“…Gen-Z has a life intertwined with the Internet, as it grew up with instant global connections provided by tools such as smartphones, tablets, wearable devices, and SMPs (Vitelar, 2019), and they see the Internet as an inseparable part of their lives (Monaco, 2018). Gen-Z is a generation that stays up to date or follows the current issues spread through mass media or the Internet and is competent in using the Internet for entertainment, learning, and business purposes (Fisu et al, 2024). Additionally, GenZ is conceptualized in connection with mobility, social networks, and digitalization (İlhan et al, 2022;Jeresano & Carretero, 2022) because they have grown up with access to digital technologies, and they skillfully use these tools (Jeresano & Carretero, 2022) to collect information from various sources, analyze it, and draw meaningful conclusions (Singh & Sibi, 2023).…”