정보관리학회지 (Journal of the Korean Society for information Management)

  • 제39권3호
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  • Pages.241-261
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  • 2022
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  • 1013-0799(pISSN)
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  • 2586-2073(eISSN)
한국정보관리학회 (Korean Society for Information Management)
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북한이탈주민의 정보빈곤에 관한 연구: Chatman의 정보빈곤이론을 기반으로

A Study on the Information Poverty of North Korean Refugees in South Korea: Based on Chatman's Information Poverty

  • 민수진 (성균관대학교 문헌정보학과) ;
  • 이용정 (성균관대학교 글로벌융합학부)
  • 투고 : 2022.08.19
  • 심사 : 2022.09.07
  • 발행 : 2022.09.30
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본 연구는 Chatman(1996)의 정보빈곤이론(Theory of Information Poverty)을 바탕으로 정보 빈곤이 북한이탈주민의 한국사회적응에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 하였다. 연구를 위해 정보빈곤이론을 기반으로 정보빈곤의 개념을 은폐(Secrecy), 기만(Deception), 위험감수(Risk-taking), 상황적 관련성(Situational relevance)에 따른 정보 수용이라는 네 가지 변인으로 구성하였고, 선행연구 분석 결과를 바탕으로 한국사회적응을 사회적 적응과 심리적 적응으로 구분하였다. 또한 생명윤리위원회(IRB)의 승인을 거쳐 2021년 8월 4일부터 8월 30일까지 북한이탈주민 지원 단체 <우리온>을 통해 국내 입국 후 최소 1년이 경과한 민법상 성년인 만 19세 이상의 북한이탈주민을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였다. 수집된 100개의 유효한 데이터를 빈도 분석, 신뢰도 분석, 상관관계 분석, 다중회귀분석을 통해 분석한 결과, 정보빈곤은 북한이탈주민의 사회적 적응과 심리적 적응에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 특히, "기만" 변수는 북한이탈주민의 사회적 적응과 심리적 적응에 유의한 부(-)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 북한이탈주민을 정보빈곤층으로 정의하고, 그들의 한국사회적응을 Chatman의 정보빈곤이론을 기반으로 설명하였다는 점에서 학문적 의의가 있다. 무엇보다도, 질적 연구를 수행한 선행연구들과 달리 변수의 조작화를 통해 양적 연구를 시도하였다는 점에서 의미가 있다.

The present study aims to investigate the effects of information poverty on North Korean refugees' social adaptation to South Korea based on Chatman's Theory of Information Poverty (1996). Based on the Theory of Information Poverty, information poverty consists of four variables: Secrecy, Deception, Risk-taking, and information acceptance in response to situational relevance. And based on the previous studies, adaptation to South Korean life is divided into social adaptation and psychological adaptation. From August 4 to August 30, 2021, after approval by the IRB through the North Korean refugee support organization , surveys were conducted with North Korean refugees who had lived in South Korea for at least one year and were aged 19 or older. The 100 collected valid data were analyzed using frequency analysis, reliability analysis, correlation analysis, and multiple linear regression analysis. Findings of the study indicated that information poverty had significant effects on North Korean refugees' social and psychological adaptation. In particular, the "deception" variable had negative effects on social and psychological adaptation. The study has theoretical implications that it explains North Korean refugees' adaptation to South Korea based on Theory of Information Poverty by defining them as information poor. Above all, it attempts a quantitative approach through operationalization of key concepts unlike previous studies that were conducted with qualitative approaches.

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