Toplumsal Ci̇nsi̇yet Eşi̇tli̇ği̇ Perspekti̇fi̇nden Di̇ji̇tal Bölünme Ve Farkli Yaklaşimlar

Abstract

Developments in Internet technologies have caused significant innovations and new implications in many areas including economics, education, political participation and communication, for both individuals and communities. Parallel to these developments, having the skill and access to use these technologies reproduces the current inequalities between individuals and societies, and sometimes creates new forms of inequality. Information, which is essential in today's society, closely relates to the future of political, cultural, economic systems and the people. Even though an abstract concept, information produces a great material power; and to have it or not to have it matters. In today's so--called information society, having the information and the communication technologies and using them efficiently provides substantial advantage to both individual and to the nations, in contras not having them is disadvantageous in many aspects. In this study, the concept of digital divide, which is used to express inequality of access to information and Internet technologies between developed and underdeveloped countries, as well as between different social segments within the same country, was discussed from the perspective of gender inequality.Gender is determined to be an important parameter with regards to the access to information and to communication technologies and being able to use them efficiently.In the light of the present studies, the differences in the Internet access and usage between women and men were revealed through examples from some countries around the world, after which the situation in Turkey was investigated. First, as a result of the study, it was seen that, in almost all developing countries, men are more advantageous than women in using Internet technologies. This situation leaves women in a disadvantageous position compared to both men, and women in developed countries. The

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“…Kadınlar "dijital çağ geç gelenleri" olarak ifade edilmekte ve teknolojilerin erkekler tarafından öncelikli olarak sahiplenildiği ve kullanıldığı belirtilmektedir. Ataerkil açıdan araştırma yapan araştırmacılar, erkeklerin yakın ilişki içinde oldukları teknolojiyi kadınlardan daha fazla kullandıkları ve edindiklerini ifade etmektedir 29 . Ataerkil açıdan araştırma yapan araştırmacılar kadınların teknoloji kullanımını etkileyen nedenleri belirlemeye çalışan araştırmaların artmasına neden olmaktadır.…”