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An Empirical Study on the Factors and Resolution Methods of the Smart Divide of Older Adults

노년층의 스마트 정보격차 요인 및 해소방안에 관한 실증적 연구

  • 백기훈 (미래창조과학부 경인지방우정청) ;
  • 봉진숙 (숭실대학교 컴퓨터학과) ;
  • 신용태 (숭실대학교 컴퓨터학부)
  • Received : 2015.05.08
  • Accepted : 2015.08.19
  • Published : 2015.10.15
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Abstract

This research was conducted both to analyze the determining factors of and to suggest resolution methods for the smart divide of adults over 65 years of age in the rapidly aging society of the 2000s and the smart society of the 2010s following the information society of the 1990s. The research model based on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) includes 6 determining factors derived from existing studies: Self Efficacy, Training, Accessibility, Playfulness, Cost Rationality, and Policy Support. Research data were collected through a survey given to a total of 243 older adults in 14 Senior Welfare Centers nationwide, and research hypotheses were verified by structural equation model (SEM) analysis. The results of this research that gives priority to the order of Political Support, Playfulness, Self Efficacy, Accessibility, Cost Rationality, and Training can be used to develop various resolution methods for the smart divide of adults over 65 years of age.

본 연구는 1990년대 이후 정보화 과정에 이어 2010년대 들어 스마트폰의 확산으로 스마트화가 급속히 전개되는 가운데 특히 2000년대 이후 신속히 진행 중인 고령화로 인하여 심각해지고 있는 만 65세이상 노년층의 스마트 정보격차의 요인을 분석하고 이에 대한 해소방안을 모색하고자 추진되었다. 기존 연구에서 노년층의 스마트폰에 대한 자기효능감, 교육, 접근성, 유희성, 비용 합리성, 정책적 지원 등 6개 요인을 도출하고 정보기술수용모델(TAM)을 토대로 연구모델을 정립한 후, 전국의 14개 노인종합복지관을 통하여 총 243명에게 설문조사를 실시하여 자료를 수집하였으며, 구조방정식모델(SEM) 분석을 통하여 가설을 검증하였다. 스마트폰에 대한 정책적 지원, 유희성, 자기효능감, 접근성, 비용 합리성, 그리고 교육 요인의 순서로 중요성이 우선시된 본 연구의 결과는 향후에 노년층의 스마트 정보격차에 대한 다양한 해소방안 모색에 활용될 수 있다.

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