The Evolution of Digital Stories: Bibliometric Analysis

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 33 Sayı: 3, 547 - 562, 25.07.2025

Aydın Bulut

https://doi.org/10.24106/kefdergi.1748641

Öz

Purpose: The present study has been designed to analyse the extant literature on 'digital stories' from a bibliometric perspective, with a view to creating a bibliometric map of studies investigating their use in educational environments.
Design/Methodology/Approach: In this study, a range of analytical methods were employed to analyse studies on 'digital stories'. These methods included publication co-citation analysis, author co-citation analysis and word frequency analysis.Descriptive data on the distribution of studies in the field by country, institution and time were obtained from the Web of Science (WoS) database. The analysis was performed using 'R version 12.0 software' and various libraries including 'bibliometrix', 'wordcloud' and 'ggplot2'.
Findings: A bibliometric analysis of 597 articles on 'digital stories' published in the WoS database since 2005 was conducted, and the results obtained are presented in all aspects. Between 2005 and 2025, 597 articles from 270 sources on 'digital stories' were published, with an average of 29.85 articles published per year. The average number of citations per document for these articles is 15.91, and the total number of references is 19,958. The number of Keywords Plus for these articles is 556, and the number of Author's Keywords is 1,633. The number of authors of single-author documents is 156, and the number of authors of multi-author documents is 1,166. The number of single-authored documents is 168, while the number of multi-authored articles is 429. The average number of co-authors per article is 2.53, and the international co-authorship rate is 10.22%.
Highlights: The findings of this study demonstrate the considerable potential of digital storytelling to align with contemporary educational approaches, its interdisciplinary applicability, and its capacity to promote student-centred teaching methodologies. It was revealed that digital storytelling contributes to the acquisition of 21st-century skills, especially in terms of increasing student engagement, personalising learning, encouraging creative thinking, and developing digital literacy skills.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Digital stories , Bibliometric analysis , Mapping

Dijital Hikayelerin Evrimi: Bibliyometrik Analiz

Öz

Çalışmanın amacı: Bu çalışma, eğitim ortamlarında kullanımlarını araştıran çalışmaların bibliyometrik bir haritasını oluşturmak amacıyla 'dijital hikayeler' üzerine mevcut literatürü bibliyometrik bir bakış açısıyla analiz etmek için tasarlanmıştır.
Materyal ve Yöntem: Bu çalışmada, 'dijital hikayeler' üzerine yapılan çalışmaları analiz etmek için bir dizi analitik yöntem kullanılmıştır. Bu yöntemler arasında yayın ortak atıf analizi, yazar ortak atıf analizi ve kelime sıklığı analizi yer almaktadır. Alandaki çalışmaların ülke, kurum ve zamana göre dağılımına ilişkin tanımlayıcı veriler Web of Science (WoS) veri tabanından elde edilmiştir. Analiz, 'R version 12.0 yazılımı' ve 'bibliometrix', 'wordcloud' ve 'ggplot2' gibi çeşitli kütüphaneler kullanılarak gerçekleştirilmiştir.
Bulgular: WoS veri tabanında 2005 yılından bu yana yayınlanan 'dijital hikayeler' konulu 597 makalenin bibliyometrik analizi yapılmış ve elde edilen sonuçlar tüm yönleriyle sunulmuştur. 2005 ve 2025 yılları arasında 'dijital hikâyeler' üzerine 270 kaynaktan 597 makale yayımlanmıştır ve yılda ortalama 29,85 makale yayımlanmıştır. Bu makaleler için belge başına ortalama atıf sayısı 15,91 ve toplam referans sayısı 19.958'dir. Bu makaleler için Keywords Plus sayısı 556, Yazarın Anahtar Sözcükleri sayısı ise 1.633'tür. Tek yazarlı belgelerin yazar sayısı 156, çok yazarlı belgelerin yazar sayısı ise 1.166'dır. Tek yazarlı doküman sayısı 168, çok yazarlı makale sayısı ise 429'dur. Makale başına ortalama ortak yazar sayısı 2,53 ve uluslararası ortak yazar oranı %10,22'dir.
Önemli Vurgular: Bu çalışmanın bulguları, dijital hikâye anlatımının çağdaş eğitim yaklaşımlarıyla uyum sağlama potansiyelini, disiplinler arası uygulanabilirliğini ve öğrenci merkezli öğretim metodolojilerini teşvik etme kapasitesini ortaya koymaktadır. Dijital hikâye anlatımının özellikle öğrenci katılımını artırma, öğrenmeyi kişiselleştirme, yaratıcı düşünmeyi teşvik etme ve dijital okuryazarlık becerilerini geliştirme açısından 21. yüzyıl becerilerinin kazanılmasına katkıda bulunduğu ortaya çıkmıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Dijital hikayeler , Bibliyometrik analiz , Haritalama

Kaynakça

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