Measurement of the digital inequality in remote rural areas: case of South Korea

Kyung Hoon Yang, Sei Kwon Park, Seong No Yoon and Jaekyung Kim

International Journal of Information Technology and Management, 2010, vol. 9, issue 2, 142-161

Abstract: As information technology evolves, the concept of digital divide evolves into the concept of digital inequality. The research aim is to discover if there are different digital inequalities, and to find factors that exacerbate digital inequality in the remote rural areas of South Korea. For our purposes, a model with factors (age, income, education, region, and gender) was tested to show the digital inequality gaps between rural areas of South Korea. We expect that the research findings can be applied to the situations of other countries and used to make digital inequality strategies and policies in improving rural living environments.

Keywords: digital divide; digital inequality; South Korea; rural areas; poverty; ICT; information technology; communications technology; information management. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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