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JOURNAL OF YOUTH RESEARCHES
Research on Information and
Communications Technology
(ICT) Use Skills and E-Security
Approaches of Youth
Copyright © 2017
Republic of Turkey Ministry of Youth and Sports
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Journal of Youth Researches • July 2017 • 5(12) • 23-32
ISSN 2147-8473
Received
| 19 June 2017
Accepted
| 02 July 2017
A N A LY S I S / R E S E A R C H
E X T E N D E D A B S T R A C T
* Prof. Dr., Hacettepe University, Director of the Center for Youth Research and Implementation, Ankara,
** PhD Candidate, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Literature, Department of Sociology, Ankara,
M.Tuğba Erdem
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Aylin Görgün Baran
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Introduction
Societies and individuals have been interconnected by information and communication
technologies (ICTs), both at the global level and in the local context. Therefore, the 21st
century is considered as a connected age, human network and web society. At this point,
Bell’s post-industrial information society, Castells’ network society and Van Dijk’s con-
ceptions of digital society point out the very existence of a new understanding of the
emergent networks and connected individuals. According to Castells (2008, pp. 620-
625), key elements that characterize today’s society are information technology, Internet
and information networks that embrace the world. Multiple nodes linked to each other
form networks which create constructs expanding in space without being subject to any
restrictions. This understanding leads to a structural change in communication and a
