Abstract:

In our century, known as the age of knowledge, people reach information more easily and faster than before. With the advanced computer technology, digital technology has an indispensable place in the lives of individuals. In the information age in which technology evolves so quickly, people are named differently according to the characteristics of life and use of technology. The digital immigrants who were born before the era of technology and the digital immigrants who were born before the era of technology and the digital immigrants who were born before the era of technology and the digital immigrants who were born before the era of technology and the digital immigrants who were born before the era of technology and the digital immigrants who were born before the era of technology and the digital immigrants who were born before the era of technology and the digital immigrants who were born before the era of technology and the digital immigrants. The main difference in this classification is the use of technology by individuals. Pensky called the digital indigenous as those who were born in the era of technology, those who put the computer, video games and the use of the internet as the basis of their lives and those who were born after the 1980s. Pensky called the people who were born after the technological era digital migrants, who first read the manual of use to use a technological device or program and then used the program, who were born before the 1980s. The rapid developments in technology have changed the way individuals live, communicate, share, and promote themselves. With the development of the Web 2.0, social networks have become the platforms that people use to promote themselves. The Web 2. One of the most popular social networks in the world is Instagram. The study aimed at measuring the impact of social networks on digital indigenous people’s communication, sharing, learning, education and socialization. In this context, the characteristics of social networks have been explained to digital indigenous people, and the digital indigenous people have been surveyed. The survey resulted in an attempt to identify the use features of the digital indigenous people on Instagram. In the first part of the survey, the aim is to identify features such as the demographic characteristics of digital indigenous people and the frequency of social networks; in the second part, the aim is to identify the features of people using Instagram. The study found that digital indigenous behaviors vary by gender, that women and men don’t differ in terms of the time they spend on social networks during the day, that digital indigenous people show the behavior of tracking people with the same fields of expertise on Instagram, and that women make instant decisions according to men on Instagram. The SPSS program is used in statistical analysis.

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