• International Journal of Human Ecology
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.117-126
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• 2008

The study identifies gender stereotypes, examines the level of women's economic empowerment at the household level and explores the influence of factors on it. Data were collected from 159 randomly selected farm women using both qualitative and quantitative survey methods between January and March 2007 from three villages of the Mymensingh District of Bangladesh. Four key informants (2 local leaders and 2 development personnel) were questioned to elicit views in the light of boosting women's empowerment. Five constructs of empowerment covering 30 indicators were aggregated together to develop a cumulative economic empowerment index (CEEI) to obtain multidimensional views of women's empowerment. The findings show that there were some prejudices against women in allocating divisions of labour and access to education, food, property, decision-making and institutions. The distribution of the CEEI demonstrates that the majority of the respondents (86%) had a low to moderate level of empowerment. A multiple regression analysis showed positive significant effects of education, training, media contact and freedom of mobility on women's CEEI, while domestic abuse restrained it. It is concluded that interventions by development agencies in co-ordination with the local community was necessary to attain women's self-reliance in the study area. Development actors can undertake some core strategies to enhance women's level of awarencess, knowledge, skills, and productive resources through providing training, loans, and information. To change traditional beliefs, it is important to create awareness of various gender issues amongst rural people through different methods and media.

• 지역사회간호학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.53-62
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• 2022

Purpose: This study explored the effects of the elderly group's digital literacy and health empowerment on communication with doctors, considering moderating effect of health beliefs about chronic diseases. Methods: A one-on-one interview survey was conducted with 500 older adults in South Korea. The main variables were digital literacy, health empowerment, communication with doctors, and health belief of chronic diseases. Results: The interaction effect between health empowerment and susceptibility, and health empowerment and perceived barrier were significant. Conclusion: Communication with doctors greatly increased when the elders had high levels of health empowerment and low levels of susceptibility. Also, communication with doctors greatly increased when the elders had high levels of health empowerment and low levels of perceived barriers.

• Human Ecology Research
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• 제56권6호
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• pp.507-525
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• 2018

This study examines the consumer empowerment index for Chinese elderly consumers, the impact of socio-demographic variables, exposure to mass media, and communication about consumption on consumer empowerment. The consumer empowerment index is composed of three factors: consumer knowledge, consumer attitude, and consumer skill. Data were collected from 301 Chinese elderly consumers aged 60 to 80 years old via a professional online survey firm. The findings of the analysis were described using frequency, t-test, ANOVA, and multiple regression analysis. The results are as follows. First, the average of consumer knowledge was 35.69 points out of 100, consumer skill was 65.71 points, and consumer attitude was 68.87 points. Second, socio-demographic variables indicated that education level, previous occupation, type of residence and communication about consumption impact consumer empowerment. Elderly consumers with higher education had higher consumer attitudes and better overall consumer empowerment than those with lower education. Consumers who were self-employed workers had higher consumer skills than those of technical or service workers. Elderly consumers who live alone had higher consumer skills than those who live in a nursing home. Third, according to communication about consumption, family communication is positively associated with consumer attitudes, skills and overall empowerment, while friend communication is positively associated with consumer attitudes and overall empowerment. The findings of this study are useful in developing guidelines that help the government make consumer education systems for the elderly who want to improve consumer empowerment levels evenly among these factors.

• 한국언론정보학보
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• 제82권
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• pp.7-28
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• 2017

