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The Problem of the Century: Brain Rot

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 22 Sayı: 2, 211 - 221
https://doi.org/10.26466/opusjsr.1651477

Öz

The term “brain rot” has gained prominence recently, particularly in 2024, when it was named Oxford’s Word of the Year. This study aims to reveal the causes of brain decay, the problem people face today The method of the research is systematic compilation (meta-synthesis). Within the scope of the research, a systematic scan of internationally valid clinical research and published studies on "brain decay" was conducted. The studies are limited due to the relatively new as subject. The studies were evaluated, and their results were synthesized and combined. Answers were sought to the question of whether people are exposed to the erosion of thought that is called “brain decay” while new communication systems offer life in better conditions besides the increase in information exchange. In this context, 11 studies were examined. The articles were evaluated according to the keywords determined by the researcher, the size of the data importance, and the basic empirical findings. According to the results obtained, social media use causes anxiety, depression, and loneliness, especially among adolescents, and eight of them seem appropriate. The importance of “like” numbers and the increased popularity competition cause adolescents to experience internal conflict regarding self-confidence. Being constantly compared to others in the media negatively affects health and cognitive structure. Perfectionism leads to a feeling of inadequacy and loss of self-confidence. It is considered that this research will contribute to the field due to its examined thoughts and ideas and due to its suggestions.

