A study on the effect of smartphones on the digital divide

Wookjoon Sung

doi:10.1145/2757401.2757427

A study on the effect of smartphones on the digital divide

Wookjoon Sung

Dept. of AI and Public Policy

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Abstract

This study aims at conducting an empirical study of the digital divide hypothesis in Korea where the majority of people own smart phones. The research question is as follows: "How does the proliferation of smartphones have an impact on the digital divide by demographic factors such as gender, age, education, income?" The dependent variable is the digital skill/usage access. The independent variables are gender, age, income, education and employment. Controlled variables include the desktop computer, laptop computer, Internet connection, and cellular phone. Smartphones are used as a moderating variable. As the result, the use of the smartphone reduced the existing digital divide by age, education, occupation, income. Policies associated with the digital gaps need to be propelled in the direction to raise the utilization and increase the accessibility of the smartphone.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	dg.o 2015 - Proceedings of the 16th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research
Subtitle of host publication	Digital Government and Wicked Problems: Climate Change, Urbanization, and Inequality
Editors	Jing Zhang, Yushim Kim
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	276-282
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450336000
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2757401.2757427
State	Published - 27 May 2015
Event	16th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research, dg.o 2015 - Phoenix, United States Duration: 27 May 2015 → 30 May 2015

Publication series

Name	ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
Volume	27-30-May-2015

Conference

Conference	16th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research, dg.o 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	Phoenix
Period	27/05/15 → 30/05/15

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 4 Quality Education
SDG 5 Gender Equality
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Keywords

Digital divide
Digital literacy
Information gap
Korea Media Penal Survey
Smart divide
Smartphone

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Sung, W. (2015). A study on the effect of smartphones on the digital divide. In J. Zhang, & Y. Kim (Eds.), dg.o 2015 - Proceedings of the 16th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research: Digital Government and Wicked Problems: Climate Change, Urbanization, and Inequality (pp. 276-282). (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series; Vol. 27-30-May-2015). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/2757401.2757427

Sung, Wookjoon. / A study on the effect of smartphones on the digital divide. dg.o 2015 - Proceedings of the 16th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research: Digital Government and Wicked Problems: Climate Change, Urbanization, and Inequality. editor / Jing Zhang ; Yushim Kim. Association for Computing Machinery, 2015. pp. 276-282 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

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Sung, W 2015, A study on the effect of smartphones on the digital divide. in J Zhang & Y Kim (eds), dg.o 2015 - Proceedings of the 16th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research: Digital Government and Wicked Problems: Climate Change, Urbanization, and Inequality. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, vol. 27-30-May-2015, Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 276-282, 16th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research, dg.o 2015, Phoenix, United States, 27/05/15. https://doi.org/10.1145/2757401.2757427

A study on the effect of smartphones on the digital divide. / Sung, Wookjoon.
dg.o 2015 - Proceedings of the 16th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research: Digital Government and Wicked Problems: Climate Change, Urbanization, and Inequality. ed. / Jing Zhang; Yushim Kim. Association for Computing Machinery, 2015. p. 276-282 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series; Vol. 27-30-May-2015).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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