Journals / Sanat Yazıları / 2025 / Sayı: 52

DESIGN AND DIGITAL PRESENCE IN THE GIG ECONOMY

GİG EKONOMİDE TASARIM VE DİJİTAL VARLIK

Semra Ay(BASKENT UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION)0000-0003-0965-9488
Kübra Canlı(BAŞKENT ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0000-0002-0921-4481
Pages
216–227
Publication Date
2025-05-31
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The factors caused designers to transition from traditional employ-ment models to more flexible, digitally focused roles were discussed in the business world transformed by digitalization.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Digitalization has helped open up different labor markets and business models and has contributed to the rapid growth of the gig economy, where short-term contracts and freelance work are common in addition to traditional full-time jobs.
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Key Findings & Data:Employees working in creative industries have the opportunity to continue their professions by adopting freelance work models through digital platforms.
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Conclusion & Impact:The factors caused designers to transition from traditional employ-ment models to more flexible, digitally focused roles were discussed in the business world transformed by digitalization.
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⚙️Variables:Portfolyo · Yaratıcı Kültür Endüstrileri · Serbest Çalışma

Abstract

Digitalization has helped open up different labor markets and business models and has contributed to the rapid growth of the gig economy, where short-term contracts and freelance work are common in addition to traditional full-time jobs. Employees working in creative industries have the opportunity to continue their professions by adopting freelance work models through digital platforms. This article examines the roles, business cycles, and changes that digital platforms create on these cycles of designers in the economics of digital transformation. Using the digital ethnography research method, five research questions were asked of thirteen designers in online, and the data were analyzed. As a result of this analysis, the new positions of designers, production dynamics, and digital presence creation processes along with digitalization movements were revealed. The factors caused designers to transition from traditional employ-ment models to more flexible, digitally focused roles were discussed in the business world transformed by digitalization.

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Dijitalleşme hareketleriyle birlikte, farklı iş gücü piyasalarına ve iş modellerine alan açılırken, geleneksel tam zamanlı işlerin yanı sıra kısa vadeli sözleşmelerin ve serbest çalışmanın yaygın olduğu gig ekonomi hızla büyümektedir. Yaratıcı kültür endüstrilerinde faaliyet gösteren bireyler, dijital platformlar aracılığıyla serbest çalışma modellerini benimseyerek mesleklerini sürdürme ve dijital kimlikleriyle bu platformlarda aktif biçimde varlık gösterme ve ekonomik akış rahatlıkla dâhil olabilme fırsatı bulmaktadır. Bu makale, dijitalleşen ekonomi içerisinde çalışan tasarımcıların; rollerini, iş döngülerini ve dijital platformların bu döngüler üzerinde yarattığı değişiklikleri incelemiştir. Dijital etnografi araştırma yöntemi kullanılarak on üç tasarımcıya çevrimiçi ortamda beş araştırma sorusu sorulmuş ve elde edilen veriler analiz edilmiştir. Bu analiz sonucunda, dijitalleşme hareketleriyle birlikte tasarımcıların yeni konumları, üretim dinamikleri ve dijital varlık oluşturma süreçleri ortaya konmuştur. Tasarımcıların geleneksel istihdam modellerinden daha esnek, dijital odaklı rollere geçiş yapmasındaki etkenler tartışılmıştır. Dijitalleşme ile dönüşen iş dünyasında tasarımcıların karşılaştıkları fırsatlar ve zorluklar hakkında kapsamlı bir anlayış geliştirilmiştir.

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Ay, S., Canlı, K., *, S. A. (2025). DESIGN AND DIGITAL PRESENCE IN THE GIG ECONOMY. Sanat Yazıları, Sayı: 52, 216–227. https://doi.org/10.61742/sanatyazilari.1597545

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