Can people with disabilities use the mobile Internet if they want to?

Wookjoon Sung, Seunghwan Kim

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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explore the effects of motivation on the mobile Internet use and mediating effects of digital literacy in people with disabilities through structural equation modeling based on uses and gratifications approach. Multi-group analysis was also used to explore whether differences exist between groups classified by types of disability. The data were taken from the 2018 Digital Information Divide Survey conducted by the National Information Society Agency (NIA) in South Korea. As a result, it was found that the motivation of people with disabilities has a little or no direct effect on the mobile Internet use. However, the mediating effect of digital literacy promotes the use of the mobile Internet. In particular, differences in structural models and some path coefficients also appeared according to the type of disability.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 21st Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research
Subtitle of host publicationIntelligent Government in the Intelligent Information Society, DGO 2020
EditorsSeok-Jin Eom, Jooho Lee
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages147-154
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781450387910
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Jun 2020
Event21st Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research: Intelligent Government in the Intelligent Information Society, DGO 2020 - Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 15 Jun 202019 Jun 2020

Publication series

NameACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Conference

Conference21st Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research: Intelligent Government in the Intelligent Information Society, DGO 2020
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CitySeoul
Period15/06/2019/06/20

Keywords

  • Digital divide
  • Digital literacy
  • Mobile Internet use
  • People with disabilities

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