• Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.277-286
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• 2015

Purpose: This study was done to identify the status of smartphone addiction among nursing students and to examine the mediating effects of Internet ethics on the relationship between smartphone addiction, physical symptoms and psychological well-being. Methods: Data were collected between May 20 and June 23, 2014. Participants were a convenience sample of 214 nursing students of one university in Seoul. Structured questionnaires were used to measure degree of smartphone addiction, physical symptoms, psychological well-being and Internet ethics. Data was analyzed using Independent t-test, One-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient, multiple hierarchical regression. Results: Of the nursing students, 14.5% had high level of risk of smartphone addiction and 16.8% had potential risk. Higher frequency of physical symptoms and lower level of Internet ethics were related to the higher level of smartphone addiction. Voluntary-control in Internet ethics had mediating effects on the relationship between smartphone addiction and physical symptoms. Conclusion: The results suggest that the level of smartphone addiction may lowered in nursing students by intensifying Internet ethics especially voluntary-control. Based on these findings, Internet ethics program for nursing students should be developed to facilitate the effective use of smartphones.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.42 no.1
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• pp.133-152
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• 2004

This research aims at investigating the relationships among such variables as internet use, social-ethics, info-ethics, and the needs for info-ethic educational program. Another purpose of this study is to develop the framework for the cyber ethic educational program. For accomplishing the purpose, a survey questionnaire had been administered to 522 respondents online and of nine. The major statistical methods for data analysis were frequencey and t-test. The results of this analysis were as fellows： 1. Such variables as sex, the awareness of social law-ethics and social general ethics increased the awareness of info-ethics. 2. Variables that influenced the needs for info-ethic educational program were internet skills, social general ethics, and net info-ethics. The implications of these findings were discussed. Finally, the cyber ethic educational program was developed by the researcher band on the results of this study.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.1432-1440
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• 2013

In spite of advantages to using internet, but there are many adverse effects. The most well-known negative effects include internet addiction, personal information infringement, copyright violation, spread of harmful information, cyber bullying, online fraud, hacking and virus distribution, and online prostitution. Until now, the government and public organization strived to prevent and reduce the negative effects but have faced limitations. In accordance with, one of the measures the solve the problems caused by internet is to strengthen the internet ethics education. This study aims to consider and analyze the negative effects of internet and provide measures to promote internet ethics education to prevent and reduce such effects.

• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.135-148
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• 2023

The Code of Ethics for Newspaper Advertising in Korea, first implemented in 1976 and subsequently revised in 1976, 1996, and 2021, is a critical regulatory instrument for the country's advertising sector. However, the specialized domain of "advertising ethics," particularly the "code of advertising ethics," remains under-explored. This research addresses this scholarly gap, providing an empirical analysis of the 2021 amendment's revision trajectory. This study employs a robust methodological approach, integrating expert interviews and small-group AHP-based surveys. This approach allows for a comprehensive understanding of the revision needs, referencing existing ethical codes studies, and comparing similar ethics codes nationally and internationally. The research further investigates key challenges such as personal data protection and copyright issues in the rapidly evolving digital media landscape, while preserving the existing code's inherent value. The findings are expected to significantly contribute to the emerging field of advertising ethics in Korea, offering practical implications for future code revisions.

• Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.213-222
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• 2008

The information society based on Internet has positive effects to provide us with abundance and comfort as well as enhancement of quality of life. But it also has negative effects which bring about more serious social problems than real life. These negative effects of the cyber space are especially critical to elementary school students who do not have good judgment capability and clear concept on cyber space. To solve these problems, we have to let them have ethical sense to respond to the dysfunctions of Internet. We need to enforce Internet ethics education at home and in school so that they can behave as responsible and moral behaviors in this information society. Because the most of the elementary school students usually use Internet at home, the role of their parents can be particularly important factor in Internet ethics education. The purpose of this paper was to identify the current status of the consciousness on Internet ethics of the elementary school students who are the creators of new culture on Internet and their parents who make great influence on their education, and to study what influence the consciousness on the Internet ethics of parents has made on the Internet usage of their children. Through this study, we try to provide the desirable direction for Internet ethics of elementary school students.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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• v.47 no.1
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• pp.327-347
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• 2013

