Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
New Communication Approaches in the Digitalized World, MEHMET SERDAR ERCİŞ & ENES EMRE BAŞAR, Editör, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, ss.260-273, 2020
Together with the transition from traditional to digital media, it has become
necessary to raise awareness of individuals in every layer of society, and
create awareness in terms of reaching qualified information. In addition to
the opportunities provided by digital media, its ability to influence
individuals of all ages, as well as their diversity, have all made the concept
of digital media literacy important. Nowadays, digital media literacy has
taken its place in international documents as an indispensable life skill.
The most important factor in the transition from traditional media
literacy to digital is the emergence of the social media concept as an
extension of the developments in information technologies. Social networks
are online tools that allow individuals to express themselves, to merge their
social networks, to establish connections with other users, and to maintain
these links. In general, social networks have become important tools for
sharing daily events and news.
In a survey conducted by Hootsuite and We Are Social in 2017, it was
revealed that approximately three billion people are active social network
users, and about five billion people use mobile technologies (Cassidy 2017).
Assuming that information is obtained through the internet and internet
technologies, it is natural that the information gatherer, under the hegemony
of knowledge, thinks all kinds of news are real. It should be kept in mind
that information produced on the internet, and in particular, in social
networks, can only protect the individual if he/she is literate. One of the
main tasks of educators is to take into account the risks that social networks
present to young people, and to provide necessary support in this context