The impact of new technologies on scholarly communication: A case study about education technologies and media

21st century brought a period of change that has started with technology. Change and transformation designated the start of a new period. The Internet and the concepts of new media and social media that emerged based on the Internet have made the masses running lots of their routine and current states through these media. As a result of this change and transformation reflecting on the field of education, the use of technology has increased both in academic studies and scholarly communication processes. The use of technology has emerged in academic processes along with education programs to which technology was adapted, technology-based universities and higher education institutions. Scholarly communication processes have changed with the increase of technology products used by academicians, and they are described as education technology. Database searches and searches on online sources have taken the place of researches on printed publications in libraries. The reading processes have started to occur on computers and tablets. Communication processes have changed by exchanging emails, instant messaging and personal social online accounts. Academic studies are now possible to be done online. Within the scope of the study, how academia underwent change with new media and education technologies and what kind of changes this process created in the processes of the scholars in Turkey communicating with each other and doing joint studies were examined and researched.