Abstract:

ThThe 21st century is a period when many developments and changes have accelerated in the field of social, economic, technological, etc. This period of time is also called as the "Information Age" in which individuals are aimed at having lifelong learning, analytical thinking skills, questioning, researching, using technology, using controversial, creative, productive, entrepreneurial. Rapid technological developments and innovation-driven digital media literacy are the requirements of this age. This study is an attempt to reveal the relationship between social gain and digital media literacy for network-based individuals. The problem of this research is the positive and negative contributions in social relations of young people who are connected to more than one network through digital media literacy. In this research, the sample is selected from the students who have received basic information technology education in their university. Online activities, dimensions of interaction networks, social networking diversity, strong and weak links, reliability, information source, privacy, generating and managing content, and so on. are related to digital literacy in terms of time and frequency. Demographic characteristics are evaluated in this context. The ingenious use of digital devices, more time spent in the digital world does not mean that users use technology wisely. Critical views do not parallel the dimensions of digital skills.

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