Socioeconomic status influences Turkish digital natives’ internet use habitus

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ID21452534
AuthorsMustafa Kerem Kobul (0000-0002-7744-0712, Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, Department of Translation & Interpreting, Samsun University, Samsun, Turkey, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume42
Issue5
Pages624-642
Publication date2023-04-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueBehaviour and Information Technology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0144-929X • E-ISSN: 1362-3001
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0144929x.2022.2034970
OpenAlexW4211242096
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited101

Digital native’ has been a buzzword within the last decade particularly in educational research. Learners born after the 1980s are presumed somehow different just because they were born in a digital world. Although scholars have labelled these young generations as digital natives or millennials as a homogenous construct, the questions of how and for what purpose(s) these younger generations use these newer technologies remain unresolved. Acknowledging the abundance of literature documenting adults’ viewing their younger ones different throughout history, this study investigates the relationship between socioeconomic level variables, paternal and maternal education level, household income, and their internet use frequency and purposes. Data were gathered from 327 undergraduate students, born between 1997 and 2000, enrolled at a Turkey state university. Findings indicate that maternal and paternal education levels significantly influence the internet use duration of the younger generation, yet observe no significant effect on household income. The results also reveal significant differences in participants’ internet use for academic and a variety of non-academic purposes concerning socioeconomic status variables. Overall, simply being born into a technological world does not make the younger generation a monolithic group of tech-savvy individuals as their adults assume them to be

Construct (python library) · Cultural capital · Digital divide · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Habitus · Higher education · Population · Social science · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · The Internet · Turkish · World Wide Web · Child Development and Digital Technology · Computer Science · Demography · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Psychology · Social Media and Politics

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