Kaynakça

  • Andersson, L. (2012). There is no alternative: The critical potential of alternative media for challenging neoliberal discourse. tripleC Communication Capitalism & Critique Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society, 10(2), 752-764. doi:https://doi.org/10.31269/vol10iss2pp752-764
  • Brooks, F. P. (1999). What is real about virtual reality? IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 19(6), 16-27.
  • Bulut, S. (2021, January 21). The effects of television and social media on children and what we nedd to do. İbn Haldun Araştırmaları Dergisi, 6(1), 1-12. doi:https://doi.org/10.36657/ihcd.-2021.74
  • Carrion, O. A. (2007, 12 31). Dopamine, learning, and reward seeking behaviour. Acta Neurobilogiae Experimentalis, 67(4), 481-488. doi:https://doi.-org/10.55782/ane-2007-1664
  • Chomsky, N. (2005). Medya denetimi. (E. Baki, Çev.) Everest yayınları.
  • Creswell, J. (2002). Educational research: Planning, conducting, and evualitng quantitative. Prentice Hall.
  • Demirtürk, E. (2024, 12 13). Sosyal medya ile tanışma yaşı 13 mü olmalı? (E. Dolma, Interviewer) Retrieved from https://gazeteoksijen.com-/bilim-ve-teknoloji/sosyal-medya-ile-tanisma-yasi-13-mu-olmali-230368
  • Descourouez, M. G. (2024, May 30). What excessive screen time does to the adult brain. Retrieved from Stanford Lifestyle Medicine: https://longevity.stanford.edu/lifestyle/2024/05/30/what-excessive-screen-time-does-to-the-adult-brain/
  • Dewey, J. (1954). The public and its problems. Swallow Press.
  • Dolma, E. (2024, 12 13). Sosyal medya ile tanışma yaşı 13 olur mu? Bilim ve Teknoloji. Oksijen.
  • Donnison, M. (2023, 7 15). Exploring the relationship between screens and substance abuse. Retrieved from Delamere: https://delamere.com/blog-/exploring-the-relationship-between-screens-and-substance-abuse
  • Ege Bölgesi Sanayi Odası. (2015, Nisan 27). Sanayi 4.0. (4), p. 15. Retrieved from Ebso haber: https://www.ebso.org.tr/basin-yayin/ebso-haber-dergisi/2016
  • Firth, J. e. (2019, May 6). "The online brain": How the internet may be changing our cognition. World Psychiatry, 119-129. doi:10.1002-/wps.20617
  • Fuchs, C. (2010). Labor in informational capitalism and on the internet. The Information Society, 26(3), 170-196. doi:https://doi.org/10.10-80/01972241003712215
  • Genç Aslan, H. (2023, 11 3). Sosyal medyadaki akımlar ölüme yol açabiliyor. (Z. Rakipoğlu, Interviewer) Retrieved from https://www.-aa.com.tr/tr/bilim-teknoloji/sosyal-medyadaki-tehlikeli-akimlar-olume-yol-acabiliyor/3042122
  • Gough, D., & al., e. (2012). An ıntroduction to systematic reviews. SAGE.
  • Güçdemir, Y. (2015). Sanal ortamda iletişim. Derin Yayınları.
  • Günay, D. (2002). Sanayi ve sanayi tarihi. Mimar ve Mühendis Dergisi, 31, 8-14.
  • Habermas, J. (1989). The structural transformation of the public sphere: An ınquiry into a category of bourgeois society. MIT.
  • Hastürk, A. E. (2024, Aralık 16). Sosyal medyanın gizli tehlikesi "Beyin Çürümesi" en çok çocuk ve ergenleri Etkiliyor. (Ö. Olcay, Interviewer) Ankara: Anadolu Ajans. Retrieved from https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/saglik/sosyal-medyanin-gizli-tehlikesi-beyin-curumesi-en-cok-cocuk-ve-ergenleri-etkiliyor/3425006
  • Headrick, D. (2002). Enformasyon çağı. Kitap Yayınevi.
  • Heim, M. (1993). The metaphysics of virtual reality. Oxford University Press.
  • Horkheimer, H. &. (1996). Aydınlanmanın diyalektiği II. (O. Özügül, Çev.) Kabalcı Yayınevi.
  • Jensen, C. (1993). The modern ındustrial revolution, exit, and the failure of ınternal control systems. The Journal of Finance, 48(3), 834.
  • Kay, A. (1990). User interface: A personal view. In I. B. Laurel (Ed.), The Art of Human Computer Interface Design (p. 199). Addison-Wesley.
  • Lejtenyi, P. (2021, 3 9). Concordia. Retrieved from Concordia.ca: https://www.concordia.ca/-news/stories/2021/03/09/problematic-internet-use-and-teen-depression-are-closely-linked-new-concordia-study-finds.html
  • Luker, E. (2022, 7 1). Are video games, screens another addiction? Retrieved from Mayo Clinic Health System: https://www.mayoclinichealthsys-tem.org/hometown-health/speaking-of-health/are-video-games-and-screens-another-addiction
  • Lydon, B. (2014, April 4). Industry 4.0 - only one-tenth of germany's high-tech strategy. Miami, USA. Retrieved from https://www.auto-mation.com/en-us/articles/2014-1/industry-40-only-one-tenth-of-germanys-high-tech-s
  • Manovich, L. (2007, September). Alan Kay's universal media machine. Northernlights and Media Strudies Yearbook, 5(1), p. 40-41.
  • Mc Luhan, M., & Power, B. (2001). Global köy. (B. Ö. Düzgören, Çev.) İstanbul: Scala Yayınları.
  • Moshel, M. E. (2024, September 1). Neuropsycholo-gical deficits in disordered screen use behaviours: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Neuropyschology Review(34), 791-822. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11065-023-09612-4
  • North, A. (2024, 9 5). Ipad kids speak up. Retrieved from VOX: https://www.vox.com/life/369953/skibidi-tweens-gen-alpha-brainrot-ipad-kids
  • OUP. (2024, 12 2). "Brain Rot" named oxfors word of the year 2024. Retrieved from Oxford University Press: corp.oup.com
  • Özsoy, A. (2011). Televizyon ve izleyici. Medya İletişim.
  • Rich, M. (2024). The mediatrician's guide: A joyful approach to raising healthy, smart, kind kids in a screen-saturated world. Harper Horizon.
  • Ruder, D. B. (2019, June 19). Screen time and the brain: Digital devices can interfere with everything from sleep to creativity. Retrieved from harvard.edu: https://hms.harvard.edu-/news/screen-time-brain
  • Schoeni, A. R. (2015, 7 29). Symptoms and cognitive functions in adolescents in relation to mobile phone use during night. Plos One, 10(7). doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0133528
  • Shalash, R. J.-S. (2024, 5 6). Night screen time is associated with cognitive function in healthy young adults: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 17, 2093-2104. doi:https://doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S462458
  • Sherman, W. R. (2003). Understanding virtual reality. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers.
  • Symthe, D. (2006). On the commodity and its work. In M. G. Kellner (Ed.), Media and Cultural Studies (p. 256). Blackwell.
  • Şirin, S. (2024, September 20-26). Dijital çağın sessiz tehdidi. Yorum, 6. Oksijen.
  • Thoreau, H. D. (2009). Walden. NYRB Classics.
  • Tükel, İ. (2012). Modern örgütlerde yabancılaşma ve Kafka'nın"Dönüşüm" romanının bu bağlamda analizi. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 1(2), 34-50.
  • Uludüz, D. (2024, 12 24). Beyin çürümesi nasıl önlenebilir? Sağlık- Yaşam, 2. Sözcü.
  • Vocabulary. (2025). Vocabulary.com. Vocabulary:retrieved from https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/satisfaction
  • Wikipedia. (2024, December 24). Antoine Destutt de Tracy. Retrieved from Wikipedia.
  • Wikipedia. (2025, 1 27). Hormone dopamine. Retrieved from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/-wiki/Dopamine
  • Witmer, B. a. (1998). Mesauring presence in virtual environments: A presence questionnaire. Presence. Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 7(3), 225-240.
  • Yannoscoli, S., & al., e. (2013). How to write a systematic review: A step by step guide. University of Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Journal(23), 64-69.
  • Zezulka, F. e. (2016). Industry 4.0 – An introduction in the phenomenon. IFAC-papersonline, 49(25). doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.-2016.12.002
  • Zhang, K. a. (2023, May 25). Effect of social media addiction on executive functioning among young adults: The mediating roles of emotional disturbance and sleep quality. Psychology Reserach and Behavior Management, 1911-1920. doi:https://doi.org/10.2147/-PRBM.S414625

