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Digital Literacy

Digital Literacy

(768 words)
December 3, 2025

Digital Literacy is the ability of individuals to access, understand, use, interpret, evaluate, and generate information within an internet-based digital environment. This concept encompasses individuals’ capacity to use digital technologies effectively, safely, and critically to support learning and personal development; to identify and assess needed information; to produce original content; and to communicate, conduct commerce, or make purchases online within a secure, ethical, and legal frame

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Hülya Sönmez

Hülya Sönmez

Deepfake: The Fine Line Between Reality and Fiction

Deepfake: The Fine Line Between Reality and Fiction

(1348 words)
July 9, 2026

When we watch a video or listen to an audio recording on social media, we often assume these are real. This is because we have become accustomed to accepting as true what we have seen and heard for many years. However, rapid advances in artificial intelligence technologies are prompting us to question this habit. Today, it is possible to generate content that is extremely difficult to distinguish from reality using only a few photographs, a short video, or a few seconds of audio. At first glance

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İremsu Ümit

İremsu Ümit

The New Alphabet of Words: Does Being Literate in the Digital Age Mean Only Reading Text?

The New Alphabet of Words: Does Being Literate in the Digital Age Mean Only Reading Text?

(406 words)
July 19, 2026

Throughout human history, literacy consisted simply of pronouncing and interpreting the letters printed by the press or written by the pen. Knowing a language meant only deciphering its alphabet to understand the world. Today, however, we are subjected to a data bombardment unlike any in history, standing before screens. As letters give way to batteries, pixels, emojis, and algorithmic flows, the very definition of traditional literacy is being shaken at its foundations. Simply being able to rea

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Nida Üstün

Nida Üstün

News Diet

News Diet

(1253 words)
July 14, 2026

News diet is the conscious management of the quantity, source, and duration of news consumed by an individual in order to protect mental health, optimize cognitive capacity, and cleanse oneself from information pollution. In the modern world, the rapid spread of information and the algorithmic structure of digital platforms leave individuals constantly under a “news bombardment.” This situation can lead not only to attention fragmentation but also to a psychological cycle known as “doomscrolling

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Nursena Şahin

Nursena Şahin

Peace Journalism

Peace Journalism

(714 words)
July 14, 2026

Peace journalism is a constructive journalistic approach that aims to contribute to the building and preservation of peace by reporting on conflicts in a responsible and conscious manner. The process is shaped by the deliberate choices made by editors and reporters during content production and presentation, with the goal of creating a platform that can help resolve points of disagreement without resorting to violence or develop alternative solutions. Origins and Theoretical Foundations Peace jo

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Nursena Şahin

Nursena Şahin

Digital Literacy in History Education

Digital Literacy in History Education

(756 words)
May 11, 2026

Digital literacy in history education encompasses the ability to access historical information through digital technologies, critically evaluate this information using historical methodology (critique), analyze it, and construct new digital historical narratives. This concept, examined within the framework of 21st century skills, is an interdisciplinary field that goes beyond the use of technological tools to investigate how historical thinking skills—such as time, chronology, cause and effect,

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Bahtiyar Bora ERGÜN

Bahtiyar Bora ERGÜN