Publications
Detailed Information
Senior South Koreans' Difficulties in Embracing the Internet: Need for Alternative Approaches
DC Field | Value | Language |
---|---|---|
dc.contributor.author | Park, Youn-Min | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-09-28T07:28:34Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2010-09-28T07:28:34Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Korean Journal of Policy Studies, Vol.22 No.1, pp. 113-130 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1225-5017 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10371/69906 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This study challenges the mainstream technocratic notion of the digital divide and its access-based policy solutions, which do not appreciate the different information-using capabilities, perceptions, and choices of the people concerned. This notion is examined through the lens of information as structured capital that requires Internet access to be complemented by people's information-using capabilities, inclinations, needs, knowledge, and beliefs, which must also complement each other to allow the effective use of information. Qualitative in-depth interviews with 30 senior South Koreans at a Senior Welfare Center suggest that the information capital possessed by these seniors is ill suited to responding to and taking advantage of Internet use. The social isolation of seniors provides them with neither incentives nor capabilities to restructure their information capital in the ways necessary for ongoing use. This finding sugests that digital divide policies for older people must shift their focus from technology per se toward more comprehensive approaches of dealing with the basic social needs of senior citizens. | - |
dc.language.iso | en | - |
dc.publisher | Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University | - |
dc.subject | Information Capital | - |
dc.subject | Digital Divide | - |
dc.subject | Information Use | - |
dc.subject | Development | - |
dc.subject | Internet Interaction | - |
dc.subject | Older People | - |
dc.subject | South Korea | - |
dc.subject | Information-Using Capabilities | - |
dc.subject | Internet Attitudes and Perceptions | - |
dc.subject | Beliefs | - |
dc.title | Senior South Koreans' Difficulties in Embracing the Internet: Need for Alternative Approaches | - |
dc.type | SNU Journal | - |
dc.contributor.AlternativeAuthor | 박연민 | - |
dc.citation.journaltitle | Korean Journal of Policy Studies | - |
dc.citation.endpage | 130 | - |
dc.citation.number | 1 | - |
dc.citation.pages | 113-130 | - |
dc.citation.startpage | 113 | - |
dc.citation.volume | 22 | - |
- Appears in Collections:
- Files in This Item:
Item View & Download Count
Items in S-Space are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.