Asrın Problemi: Beyin Çürümesi

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 22 Sayı: 2, 211 - 221
https://doi.org/10.26466/opusjsr.1651477

Öz

“Beyin çürümesi” terimi, özellikle 2024 yılında Oxford Yılın Kelimesi seçilmesiyle son yıllarda ön plana çıkmıştır. Bu çalışma, günümüz insanlarının içinde bulunduğu sorun olan beyin çürümesinin nedenlerini ortaya koymayı amaçlamaktadır. Araştırmanın yöntemi sistematik derlemedir (meta-sentez). Araştırmanın amacı kapsamında “beyin çürümesi” üzerine uluslararası geçerliliği olan klinik araştırmaların ve yayımlanmış çalışmaların sistemli taraması yapılmıştır. Çalışmalar, konunun oldukça yeni olması nedeni ile kısıtlıdır. Çalışmalar değerlendirilerek, sonuçları sentezlenerek birleştirilmiştir. Yeni iletişim sistemleri, bilgi alışverişinin artmasının yanı sıra daha iyi koşullarda yaşam sunarken, insanların “beyin çürümesi” olarak adlandırılan düşünce erozyonuna maruz kalıp kalmadıkları sorusuna cevap aranmıştır. Bu bağlamda 11 araştırma incelenmiştir. İncelenen çalışmalar araştırmacı tarafından belirlenen anahtar kelime, veri önem büyüklüğü, ampirik temel bulgulara göre değerlendirilmiştir. Bütün bu değerlere göre sekiz araştırma uygun görülmüştür. Elde edilen sonuçlara göre, sosyal medya kullanımı özellikle ergenlerde kaygı, depresyon ve yalnızlığa neden olmaktadır. “Beğeni” sayılarının önemi ve popülerlik rekabetinin artması, ergenlerin özgüven konusunda içsel çatışma yaşamasına neden olmaktadır. Medyada sürekli olarak başkalarıyla karşılaştırılmak, sağlığı ve bilişsel yapıyı olumsuz etkilemektedir. Mükemmeliyetçilik, yetersizlik duygusuna ve özgüven kaybına yol açmaktadır. Bu araştırmanın, incelenen düşünce ve fikirler ile öneriler getirmesi nedeniyle alana katkı sağlayacağı düşünülmektedir.

