The Changing Face of Intergenerational Violence in the Context of the Risk Society: Digital Violence
Author: Hatice Oguz Özgur, haticeoguz@isparta.edu.tr
Department: Sociology
University: Suleyman Demirel University, Turkey
Supervisor: Metin Özkul
Year of completion: 2022
Language of dissertation: Turkish
Keywords:
Risk Society
, Digital Violenc
, Generation
, Mixed method
Areas of Research:
Risk and Uncertainty
, Sociology of Risk and Uncertainty
, Social Transformations
Abstract
The phenomenon of violence, by its very nature, has existed in almost every area of individual and social life. This phenomenon has acquired new areas of existence and new practices with the technology that brings new features to today’s societies.
According to most scientists, the society we live in encompasses risks and dangers rather than security. Therefore, today’s societies are referred to by names such as “risk society”, “uncertainty society”, “society of fear”. According to most scientists, the source of new social characteristics is based on modernization, which has accelerated with technological progress. Along with technological advances, digitalization provides modern societies with many different opportunities and exposes them to different dangers. The new socialization areas created by digitalization offer the best examples of this in daily life. The digital environment, which offers almost unlimited interaction opportunities, has some risks as well as this advantage. “Digital violence”, which is the focus of this research, is one of these risks.
This research was conducted to investigate the experiences of five different generations, who continue to interact with technology today, regarding digital violence. In this context, information about the usage practices of digital tools, internet and social media applications, how they make sense of violence, and their experiences with digital violence, the new type of violence of our age, were obtained with randomly selected people between the ages of 18-95 through quota sampling. In the data collection process, mostly in the online field, through the questionnaire form, in-depth interviews were also conducted with people who have experienced digital violence as victims or perpetrators.
From the data obtained, it was determined that the experiences of digital violence differed significantly depending on the socialization conditions of the generations and their relations with technology.