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The Mediating Effect of the Outcome of Digital Device Use between Digital Informatization & Life Satisfaction

디지털정보화와 일상생활만족도의 관계: 디지털기기 이용성과의 매개 효과 분석

  • Kim, Ban-Ya (Institute of Communication Research, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kwon, Jong-Sil (Graduate School of Education, Ui-Duk University)
  • Received : 2022.01.27
  • Accepted : 2022.04.12
  • Published : 2022.06.30
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Abstract

This study investigates the effects of different types of digital informatization (i.e. access, skill, utilization) on life satisfaction. The mediation effects of the outcome of digital device use between digital informatization and life satisfaction are also tested. The '2020 Survey on the Digital Divide' conducted by the National Information Society Agency was referenced for empirical analysis. The findings show that in general, digital informatization contributes to improving life satisfaction. In addition, the outcome of digital device use mediates the positive relationship between digital informatization and life satisfaction. However, the magnitudes of the effects of digital informatization and mediation effects differed according to the types of digital informatization. This study supports the necessity and justification for a digital informatization policy and provides valuable information that helps establish and promote digital informatization policies. In addition, this study helps to understand the determinants of the third-level digital divide information by examining the relationship between digital informatization and the outcome of digital device use.

본 연구는 디지털정보화의 접근, 역량, 활용 수준이 일상생활만족도에 미치는 영향력을 살펴보고, 이 변인들 간의 관계에 있어 디지털기기 이용성과의 매개효과를 검토하였다. 이를 위하여 한국지능정보사회진흥원의 '2020 디지털정보격차 실태조사' 자료를 활용하여 실증적 분석을 실시하였다. 연구 결과, 전반적으로 디지털정보화는 일상생활만족도에 긍정적 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 디지털기기 이용성과의 매개효과 역시 유의한 것으로 나타났다. 하지만 디지털정보화가 일상생활만족도에 미치는 영향력과 디지털기기 이용성과의 매개효과의 유의성은 디지털정보화의 하위 차원에 따라 다르게 나타났다. 이상의 연구 결과는 디지털정보화 정책의 필요성과 당위성을 뒷받침하고 디지털정보화 정책 수립 및 추진 시 도움이 되는 유용한 정보를 제공한다. 덧붙여 이 연구는 디지털정보화와 디지털기기 이용성과의 관계를 살펴봄으로써 3차 정보격차의 선행요인에 대한 이해를 돕는다.

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2019S1A5B5A07111680)

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