• Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
• /
• v.16 no.1
• /
• pp.86-98
• /
• 2013

This study began with the fact that the relationship between eductional environments and housing price needs to be understood in the context of the structuring of socio-spatial disparity. In other words, this paper focuses on the fact that the eduction with public features and functions plays a role of housing price determination and the rising price is privatized only to cause socio-spatial inequality. The study first examines how the education factors determine the housing price and cause increasing social inequality in Seoul at the macro level. It also carried out more detailed quantitative analysis on the relationship between educational environment factors and housing price with the case study of Yangcheon-gu, Seoul. This study found out that the close relationship between educational environment, housing price and social disparity at various spatial scales. It also figured out the the educational environment factors play an important role of housing price determination as much as material features per se. This means that the relationship between education, housing price and inequality needs to be dealt with not just socially but also in spatial perspective. In addition, the housing price determination is not just technical research but an social science issue in the context of rising socio-spatial disparity. This study is of only significance as a starting point of promising related researches in the future and much more efforts will be needed.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
• /
• v.49 no.3
• /
• pp.307-329
• /
• 2018

This study aims to verify the effect of school library education service on the information literacy ability of high school students in the poor economic environment. For this purpose, we narrowed down to 215 high school first graders with substandard educational conditions, and then implemented information literacy education. The results of the information literacy test were compared, before and after the information literacy service. The preliminary tests of 15 schools including the targeted school were conducted, and we found that the results of the self-evaluation in those 15 schools exceed those with other generally good educational conditions. We considered in all aspects to find out how to overcome the information literacy gap through information literacy programs. Reflecting on the previous research verifying that the difference in educational environment affects the information literacy, we can confirm that the information literacy education service, which is the core service of the school library, can narrow the information literacy gap. We hope that this study will be a basis for the systematic establishment of information literacy education in public education.

• Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
• /
• v.19 no.4
• /
• pp.729-742
• /
• 2016

Socio-economic polarization in Korea partly due to recent globalization and industrial restructuring could reduce social mobility significantly through passing down educational achievement to one's children. Under the notion that residential segregation is geographical frame for the reproduction of educational inequality, this research investigates residential segregation by educational attainment and neighborhood disparity with a case study of Seoul. The statistical analyses employed local segregation measures such as Location Quotient and Local Moran's I and a variety of variables that reflect neighborhood characteristics. As a result, it found that there are sharp and clear contracts between low- and high-educational group concentrations/clusters particularly in terms of housing characteristics and educational facilities. This results provide some evidences that support the arguments about the causes of residential segregation by class in Korean Cities.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
• /
• v.51 no.1
• /
• pp.91-114
• /
• 2020

Due to the settlement of the ICT environment and the widespread dissemination of Net media, the quantitative digital divide based on access to information has evolved into the formation of a qualitative digital divide. In the current information environment where enormous amounts of information exist on the Internet, there is a deeper intellectual digital divide that is different from the existing quantitative and qualitative digital divide. This study identified the changes in digital divide resulted from the evolution of information environment and empirically verified the formation of the intellectual digital divide. It also demonstrated that the intellectual digital divide is not distinct from the existing quantitative and qualitative digital divide, but from differences in the intellectual capacity of the information based on the factors of the existing digital divide. In particular, it was confirmed that the educational and economic levels, which have been the key factors of the traditional digital divide, still form the quantitative and qualitative digital divide, and also act as the key factors in the formation of the intellectual digital divide.

• Journal of Digital Policy
• /
• v.3 no.1
• /
• pp.11-20
• /
• 2024

The intelligent information society is expected to drastically change our lives. The purpose of this content is to derive tasks in the field of media education for the elderly for the realization of digital inclusion in an intelligent information society. To this end, the vision, goals, strategies, and tasks of the intelligent information society were examined through the 6th National Informatization Basic Plan(2018~2022) and the 2022 Education Informatization White Paper(2022). In addition, the current status of the digital gap among the elderly classified as vulnerable groups was identified through the results of the 2022 Digital Information Gap Survey. In order to ease the digital information gap between the elderly in the intelligent information society, it is believed that the development of intelligent media education services using intelligent information technology, provision of media education services for the elderly through learning online service channels, and support for digital intelligent media education for the elderly are necessary.

