Today, digital social platforms, as a tool for political expression or activities, are an important part of everyday life for younger generations. However, at times, especially during times of crisis nation states may perceive these digital platforms as a threat. Thus, over the last twenty years, states are increasingly willing to restrict access to content on the internet or block access to digital social at varying degrees. In this study, young people‟s thoughts or attitudes about the state policies such as restricting or blocking access to digital social platforms permanently or temporarily has been examined in the context of democracy and freedom. In the context of the qualitative method, in-depth interviewing technique was used as data collection tool. The sample of the research is composed of young people who are studying at Aydın Adnan Menderes University in Turkey. According to findings, there is two main alternative approaches or attitudes towards the potential of digital social platforms to spread democracy and freedom: views of cyber-utopians and cyber-skeptics. Though there are different attitudes towards the state policies such as restricting and blocking access to digital social platforms, it is thought that the resources or facilities offered by the digital world may positively contribute to democracy and freedom in real terms as long as people and other internet stakeholders such as governments, policymakers are acting responsibly.
Today, as a tool for political expression or activities, digital social platforms are an important part of the everyday life for young generations. However, sometimes, especially in times of crisis, national states can perceive these digital platforms as a threat. Therefore, over the past twenty years, governments have become increasingly willing to restrict access to content on the internet or block access to digital social platforms at different degrees. This study examined the ideas or attitudes of youth about government policies, such as the continuous or temporary restriction or blocking of access to digital social platforms in the context of democracy and freedom. In the context of the quality method, the deep-conversation technique has been used as a tool for data collection. The examples of the study are made up of young people studying at Aydın Adnan Menderes University in Turkey. According to the findings, there are two main alternative approaches or attitudes towards the potential of digital social platforms to spread democracy and freedom: the opinions of cyber-utopics and cyber-doubters. Despite different attitudes towards government policies, such as restriction or blocking access to digital social platforms, it is believed that the resources or tools offered by the digital world can actually contribute positively to democracy and freedom, as long as people and governments, policy makers and other stakeholders in their internet environments are responsible.
Alan : Eğitim Bilimleri; Filoloji; Güzel Sanatlar; Mimarlık, Planlama ve Tasarım; Sosyal, Beşeri ve İdari Bilimler
Dergi Türü : Uluslararası
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