이 논문은 민주주의의 위기와 저널리즘의 상관성을 분석하고, 그에 근거해 미디어 비평이 '민주주의 유지와 성숙'을 견인하는 학술 운동으로 새롭게 자리매김해야 한다는 주장을 담고 있다. 한국 민주주의가 절차적 실질적 차원에서 모두 후퇴한 데는 언론의 책임이 크다. 비평의 기준을 '민주주의 유지와 성숙'에 둬야 할 이유는 미국과 유럽의 저널리즘 이론으로 뒷받침할 수 있다. 저널리즘의 목적은 사람들이 자유로워지고 스스로 다스리는 데에 필요한 정보를 제공하는 것이며, 공론장은 숙의 민주주의의 조건이다. 이 논문은 구체적 비평의 전략으로 세 가지를 제안했다. 첫째, 보수 진보의 프레임 탈피다. 진영 논리는 어떤 미디어의 보도와 논평이 민주주의 후퇴에 책임이 있는지 시시비비를 가리는 중요성을 희석시킬 수 있다. 둘째, 노사 관계에 대한 비평 확대다. 한국의 노사 관계는 언론 지형과 공론장 못지않게 크게 기울어져 있다. 저널리즘은 노사 관계 의제 설정에 인색했고, 보도와 논평을 하더라도 대부분 '자본 편향'이었다. 셋째, 주권자의 역량 강화다. 민주주의가 '민중에 의한 통치'라면, 가장 중요한 것은 민중의 역량 강화다.

• 한국노년학
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.309-325
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• 2021

본 연구는 노인과 비노인에 있어 디지털리터러시와 건강임파워먼트에 따른 건강정보검증행동의 차이를 살펴보았다. 이를 위해 만 65세 이상 노인 집단과 65세 미만 비노인 집단 1,000명을 대상으로 디지털리터러시와 건강임파워먼트 고저에 따른 집단의 특성과 건강정보검증 행동의 차이를 비교하였다. 디지털리터러시-건강임파워먼트 저-저 집단과 저-고 집단에서 노인 집단이 많이 나타났으며, 고-저 집단과 고-고 집단에서는 비노인 집단이 많이 나타났다. 특히 노인 집단은 저-고 집단에 속한 빈도가 높게 나타나 디지털 건강 정보를 찾고 활용하는 능력은 낮고 자신감은 높은 경우가 많은 반면, 비노인 집단은 고-저 집단에 속한 빈도가 높게 나타나 건강 정보를 찾고 활용하는 능력은 높지만 자신감이 낮은 경우가 많은 것으로 나타났다. 노인 집단에서는 건강정보검증행동에 미치는 디지털 리터러시와 건강임파워먼트의 상호작용이 검증되었으며, 비노인 집단에서는 건강임파워먼트의 주효과만이 확인되었다. 본 연구의 결과는 노인 집단은 디지털리터러시와 건강임파워먼트의 균형있는 개선이 필요한 반면, 비노인 집단은 건강임파워먼트를 통한 건강 정보 활용 능력에 대한 자신감의 개선이 더욱 필요함을 시사한다.

• 인터넷정보학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.8-28
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• 2013

In a backlash against corporate branding and capitalism, a growing number of consumers are resisting current marketplace practices and big corporate brands. One particular form of this phenomenon is the emergence of anti-brand communities in social media. The current study, which surveyed a sample of 251 anti-brand community members on Facebook, provides a preliminary understanding of the characteristics and antecedents of anti-brand communities as a new platform for consumer empowerment and anti-brand activism. Findings suggest that consumers' engagement in online anti-brand communities, especially through social media, may be triggered by their negative experiences with employees, product quality, post-purchase service, and value/price. They are motivated, the results show, by seven primary factors: altruism, revenge, advice seeking, convenience, sympathy seeking, socialization, and the need to vent.

• 한국언론정보학보
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• 제45권
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• pp.296-340
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• 2009

