Digitization and Digital Citizenship

The transformation through rapid technological innovations, which includes various technologies such as internet of things, cloud computing, blockchain, big data and artificial intelligence, causes profound changes in both business processes and social structure in the digitalizing era. The development of public policies by governments with a focus on digitalization have increased the importance of the concept of digital citizenship, especially with the effect of the pandemic period. Since the concept of digital citizenship has gained prominence, a great amount of studies were implemented on this subject. When these studies were analyzed, it was detected that the researches were mostly related to the determination of the way of constructing digital citizenship education. On the other hand, with the expansion of the field of digital citizenship, new and different needs have emerged. The factors of the concept of digital citizenship are not considered sufficient for the understanding and development of digital citizenship, due to the necessity of examining the factors of "digital creativity, digital entrepreneurship, digital empathy and digital aggression" within digital citizenship studies and revealing the link between digital awareness and digital citizenship. In accordance with this purpose; digital literacy, digital law, digital rights and responsibilities, digital communication, digital security, digital commerce, digital participation, digital ethics, digital health, digital creativity, digital entrepreneurship, digital empathy and digital aggression factors are focused on within the framework of digital citizenship aspect.