Abstract
With the development of information technology, societies have become a part of both national and international progress by turning the opportunities using the tools offered by technology. The basic concepts that are important to better understand digital society and its relations with the general framework have been discussed. The 'digital society' consists of institutions, groups, and individuals organized cybernetically around a certain interest relationship, which realize their relations, interactions, connections, and communications with technology via the internet. The structure of the digital society reflects the nature of digital technology as people, technology, business, culture; and social interactions evolve and emerge. There is a need for new frameworks that can transform the complexity of the reshaped world into manageable ideas and shape our perspective.
TopUnderstanding Of Digital Society
The foundation of the digital society is formed by internet activities. The 'Digital Society' consists of institutions, groups and individuals organized cybernetically around a certain interest relationship, which realize their relations, interactions, connections and communications with technology via the internet. Although the digital society seems to be a result of information technology, many economic, political, cultural and social factors are thought to be effective in the formation of the digital society (Schmidt, 2017). The reflection of digitalization in daily life also creates some problems in terms of the reliability of personal data. The effort to prove that ordinary people are not ordinary posts with excessive exhibitionism makes it difficult to protect the personal data of users. As the limits of time and space are exceeded in digital platforms, users experience unreal virtual satisfaction, which brings many changes in people's face-to-face communication habits (Sezgin, 2018).
Shayo et al. have presented an evolutionary model that aims to delineate the boundaries of the digital society, conceptualizing the driving forces behind the growth of digital societies and the hierarchy of existing arrangements at the individual, group, organizational and community levels (See Figure 1) (Shayo, 2007). Stated that the driving forces in the model are effective in the transformation of individuals and society into the digital society.
Key Terms in this Chapter
Digitalization: It is the name given to the process of transferring accessible information to digital media in a way that can be read by any computer.
Public Sphere: The concept used in modern social theories to point to the common social activity area where thoughts, discourses and actions aimed at determining and realizing the common good of society are produced and developed.
Digital Transformation: It is a concept that needs to find solutions to social and sectoral needs with the application of digital technologies and, accordingly, the speed of work and the developments and consumption they have achieved.