Kaynakça

  • Andersson, L. (2012). There is no alternative: The critical potential of alternative media for challenging neoliberal discourse. tripleC Communication Capitalism & Critique Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society, 10(2), 752-764. doi:https://doi.org/10.31269/vol10iss2pp752-764
  • Brooks, F. P. (1999). What is real about virtual reality? IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 19(6), 16-27.
  • Bulut, S. (2021, January 21). The effects of television and social media on children and what we nedd to do. İbn Haldun Araştırmaları Dergisi, 6(1), 1-12. doi:https://doi.org/10.36657/ihcd.-2021.74
  • Carrion, O. A. (2007, 12 31). Dopamine, learning, and reward seeking behaviour. Acta Neurobilogiae Experimentalis, 67(4), 481-488. doi:https://doi.-org/10.55782/ane-2007-1664
  • Chomsky, N. (2005). Medya denetimi. (E. Baki, Çev.) Everest yayınları.
  • Creswell, J. (2002). Educational research: Planning, conducting, and evualitng quantitative. Prentice Hall.
  • Demirtürk, E. (2024, 12 13). Sosyal medya ile tanışma yaşı 13 mü olmalı? (E. Dolma, Interviewer) Retrieved from https://gazeteoksijen.com-/bilim-ve-teknoloji/sosyal-medya-ile-tanisma-yasi-13-mu-olmali-230368
  • Descourouez, M. G. (2024, May 30). What excessive screen time does to the adult brain. Retrieved from Stanford Lifestyle Medicine: https://longevity.stanford.edu/lifestyle/2024/05/30/what-excessive-screen-time-does-to-the-adult-brain/
  • Dewey, J. (1954). The public and its problems. Swallow Press.
  • Dolma, E. (2024, 12 13). Sosyal medya ile tanışma yaşı 13 olur mu? Bilim ve Teknoloji. Oksijen.
  • Donnison, M. (2023, 7 15). Exploring the relationship between screens and substance abuse. Retrieved from Delamere: https://delamere.com/blog-/exploring-the-relationship-between-screens-and-substance-abuse
  • Ege Bölgesi Sanayi Odası. (2015, Nisan 27). Sanayi 4.0. (4), p. 15. Retrieved from Ebso haber: https://www.ebso.org.tr/basin-yayin/ebso-haber-dergisi/2016
  • Firth, J. e. (2019, May 6). "The online brain": How the internet may be changing our cognition. World Psychiatry, 119-129. doi:10.1002-/wps.20617
  • Fuchs, C. (2010). Labor in informational capitalism and on the internet. The Information Society, 26(3), 170-196. doi:https://doi.org/10.10-80/01972241003712215
  • Genç Aslan, H. (2023, 11 3). Sosyal medyadaki akımlar ölüme yol açabiliyor. (Z. Rakipoğlu, Interviewer) Retrieved from https://www.-aa.com.tr/tr/bilim-teknoloji/sosyal-medyadaki-tehlikeli-akimlar-olume-yol-acabiliyor/3042122
  • Gough, D., & al., e. (2012). An ıntroduction to systematic reviews. SAGE.
  • Güçdemir, Y. (2015). Sanal ortamda iletişim. Derin Yayınları.
  • Günay, D. (2002). Sanayi ve sanayi tarihi. Mimar ve Mühendis Dergisi, 31, 8-14.
  • Habermas, J. (1989). The structural transformation of the public sphere: An ınquiry into a category of bourgeois society. MIT.
  • Hastürk, A. E. (2024, Aralık 16). Sosyal medyanın gizli tehlikesi "Beyin Çürümesi" en çok çocuk ve ergenleri Etkiliyor. (Ö. Olcay, Interviewer) Ankara: Anadolu Ajans. Retrieved from https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/saglik/sosyal-medyanin-gizli-tehlikesi-beyin-curumesi-en-cok-cocuk-ve-ergenleri-etkiliyor/3425006
  • Headrick, D. (2002). Enformasyon çağı. Kitap Yayınevi.
  • Heim, M. (1993). The metaphysics of virtual reality. Oxford University Press.
  • Horkheimer, H. &. (1996). Aydınlanmanın diyalektiği II. (O. Özügül, Çev.) Kabalcı Yayınevi.
  • Jensen, C. (1993). The modern ındustrial revolution, exit, and the failure of ınternal control systems. The Journal of Finance, 48(3), 834.
  • Kay, A. (1990). User interface: A personal view. In I. B. Laurel (Ed.), The Art of Human Computer Interface Design (p. 199). Addison-Wesley.
  • Lejtenyi, P. (2021, 3 9). Concordia. Retrieved from Concordia.ca: https://www.concordia.ca/-news/stories/2021/03/09/problematic-internet-use-and-teen-depression-are-closely-linked-new-concordia-study-finds.html
  • Luker, E. (2022, 7 1). Are video games, screens another addiction? Retrieved from Mayo Clinic Health System: https://www.mayoclinichealthsys-tem.org/hometown-health/speaking-of-health/are-video-games-and-screens-another-addiction
