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Digital Education-Colonialism: Domination of Global Knowledge Structures through Local Media

 Digital Education-Colonialism: Domination of Global Knowledge Structures through Local Media Introduction In this era of globalization, the colonization of education has taken a new form. Just as the domination of knowledge and culture was established through guns and administrative structures during the colonial period, the same process is underway in today’s digital age through social media and online education platforms. The only difference is that today’s colonialism is not visible. It is entering through local languages, through local mouths, and through the hands of local people. This article will discuss three main questions. First, how the dissemination of foreign knowledge structures in local languages ​​has become a tool of neo-colonialism. Second, how the educated middle class is unwittingly becoming the bearers of this system. Third, how social media is accelerating and deepening this process.  Chapter One: Foreign Knowledge Structures in Local Languages, the New ...