The digitalization tendency of young adults: differences by living environment, gender and education

IF 3.1 3区管理学 Q2 COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Online Information Review Pub Date : 2024-07-26 DOI:10.1108/oir-01-2023-0020

Ilkim Markoc

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PurposeThis study investigates the differences in digitalization tendency levels among young adults (18–30) regarding their living environment, gender, and education.Design/methodology/approachDigital transformation (DT) refers to digital technologies becoming more prevalent in society. This process transforms lifestyles and business models using information and communication technologies. While digital transformation is on everyone’s agenda worldwide, it is still in its infancy. The data collected from 1,067 young adults show that all three control variables, living environment (CV1), gender (CV2), and education level (CV3), have a significant impact on digitalization tendency. Samples are selected using stratified sampling. Frequency distributions of quantitative data, descriptive statistics, ANOVA analysis, independent sample t-tests, reliability and validity analysis are interpreted in SPSS.FindingsIt is concluded from the study that the young adults living in Istanbul are more inclined to use digital technologies and to see the process from the standpoint of its positive results. It is observed that women have a higher digitalization tendency than men. Finally, the tendency to use digital technologies increases with education level, as does the likelihood of perceiving the outputs of these technologies as positive.Research limitations/implicationsThe study limited the sample to young adults aged 18–30.Originality/valueDigitalization tendencies are positively influenced by factors such as living in Istanbul, being a woman, and having a high education level.Peer reviewThe peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/OIR-01-2023-0020.

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青壮年的数字化趋势：生活环境、性别和教育的差异

设计/方法/途径数字化转型（DT）是指数字化技术在社会中日益普及。这一过程利用信息和通信技术改造生活方式和商业模式。虽然数字化转型已提上全球每个人的议事日程，但它仍处于起步阶段。从 1067 名年轻人中收集的数据显示，生活环境（CV1）、性别（CV2）和教育水平（CV3）这三个控制变量对数字化倾向都有显著影响。样本采用分层抽样法选出。通过 SPSS 对定量数据的频数分布、描述性统计、方差分析、独立样本 t 检验、可靠性和有效性分析进行了解释。女性的数字化倾向高于男性。最后，使用数字技术的倾向随着教育水平的提高而增加，认为这些技术的产出是积极的可能性也是如此。研究局限性/影响研究将样本限制在 18-30 岁的年轻成年人。原创性/价值数字化倾向受到居住在伊斯坦布尔、女性和高教育水平等因素的积极影响。同行评审本文的同行评审历史可在以下网址查阅：https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/OIR-01-2023-0020.

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Online Information Review 工程技术-计算机：信息系统

CiteScore

6.90

自引率

16.10%

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审稿时长

6 months

期刊介绍： The journal provides a multi-disciplinary forum for scholars from a range of fields, including information studies/iSchools, data studies, internet studies, media and communication studies and information systems. Publishes research on the social, political and ethical aspects of emergent digital information practices and platforms, and welcomes submissions that draw upon critical and socio-technical perspectives in order to address these developments. Welcomes empirical, conceptual and methodological contributions on any topics relevant to the broad field of digital information and communication, however we are particularly interested in receiving submissions that address emerging issues around the below topics. Coverage includes (but is not limited to): •Online communities, social networking and social media, including online political communication; crowdsourcing; positive computing and wellbeing. •The social drivers and implications of emerging data practices, including open data; big data; data journeys and flows; and research data management. •Digital transformations including organisations’ use of information technologies (e.g. Internet of Things and digitisation of user experience) to improve economic and social welfare, health and wellbeing, and protect the environment. •Developments in digital scholarship and the production and use of scholarly content. •Online and digital research methods, including their ethical aspects.