Yayıncı Palgrave Macmillan
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Sustainability, Digital Security, and Cyber Hygiene During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Yegen, Ceren

The COVID-19 Pandemic has affected and transformed the world since the end of 2019. In the pandemic process, individuals, along with health concerns, also carried concerns about getting true information and news or protecting their digital footprints and cyber security. So much so that the internet is in almost every stage of life. With the pandemic, there has been a transition to sustainable practices such as online shopping, banking, trade, business, and education models. At this point, the concept of cyber hygiene, which provides digital security as well as maintaining it, is important. It is also aimed to stay away from bad and dirty content and to be prepared against cyber attacks. Therefore, cyber hygiene is in a key position in digital security. Therefore, in this study, the concept...

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Internet Use and Understanding the Tendency for Media Use in the Post-COVID Period

Yegen, Ceren

The COVID-19 Pandemic, which has affected the world, has also affected the manner of accessing information and news. Individuals have made extensive use of the Internet and new media technologies to obtain information and news quickly and reliably during the pandemic process. The subject of this study is how individuals can obtain information after COVID-19, and how they are affected by the Internet. For this reason, survey-based research is conducted both in Turkey and Ukraine in this study. In the process, called post-COVID, which characterizes the post-pandemic period, the current view of individuals’ Internet usage and their tendency to receive information and news is investigated.