Cultural and social thematic mapping of virtual space

Virtual space is a category that has attracted a lot of attention in recent years. Considering this importance, this research has been carried out in order to prepare a comprehensive and systematic map of the social-cultural issues of virtual space. That has used two inductive and comparative approaches. In the inductive approach, which looks at a huge range of cultural and social concepts and issues related to virtual space, the method of "brainstorming" and then "mind mapping" has been used to enumerate cultural and social issues related to virtual space. In the comparative approach, "library", "matrix" and "mind mapping" methods have been used. In the findings of this research, subjects have been counted, concepts have been formed and categorized, and based on them, mental maps of virtual space with layers of culture, levels of culture, dimensions of culture, policy areas of culture and interdisciplinary areas of culture have been presented. The results of the research show that the socio-cultural field of virtual space includes a huge range of topics, and systematizing these topics considering the comprehensiveness and hindrance is a complex and difficult task, which is very important with the simultaneous implementation of the inductive and analogical approach is fulfilled.