민주화 이후 한국 언론이 권력화하고 있다는 것은 이미 새로운 사실도 아니다. 연구는 노태우, 김영삼, 김대중, 노무현 4개 정부에 걸쳐서 한국 언론이 어떻게 권력화되고 있는지를 프레임 분석 등을 바탕으로 4마리 개 모델(watch/lap/guard/attack dog)을 통해 우회적으로 알아봤다. 분석 대상 언론은 조선, 중앙, 경향, 한겨레 등 4개 일간지이며 분석 내용은 해당 기간 동안의 정부의 재벌 규제정책에 관한 해당 신문의 전체 사설이다. 분석 결과 보수 성격의 조선일보는 1987년 민주화 초기에는 정부 재벌 규제정책에 찬성하는 논조를 보이다가 김대중 정부의 중립적인 논조에서 노무현 정부 시기에는 강력한 비판 프레임이 주류를 이루고 있다. 중앙일보는 노태우 정부부터 노무현 정부에 이르기까지 일관되게 정부의 재벌 규제정책에 반대하는 모습이 뚜렷하게 나타났다. 특히 노무현 정부시기에는 반정부 프레임이 절대적이었으며 정부에 대해 공격견의 모습을 띠고 있다. 경향신문은 시기별로 친정부, 반기업 또는 친재벌, 반정부 등의 복합적인 면모를 보인다. 한때 소유주였던 한화그룹이 물러나고 우리 사주제가 정착됨에 따라 시기별로 다른 모습을 보인 것으로 추론할 수 있겠다. 한겨레신문은 재벌 규제정책에 관한 한 4개 정부 통틀어 일관되게 친정부적인 입장을 취해왔다. 특히 노무현 정부시기보다 김대중 정부시기 동안 더 절대적으로 정부의 재벌 규제정책을 옹호하는 모습을 보여 눈길을 끌었다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제53권2호
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• pp.117-125
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• 2020

Objectives: This study investigated the role of information and communication technology and women's empowerment in contraceptive discontinuation in Indonesia. Methods: The study used data from the 2017 Indonesia Demographic and Health Survey and monthly contraceptive calendar data. A Gompertz proportional hazards model was used for analysis. Results: The 12-month contraceptive discontinuation rate was higher among women who had used the Internet in the past year, women who were mobile phone owners, and women who reported having fully participated in household decision-making than among their counterparts. These factors significantly impacted the risk of contraceptive discontinuation in Indonesia, even after controlling for contraceptive method, age, parity, contraceptive intent, education, work status, place of residence, and wealth status. Conclusions: After adjustment for the control variables, a higher risk of contraceptive discontinuation was associated with having used the Internet in the past year, owning a mobile phone, and not participating in household decision-making. Higher contraceptive discontinuation risk was also associated with using contraceptive pills, older age, lower parity, intent of spacing births, more education, current unemployment, and rural residence, and the risk was also significantly higher for those in the lowest household wealth quintile than for those in the fourth household wealth quintile. The association of contraceptive discontinuation with the use of modern information and communication technology and relatively disempowerment in household decision-making may imply that information regarding family planning and contraception should be conveyed via social media as part of setting up an eHealth system. This must include a strong communication strategy to empower and educate women in contraceptive decision-making.

• International Journal of Contents
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.45-51
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• 2013

The purpose of this paper is to analyze educational theories and practices represented in the movie Dangerous Minds. This paper begins by giving the overview of the movie. Then this paper makes an analysis of the pedagogical methods and practices used by the teacher in the movie, which can encourage students to fulfill their academic success and social mobility. The lives of students at risk are transformed through the teacher's beliefs and pedagogical practices based on the constructivism, leading students on a path of selfdiscovery and self-empowerment. What is imperative in the students' lives here is their intrinsic motivation and self-efficacy toward the self and their educational system. By providing constructivist pedagogical paradigms and viewing these media texts within the context of an urban school, this paper intends to introduce educational theories and methods which can create better educational environment for students. In short, this study explores teaching theories and methods represented in the movie based on the constructivist perspectives, which are supposed to fully cultivate the potential of students.

• Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.230-253
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• 2022

Based on Goffman's dramaturgical theory and self-objectification framework, this study examined: 1) Chinese female's WeChat self-presentation, 2) the impact of WeChat usage on female self-objectification, and 3) the impact of self-objectification on WeChat self-presentation tactics. An online survey was conducted. The main findings include: 1) most of the participants chose to beautify their pictures and videos before they posted them, 2) the respondents attached higher importance to appearance-based body attributes than competence-based ones, 3) the most frequently applied self-presentation tactic was ingratiation, 4) WeChat usage was not a predictor of Chinese women's self-objectification, and, 5) along with extroversion, self-objectification had an impact on ingratiation, supplication, self-promotion, and exemplification. Meanwhile, use of the electronic curtain and audience sifting to control who can see a post and for how long demonstrated the empowerment of the users when they conduct self-presentation.