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Digital Literacy and Digital Citizenship: A Comprehensive Overview

Digital Literacy and Digital Citizenship: A Comprehensive Overview
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Author(s): Seyfullah Gökoğlu (Bartın University, Turkey)and Şeyma Çağlar Özhan (Bartın University, Turkey)
Copyright: 2025
Pages: 28
Source title: Challenges for Digital Citizenship and Ethics: Social Media, Deep Fakes, and Virtual Communities
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Maja Pucelj (EMUNI University, Slovenia)and Rado Bohinc (EMUNI University, Piran, Slovenia)
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-7914-1.ch001

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Abstract

This chapter examines digital literacy and digital citizenship, critical issues for individuals in today's digital world, from a comprehensive perspective. These two concepts are different but related to each other. After defining the concepts of digital literacy and digital citizenship in detail, the chapter discusses the similarities and differences between these two concepts. The chapter also explains how an ordinary citizen can become a digital citizen. Existing digital citizenship education approaches are introduced. Considering their strengths and weaknesses, the authors proposed a digital citizenship education model. The chapter concludes by exemplifying nine dimensions of digital citizenship and by introducing examples of digital citizenship practices that are widely used worldwide.

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