I am working as a scholarship-funded student researcher on the TÜBİTAK-supported project titled “Mapping the Types and Levels of Digital Inequality Among University Students: A Field Study on Third-Level Digital Inequality in Turkey,” led by Prof. Dr. Elif Korap Özel.
The project examines the forms and levels of digital inequality among university students in Turkey in terms of access, digital skills, quality of use, and the outcomes gained from technology. By contributing to the data collection and analysis processes, we investigate how socioeconomic conditions, institutional resources, and technological competencies shape educational and professional opportunities.
As part of this work, I also authored the book chapter titled “Digital Inequality in Developed and Developing Countries: Is Everyone Accessible, Should Everyone Be Reached?” In the chapter, I approach digital inequality not merely as a matter of access to the internet or digital devices, but as a multilayered structure shaped by skills, quality of use, economic conditions, and the outcomes gained from technology. The study argues that inequality in developed countries is experienced mainly within the network, while in developing countries it is still encountered at the entrance to the network.
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