  • Lydon, B. (2014, April 4). Industry 4.0 - only one-tenth of germany's high-tech strategy. Miami, USA. Retrieved from https://www.auto-mation.com/en-us/articles/2014-1/industry-40-only-one-tenth-of-germanys-high-tech-s
  • Manovich, L. (2007, September). Alan Kay's universal media machine. Northernlights and Media Strudies Yearbook, 5(1), p. 40-41.
  • Mc Luhan, M., & Power, B. (2001). Global köy. (B. Ö. Düzgören, Çev.) İstanbul: Scala Yayınları.
  • Moshel, M. E. (2024, September 1). Neuropsycholo-gical deficits in disordered screen use behaviours: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Neuropyschology Review(34), 791-822. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11065-023-09612-4
  • North, A. (2024, 9 5). Ipad kids speak up. Retrieved from VOX: https://www.vox.com/life/369953/skibidi-tweens-gen-alpha-brainrot-ipad-kids
  • OUP. (2024, 12 2). "Brain Rot" named oxfors word of the year 2024. Retrieved from Oxford University Press: corp.oup.com
  • Özsoy, A. (2011). Televizyon ve izleyici. Medya İletişim.
  • Rich, M. (2024). The mediatrician's guide: A joyful approach to raising healthy, smart, kind kids in a screen-saturated world. Harper Horizon.
  • Ruder, D. B. (2019, June 19). Screen time and the brain: Digital devices can interfere with everything from sleep to creativity. Retrieved from harvard.edu: https://hms.harvard.edu-/news/screen-time-brain
  • Schoeni, A. R. (2015, 7 29). Symptoms and cognitive functions in adolescents in relation to mobile phone use during night. Plos One, 10(7). doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0133528
  • Shalash, R. J.-S. (2024, 5 6). Night screen time is associated with cognitive function in healthy young adults: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 17, 2093-2104. doi:https://doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S462458
  • Sherman, W. R. (2003). Understanding virtual reality. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers.
  • Symthe, D. (2006). On the commodity and its work. In M. G. Kellner (Ed.), Media and Cultural Studies (p. 256). Blackwell.
  • Şirin, S. (2024, September 20-26). Dijital çağın sessiz tehdidi. Yorum, 6. Oksijen.
  • Thoreau, H. D. (2009). Walden. NYRB Classics.
  • Tükel, İ. (2012). Modern örgütlerde yabancılaşma ve Kafka'nın"Dönüşüm" romanının bu bağlamda analizi. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 1(2), 34-50.
  • Uludüz, D. (2024, 12 24). Beyin çürümesi nasıl önlenebilir? Sağlık- Yaşam, 2. Sözcü.
  • Vocabulary. (2025). Vocabulary.com. Vocabulary:retrieved from https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/satisfaction
  • Wikipedia. (2024, December 24). Antoine Destutt de Tracy. Retrieved from Wikipedia.
  • Wikipedia. (2025, 1 27). Hormone dopamine. Retrieved from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/-wiki/Dopamine
  • Witmer, B. a. (1998). Mesauring presence in virtual environments: A presence questionnaire. Presence. Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 7(3), 225-240.
  • Yannoscoli, S., & al., e. (2013). How to write a systematic review: A step by step guide. University of Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Journal(23), 64-69.
  • Zezulka, F. e. (2016). Industry 4.0 – An introduction in the phenomenon. IFAC-papersonline, 49(25). doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.-2016.12.002
  • Zhang, K. a. (2023, May 25). Effect of social media addiction on executive functioning among young adults: The mediating roles of emotional disturbance and sleep quality. Psychology Reserach and Behavior Management, 1911-1920. doi:https://doi.org/10.2147/-PRBM.S414625
Toplam 51 adet kaynakça vardır.

Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil İngilizce
Konular Sosyal Medya Çalışmaları, Yeni İletişim Teknolojileri, Yeni Medya
Bölüm Research Articles
Yazarlar

Ayşe Müge Yazgan 0000-0002-5909-5791

Erken Görünüm Tarihi 25 Mart 2025
Yayımlanma Tarihi
Gönderilme Tarihi 4 Mart 2025
Kabul Tarihi 16 Mart 2025
Yayımlandığı Sayı Yıl 2025 Cilt: 22 Sayı: 2

Kaynak Göster

APA Yazgan, A. M. (2025). The Problem of the Century: Brain Rot. OPUS Journal of Society Research, 22(2), 211-221. https://doi.org/10.26466/opusjsr.1651477