Digital Divide: Elementary school students in Taejon, Korea

디지털 격차 : 대전지역 초등학생을 중심으로

  • 최종인 (대전산업대학교 경영학과) ;
  • 오광록 (대전산업대학교 경영학과) ;
  • 박현아 (대전산업대학교 산업대학원)
  • Published : 2000.11.01

Abstract

Access to computers and the internet and the ability to effectively use this technology are becoming increasingly important for full participation in Korea′s economic, education, and social life. In recent years, access to computers and internet has exploded. Unfortunately, there is strong evidence of "digital divide"-gap between those individual and communities that have access to these information technology and those who don′t. This research focus on the elementary school students in Taejon, Korea. We found that there is digital divide among children and also different result between access to information technology and use of contents to information technology.

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