The use of the Internet is spread over all areas of our lives. However, its features raised serious social issues due to unethical behavior. To understand the level of Internet ethics among undergraduate students, a survey questionnaire of 31 questions regarding netiquette awareness, ethical norms, information credibility, and personal background is devised; data was collected from 830 students. Descriptive analysis shows low level of netiquette awareness, considerable deviation from six categories of ethical norms and problems of network information credibility. Results of statistical testing show gender and grade level as factors affecting Internet ethics. However, there is no significant difference in Internet ethics depending on related education experience. Based on the results, recommendations to promote Internet ethics are suggested.

• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.261-270
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• 2017

This research aims to investigate how healthcare professionals can control their behaviors in the internet and the status of their Internet addiction, thus emphasizing appropriate internet ethics awareness of students majoring in healthcare-related field, the future healthcare professionals. The goal of this research is to verify the mediating effect of self-control between the status of internet addiction of healthcare-related college students and their internet ethical awareness. A questionnaire survey was conducted on 236 students majoring in healthcare-related fields in 5 universities located in D city from March to April, 2016. The result of analyzing correlation of Internet addiction, internet ethics awareness, and self-control shows that self-control is negatively correlated with internet addiction but positively correlated with internet ethics awareness. The result of research suggests that self-control does have partial mediation effect on internet addiction and internet ethical awareness. Accordingly, it is necessary to develop mediator program that enhances self-control in order to improve internet ethical awareness of healthcare-related college students and develops measures to prevent addition to the internet, one of the primary cause of decline in internet ethics awareness.

• The Journal of Korean Association of Computer Education
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.31-37
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• 2013

This study was conducted to compare and examine the knowledge, affectivity and behavior of students between before and after Internet ethics education depending on education method. The class for A group was being taught by tutor-oriented teaching method based on explaining and the class for B group was characterized by student-oriented studying based on participation of students. Upon comparing the changes of the knowledge, affectivity and behavior after Internet ethics education, the tutor-oriented teaching method was more effective for knowledge in Internet ethics education and the student-oriented studying based on participation of students was more effective to change the student's affectivity. In the behavior, both A group and B group had a tendency to be changed positively after education, but there was no statistically significant difference. In order to produce actual results on Internet ethics education as integrated morality education, it is important for students to join and take a leading role in the class and for tutor to teach students supplementarily what they need to know essentially.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.16 no.9
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• pp.2043-2049
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• 2012

Because of the growth of internet and development of smart phone technology, peoples are able to connect the internet easily and convenient at anytime, and anywhere. The other hand, that take place many serious social side-effect and one of a typical cases is the problem of malicious replay in weaken of netizen's internet ethics. The problem of malicious replay is increasing more and more the seriousness of the problem and the victims are suffering from much the pains of the trauma by a malicious replay. Therefore, in this paper, we investigate and analyze actual on aware of internet ethics and malicious replay for university students and then we propose the improvement of the problem.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.39 no.12
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• pp.15-35
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• 2001

This research aims to investigate the casual effects of not only the level of ethic awareness in general among internet users but also the level of internet skills on inadequate behaviors in cuber spaces. This research also try to develop the framework for the cyber ethic educational program in order to establishing adequate attitudes in cuber spaces. For accomplishing the purposes of this research, the data, 522, had been collected from both on-line and off-line. The major statistical methods for data analysis were frequency, factor analysis, multiple regression, and path analysis. The results of this casual effect analysis were as follows: 1. There were positive direct causal effects of sex, occupation, place for internet use, and internet skills on inadequate behaviors in cuber spaces. On the other hand, the negative casual effect of the awareness of legal ethics on inadequate behaviors in cuber spaces. 2. Such variables as sex, age, internet-related and the awareness of ethics in general had indirect causal effects on the inadequate behaviors in cuber spaces through the variable which is the awareness of cyber ethics. The implications of this findings were discussed.