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http://dx.doi.org/10.22693/NIAIP.2022.29.2.106

A Study on the Effect of Accomplished Capital of the Elderly on Digital Capital - Focusing on the Relationship with Digital Device Use Attitudes  

Kim, Bong-Seob (National Information Society Agency)
Ko, Jeong-Hyeun (Kyungpook National University Department of Library and Information Science)
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Informatization Policy / v.29, no.2, 2022 , pp. 106-126 More about this Journal
Abstract
The digital divide issue is re-emerging in step with the rapid progress of digital transformation. Recently, the discussion of the digital divide is expanding to the point that the difference in digital access and use competency deepens economic and social inequality and discrimination. Notably, the phenomenon of the exclusion and alienation of the elderly from society is a serious matter to be addressed. Accordingly, this research was conducted to provide practical help in minimizing the digital divide through its understanding among the elderly. To this end, both the accomplished capital accumulated and experienced in the course of life and their attitudes toward technology in relation to digital competence capital by the elderly were examined in three dimensions. This analysis was conducted using the results of the '2020 The Report on the Digital Divide'. The target group of the analysis comprised 653 seniors aged 65 and above. As a result of the analysis, digital competence capital among the elderly was affected by both various types of accomplished capital such as educational, income, social, and emotional capital and digital device use attitude. Based on this, this study proposed measures to bridge the digital divide among the elderly.
Keywords
digital divide; the elderly; accomplished capital; digital device use attitudes; digital competence capital;
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