir, Turkey. Connectist: Istanbul University Journal of Communication Sciences, 63, 151-178. https://doi.org/10.26650/CONNECTIST2022-1130969
AMA
1.Sütlüoğlu T, Gökalp E. From social to digital inequalities: The use of new media by the poor in Eskişehir, Turkey. Connectist: Istanbul University Journal of Communication Sciences. 2022;(63):151-178. doi:10.26650/CONNECTIST2022-1130969
Chicago
Sütlüoğlu, Tuba, ve Emre Gökalp. 2022. “From social to digital inequalities: The use of new media by the poor in Eskişehir, Turkey”. Connectist: Istanbul University Journal of Communication Sciences, sy 63: 151-78. https://doi.org/10.26650/CONNECTIST2022-1130969.
EndNote
Sütlüoğlu T, Gökalp E (01 Aralık 2022) From social to digital inequalities: The use of new media by the poor in Eskişehir, Turkey. Connectist: Istanbul University Journal of Communication Sciences 63 151–178.
IEEE
[1]T. Sütlüoğlu ve E. Gökalp, “From social to digital inequalities: The use of new media by the poor in Eskişehir, Turkey”, Connectist: Istanbul University Journal of Communication Sciences, sy 63, ss. 151–178, Ara. 2022, doi: 10.26650/CONNECTIST2022-1130969.
ISNAD
Sütlüoğlu, Tuba - Gökalp, Emre. “From social to digital inequalities: The use of new media by the poor in Eskişehir, Turkey”. Connectist: Istanbul University Journal of Communication Sciences. 63 (01 Aralık 2022): 151-178. https://doi.org/10.26650/CONNECTIST2022-1130969.
JAMA
1.Sütlüoğlu T, Gökalp E. From social to digital inequalities: The use of new media by the poor in Eskişehir, Turkey. Connectist: Istanbul University Journal of Communication Sciences. 2022;:151–178.
MLA
Sütlüoğlu, Tuba, ve Emre Gökalp. “From social to digital inequalities: The use of new media by the poor in Eskişehir, Turkey”. Connectist: Istanbul University Journal of Communication Sciences, sy 63, Aralık 2022, ss. 151-78, doi:10.26650/CONNECTIST2022-1130969.
Vancouver
1.Tuba Sütlüoğlu, Emre Gökalp. From social to digital inequalities: The use of new media by the poor in Eskişehir, Turkey. Connectist: Istanbul University Journal of Communication Sciences. 01 Aralık 2022;(63):151-78. doi:10.26650/CONNECTIST2022-1130969