Analyzing the Relationship Between Digital Literacy and Cyberloafing in Turkish Higher Education

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dc.contributor.authorUlas, Mehmet
dc.date.accessioned2026-04-04T13:32:57Z
dc.date.available2026-04-04T13:32:57Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.departmentİnönü Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThe twenty-first century is marked by profound transformations in social, economic, political and technological spheres. Rapid advances in digital technologies continuously reshape everyday practices and organizational structures, creating new dynamics that individuals and societies must adapt to. The extent to which people possess the competencies required to navigate these changes has therefore become a key concern in contemporary research. In this context, digital literacy is seen as a crucial skill set that not only enables effective participation in digital environments, but also supports critical awareness of the opportunities and risks they entail. This study investigates the relationship between university students' digital literacy skills and their levels of cyberloafing. Adopting a correlational survey design, the research was conducted with students enrolled in the Faculty of Communication at In & ouml;n & uuml; University. While the population consisted of 1,216 students, the sample comprised 317 participants selected through convenience sampling. Data were collected using a Digital Literacy Scale adapted from instruments developed by Bayrakc & imath; and Narmanl & imath;o & gbreve;lu (2021) and De-Dios et al. (2016), and the Cyberloafing Scale developed by Sar & imath;tepeci and Sert. The data were analyzed using SPSS 26.0. The findings indicate a statistically significant and positive relationship between students' digital literacy and their cyberloafing behaviors.
dc.identifier.doi10.17829/turcom.1620764
dc.identifier.endpage133
dc.identifier.issn2630-6220
dc.identifier.issue48
dc.identifier.startpage106
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.17829/turcom.1620764
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11616/108826
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001673626400006
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.institutionauthorUlas, Mehmet
dc.language.isotr
dc.publisherMarmara Univ, Fac Communication
dc.relation.ispartofTurkiye Iletisim Arastirmalari Dergisi-Turkish Review of Communication Studies
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20250329
dc.subjectDigital
dc.subjectDigital Literacy
dc.subjectCyberloafing
dc.subjectSkill
dc.subjectCompetence
dc.titleAnalyzing the Relationship Between Digital Literacy and Cyberloafing in Turkish Higher Education
dc.typeArticle

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