From Hearing to Doing: Tracing the Gaps in Familiarity, Competency, and Use of Big Data Among Türkiye’s Social Scientists

Yaser Koyuncu; İlknur Yüksel-kaptanoğlu

doi:10.26466/opusjsr.1684496

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From Hearing to Doing: Tracing the Gaps in Familiarity, Competency, and Use of Big Data Among Türkiye’s Social Scientists

Abstract

This study investigates how academics in Türkiye’s social sciences engage with big data by examining their familiarity, competency, and actual use. Drawing on a large-scale web survey of 3,606 academics, we analyze how individual backgrounds, methodological orientations, and institutional environments relate to engagement with big data. Descriptive and logistic regression analyses reveal that methodological proximity to quantitative research, openness to innovation, and institutional exposure through departmental curricula are key drivers of competency and use. Conversely, structural divides, such as inequalities between universities and socio-economic development levels, appear to affect familiarity more than deeper engagement. Theoretically, the study integrates frameworks including epistemic cultures, pedagogic device theory, diffusion of innovations, and technology acceptance models to contextualize the findings. This research contributes to the limited empirical literature on big data adaptation among social scientists outside the Global North and address structural, curricular, and attitudinal barriers and approaches for broader adoption in Türkiye's social research methodology.

Keywords

big data engagement , computational social sciences , social research methodology , higher education in Türkiye , innovation adoption

Türkiye'deki Sosyal Bilimciler Arasında Büyük Veriye Aşinalık, Yeterlik ve Kullanım Farklarının İzini Sürmek: Duymuş Olmaktan Uygulamaya

Öz

Bu çalışma, Türkiye’deki sosyal bilimler alanında çalışan akademisyenlerin büyük veri ile nasıl ilişkilendiğini, aşinalık, yeterlik ve kullanım düzeyleri üzerinden incelemektedir. 3.606 akademisyeni kapsayan büyük ölçekli bir web anketine dayanarak, bireysel tecrübelerin, metodolojik yönelimlerin ve kurumsal etkilerin büyük veri ile etkileşimle nasıl ilişkilendiği analiz edilmiştir. Betimleyici analizler ve lojistik regresyon sonuçları, nicel araştırmaya metodolojik yakınlık, yeniliğe açıklık ve bölüm müfredatları aracılığıyla kurumsal düzeyde maruz kalmanın, büyük veri yeterliği ve kullanımının temel belirleyicileri olduğunu ortaya koymaktadır. Buna karşılık, üniversiteler arası eşitsizlikler ve sosyoekonomik gelişmişlik düzeyleri gibi yapısal ayrımların, daha derin düzeydeki etkileşimden ziyade aşinalığı etkilediği görülmektedir. Çalışma, bulguları bağlamlaştırmak amacıyla bilgi üretim kültürleri, pedagojik düzenek kuramı, yeniliklerin yayılımı kuramı ve teknoloji kabul modelleri gibi kuramsal çerçeveleri bir araya getirmektedir. Bu araştırma, Küresel Kuzey dışındaki sosyal bilimcilerin büyük veriye adaptasyonu konusundaki sınırlı ampirik literatüre katkı sağlamakta ve Türkiye’de sosyal araştırma metodolojisinde daha geniş çaplı bir benimsemenin önündeki yapısal, müfredatsal ve tutumsal engellere ve yaklaşımlara dikkat çekmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

büyük veriyle etkileşim , hesaplamalı sosyal bilimler , sosyal araştırma yöntemleri , Türkiye’de yüksek öğretin , yenilikleri benimseme

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Sosyolojik Metodoloji ve Araştırma Yöntemleri

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yazarlar

Yaser Koyuncu ^*
0000-0002-5379-3804
Türkiye

İlknur Yüksel-kaptanoğlu
Türkiye

Erken Görünüm Tarihi

26 Mayıs 2025

Yayımlanma Tarihi

31 Mayıs 2025

Gönderilme Tarihi

26 Nisan 2025

Kabul Tarihi

6 Mayıs 2025

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2025 Cilt: 22 Sayı: 3

DOI

https://doi.org/10.26466/opusjsr.1684496

IZ

https://izlik.org/JA92FH62RB

APA

Koyuncu, Y., & Yüksel-kaptanoğlu, İ. (2025). From Hearing to Doing: Tracing the Gaps in Familiarity, Competency, and Use of Big Data Among Türkiye’s Social Scientists. OPUS Journal of Society Research, 22(3), 368-390. https://doi.org/10.26466/opusjsr.1684496

From Hearing to Doing: Tracing the Gaps in Familiarity, Competency, and Use of Big Data Among Türkiye’s Social Scientists

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Türkiye'deki Sosyal Bilimciler Arasında Büyük Veriye Aşinalık, Yeterlik ve Kullanım Farklarının İzini Sürmek: Duymuş Olmaktan Uygulamaya

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