The Place of Social Media Professions in the Digital Professions of the Digital World: Are Social Media Professions Promising Future?

In the 21st century, the rapid development of information technologies and the transformation of the internet into an indispensable element of social and business life have brought many changes. Today, many people regularly use digital tools such as computers, smartphones and tablets in business and daily life. In this process, where it becomes easier for people to be mobile and online, it is seen that social media has begun to be used as a digital platform where individuals freely communicate, share and discuss. These digital developments; It has not only reshaped our perceptions, ideas, and our daily lives, but also accelerated the birth of new digital professions in line with the requirements of the age. These new business areas that the digital world needs; It also requires new digital competencies and skills. Social media professions are slightly more visible in these new business areas. The fact that social media has users of all ages, especially children and young people closely following the actors in the social media, increases the interest in the professions in the social media. Social media phenomena known as bloggers, vloggers, youtubers, influencers create a perception on users and make these professions attractive professions. The fact that digital transformation continues rapidly and professions will be affected by this transformation should be accepted. However, in this process, it is necessary to teach new generations that will be born in accordance with the requirements of the digital world, to gain skills related to these professions, and to redesign the education system in this sense. In this sense, it is important to educate children and young people in the pre-university period, to gain these skills by opening new departments in universities and to raise the generation that will practice new professions. In this study, it has been tried to find answers to the following questions. “Are the professions that exist in social media, which have more visibility and attraction among the digital professions of the digital world, promising future?”, “Which professions in social media are promising future?”, “Can the people who will take part in this platform be trained and trained to become more qualified?”, “Can it be made possible to produce higher quality content on a more controlled digital platform?”