• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.1-12
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• 2016

The definition of digital poverty has not been changed since it was used at the first digital divide survey in 2000s. The objective of this study is to reexamine and redefine digital poverty targets of digital divide survey. This study examines the present state for the target of the digital divide survey focusing on Disabilities, Low-Income and Elders and then redefines digital poverty for them. The results suggest to reexamine 15 types of disabilities by the revised the Disabled Welfare Law as digital divide targets, rather than limiting to physical, brain, hearing and visual disabilities. For the low-income target, people on the second-to-the bottom income bracket as well as those on basic welfare should be included as the target of low-income people for digital poverty. The age of the elder target for digital poverty should be adjusted to sixty-five or more in the era of aging population.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.1-7
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• 2016

The definition of digital poverty of multicultural families has not been changed since it was used at the first digital divide survey in 2012. The objective of this study is to reexamine and redefine digital poverty targets of digital divide survey for multicultural families. The results suggest to reexamine multicultural families rather than limiting to Immigrant women for digital poverty. The results were as follows. First, the current survey has been limited to the migrant women for information gap survey of married migrants. But, It is expected to increase immigrant men in the future. It should include migrant men in the marginalized target in terms of preparation for a multicultural society. Second, the current survey has been limited to the migrant women for information gap survey. But, It is expected to increase children of multicultural families. This information gap is likely to be linked to differences in education or future economic disparities for children of multicultural families. It should include children of multicultural families in the marginalized target in digital divide survey.

• Korea journal of population studies
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.235-253
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• 2001

As we are entering the information society, there are increasing concerns about information gaps which are believed to create serious obstacles to social integration and development. Previous studies on the information gaps in Korea, despite their contributions to our understanding of the issue, appear to be descriptive. This study attempts to analyze the relative importance of residential area, gender, age education, and household income for information gaps and their changes in recent years. Based on the data from two surveys conducted by the Information Culture Center, the study run multivariate logit model analysis of the sue of computer and internet. The result shows that all the variables except residential area have influences on the use of computer and internet. In terms of time change, gender-based difference in the use of digital media has decreased between 1998 and 2000 while the differences by all the other variables have remained constant or increased.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Information Management Conference
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• 1999.08a
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• pp.77-80
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• 1999

정보기술의 무한한 잠재력에도 불구하고 이로 인한 문제점들이 부각되고 있는 바, 그 수용여부에 따라 사회계층간 심각한 정보격차 현상이 나타나고 있다. 그러나 정책격차는 인터넷 이용을 통해 상당부분 완화시킬 수 있으며, 실제로 미국의 경우를 FIND/SVP의 통계조사를 토대로 그 실태를 살펴보고자 한다.

• Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.477-484
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• 2008

At the point of time needing intergrated plan in each field for preparing the unification between the South and the North of Korea. They show the biggest difference in the field of information and expecting that cultural difference in various fields cause huge expense after unification and prevent both the South and the North of Korea from being unified. By the method of Delphi, we can clear the question of the Digital Divide we have more efficiency and systematic policy.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.43 no.2
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• pp.29-52
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• 2012

The use of smart device has changed the traditional meaning of digital divide. It has also bridged the gap between information-haves and have-nots. In contrast, some researchers insist that the dissemination of smart devices has created new digital divide different from traditional divide. In order to clarify the current status of digital divide, this research statistically analyzed correlations between the factors of digital divide and possessions of smart devices based on the survey results conducted by Pew Research Center. It was also statistically demonstrated whether the digital literacy in using smartphones affects the generation of smart divide.

• Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.433-445
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• 2007

Digital divide comes to appear as a new factor of causing social inequality with the entry of information society. Especially, the digital divide in student class makes a worry about education inequality as the education using ICT, e-learning, and u-learning are enlarged. So, the concern about the status of digital divide in school is increasing. In this study, we conducted a questionnaire survey of students and teachers in elementary and secondary schools located in Gyeongnam, and measured informatization level with the weighted average of three subindices : accessing index, capability index, and utilization index. According to the survey, the index on information processing capability showed the largest gap in both the student group and the teacher group. We also had the result of positive correlation between the capability index and the utilization index. These results show that the gap of information processing capability is an important factor for understanding the digital divide.

• Korea journal of population studies
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.85-107
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• 2011

Based on two cross-sectional Time Diary data. this study examines the change in internet use pattern of Koreans. Building on the literatures on Digital Divides, it traces the changes in frequency, diversity and specific purpose of internet use and tries to identify factors affecting these changes. The results show that the frequency and diversity of internet use increases across five years. They also reveal that the usage gap in internet between genders increases While the usage gap across social economic status still exists. The implication of these results are discussed.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.49 no.2
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• pp.179-199
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• 2018

The purpose of this study is to analyze the difference of economic condition of students, that is, the difference of basic information utilization ability stemming from education gap. First, we investigated information literacy for high school freshmen who can control the difference of information utilization education experience by school. In doing the research, 629 high school students in the metropolitan city were surveyed using web. we analyzed the educational gap between schools depending on their economic conditions and analyzed the correlation between education gap and basic information utilization ability. As a result, it was found that there is a very significant negative correlation between the ratio of students who get support for school expenses and basic information utilization ability. Second, regression equation was produced through regression analysis of information literacy regression to analyze the effect of educational gap on basic information literacy. In addition, it seeks to consider alternatives that can improve the inequality of information literacy which is derived from education gap.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.13-20
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• 2018

The regional differences between urban and rural areas make many diverse differences. There are various differences between urban and rural areas such as economic gap and cultural gap. There is also a difference between urban and rural areas in accessing and utilizing information. The purpose of this study is to clarify the relationship between the information gap and the income gap among farmers and fishermen groups, where information gap is considered to be more serious than other groups. In other words, we tried to examine whether the information gap between farmers and peasants affects the income gap. The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between informatization level and income of farmers based on the information gap index and survey results conducted every year by the government. The results show that there is a statistically significant positive relationship between the informatization level of farmers and household income. In addition, the trend of the regression coefficient is positive, suggesting that the government needs various informatization policies to increase the informatization level of farmers.