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A systematic review on digital literacy

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ID23329938
AuthorsHasan Tınmaz (0000-0003-4310-0848), Yoo-Taek Lee (0000-0002-1913-9059), Mina FANEA-IVANOVICI (0000-0003-2921-2990), Hasnan Baber (0000-0002-8951-3501)
Year2022
Volume9
Issue1
Publication date2022-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSmart Learning Environments (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2196-7091 • E-ISSN: 2196-7091
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1186/s40561-022-00204-y
LanguageEN
Citations received73
References cited18

The purpose of this study is to discover the main themes and categories of the research studies regarding digital literacy. To serve this purpose, the databases of WoS/Clarivate Analytics, Proquest Central, Emerald Management Journals, Jstor Business College Collections and Scopus/Elsevier were searched with four keyword-combinations and final forty-three articles were included in the dataset. The researchers applied a systematic literature review method to the dataset. The preliminary findings demonstrated that there is a growing prevalence of digital literacy articles starting from the year 2013. The dominant research methodology of the reviewed articles is qualitative. The four major themes revealed from the qualitative content analysis are: digital literacy, digital competencies, digital skills and digital thinking. Under each theme, the categories and their frequencies are analysed. Recommendations for further research and for real life implementations are generated.

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Unique citing works73
Citations per year18,25
Citation span2022 - 2027 (6)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 71

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