• The Journal of Korean Association of Computer Education
• /
• v.12 no.6
• /
• pp.41-51
• /
• 2009

The purpose of this study was to suggest policy implications for bridging digital divide of the students of multicultural background. Specifically, through maximizing equity of Information technology, the current study suggested the need for greater intervention and comprehensive strategies in the interests of a socially inclusive information society, of benefit to the IT disadvantaged. To achieve the research goal, I reviewed a variety of policy reports and previous studies related to the issue of digital divide and multicultural education, and draw useful implications for the policy change. The major research results were as the following: a policy change in a support of personal computer toward public place rather than individual home, widening use of e-learning service as a tool for bridging the digital divide, and the training for teachers and parents to provide an effective education to reduce the digital divide.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
• /
• v.52 no.4
• /
• pp.179-203
• /
• 2021

This study aims to grasp the key issues and the direction for digital divide research in South Korea. Based on the 488 KCI journal articles published between 2003 and 2020, the authors analyzed the changes in the number of articles per year and the subject areas of journals. Furthermore, the topic modelling and keyword network anlaysis were applied to identify the subjects of research. The main findings can be summarized as follows: first, there was a stable trend for a while after the number of articles had increased by the year of 2007, and then there has been a sharp increase since 2019. Second, digital divide research has been conducted from diverse fields including social science, multidiscipline, and engineering. Third, the six subject areas were identified which are 'digital divide among regions', 'digital divide among people with disabilities', 'technical environment of digital divide', 'divide from information use and its consequence', 'legal and institutional environments of digital divide', and 'digital divide of the elderly'. Finally, it was shown that the areas of 'divide from information use and its consequence' and 'technical environment of digital divide' have attracted attention recently.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
• /
• 2016.01a
• /
• pp.265-266
• /
• 2016

본 논문에서는 정보화 사회에서 정보화격차가 더욱 심화되고 있고 삶의 질 차이가 벌어지고 있는 현실에서 장애인들의 삶의 질 향상을 위한 정보화교육 활성화 방안을 정보화교육 강사의 역량 중심으로 고찰해보고 효과적인 활성화 방안을 제시하는 연구를 수행하였다. 국가차원에서 정보격차해소에 관한 법률을 제정하여 정보통신망에 대한 자유로운 접근과 정보이용을 보장하고 국민의 삶의 질 향상과 국민경제 발전을 위한 장애인 정보화 교육장 운영 합리화 방안에 대한 환경을 마련하였으나 실제 현장에서 가장 핵심적인 역할을 수행하는 정보화 교육 강사에 대한 체계적인 관리 시스템이 존재하지 않아 실효성이 높지 않은 측면이 있다. 장애인 정보화 교육 강사에게 장애인에 대한 인식 교육 및 효과적인 교수법에 대한 교육이 필요하며 체계적인 정부지원을 통해 장애인정보화 보육 강사가 안정감 있게 교육 업무에 집중하고 교육의 질을 높일 수 있게 한다면 장애인들의 정보화 및 고용 창출, 및 삶의 질 향상을 높일 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 프린팅코리아
• /
• s.4
• /
• pp.204-205
• /
• 2002

21세기는 창의력과 적응력이 국가 발전의 척도가 된다. 지식 격차를 줄이고, 창의력과 적응력을 효과적으로 습득하기 위해서는 책읽기가 필요하다. 결국 독서문화의 성숙 없이는 급격하게 변화하는 국제환경에 올바로 적응하기 힘들며 국가 경쟁력을 가지기도 힘들뿐만 아니라 국가 발전도 요원하게 된다. 따라서 책을 읽을 수 있도록 하는 사회, 교육환경을 개선하는 일이야말로 그 어떤 인프라구축보다도 시급히 이루어져야 할 것이다.

• Korean journal of communication and information
• /
• v.36
• /
• pp.78-108
• /
• 2006

This study examines the digital divide, one of the main issues in digital media environment, in relation with the digital literacy on the perspective of audience welfare. The study explores the current state of audience welfare policy with regard to the issue of digital divide which can be seen as the dark side of this flourishing digital technology society. The barriers and enablers of the digital divide are discussed with the question of how these factors are related with the digital literacy competence of audience. It has been criticized that both the research efforts and the policy implementations on the digital divide had been set within the limitation of physical access to the digital equipment and technology. Recent studies suggested that the digital divide should be viewed in dynamic interaction of a variety of factors such as psychological dispositions, inner attitudes toward digital media, competence and ability of audiences as well as socio-economic status of individuals. Despite the recent inclusive discussion, however, the role of digital literacy in the digital divide remains unexplored. It should be noted that the question of access is not just to do with equipment, but with skills and knowledge that are required to use equipment. This notion suggests an important implication for the digital divide policy establishment. This study proposes a two-stage solution for reducing the digital divide, in which the first stage focuses on physical access and technology education and the second stage on the digital literacy education.