Comparative study of Digital Divide in the Smart era

• Project/Area Number: 15K00465
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Library and information science/Humanistic social informatics
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: KIM SANGMI 名古屋大学, 人文学研究科, 准教授 (10401241)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000); Fiscal Year 2018: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
• Keywords: 情報格差 / デジタルデバイド / 知識ギャップ / 情報機器デバイド / 子供のデジタルメディア利用 / 男女差 / 学歴 / 大学生 / 情報リテラシー / 能力格差 / 動機格差 / 若者 / スマートフォン / 定性調査 / フォーカスグループインタビュー / 社会文化的要因

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The information gap is likely to accelerate the stratification of young people. The purpose of this study is to examine the mechanism of expanding the information gap and to propose the solution to the gap.
Information disparity is an urgent demand in today's Japanese society, which is said to be accelerating the disparity society. This research aims to have both academic and social significance in which it not only expands the spectrum of media effect research area but also provide the chance to utilize the Internet as social infrastructure.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、メディア効果研究の裾野を拡大するという学術的意義を持つ。また、社会インフラとしてのインターネットの効力と活用策を提言するという意味を有しておりこのことが本研究の社会的意義を持つ。
情報格差問題の解決のためには社会情報学及び政策学の学際的アプローチの必要である。社会情報学的観点においては、性別、所得を含むデモグラフィック的要因、居住地域(都市・農村)等といったファクターを中心に論じられ、ICTへのアクセスが社会的不平等を再生産することを明らかにしている。不平等を緩和するための方策の提案のためには、公共政策の効果に関する研究が今後必要であると考える。

Research Products

• [Int'l Joint Research] 建国大学(韓国)
• [Int'l Joint Research] NIA（韓国情報化振興院）/建国大学(韓国)
• [Int'l Joint Research] 韓国情報化進行院(韓国)
• [Journal Article] Revisiting the Hypothesis of the Political Knowledge Gap in the Asian Context (2018)
  • Author(s): Sang-Mi KIM, Tetsuro KOBAYASHI
  • Journal Title: Journal of Socio-Informatics Volume: 11 Pages: 1-15
  • NAID: 130007504401
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] ジェンダー化された政治コミュニケーション：若年層女性の政治認識と政治参加を中心に (2018)
  • Author(s): 金相美
  • Journal Title: 社会情報学 Volume: 6 Pages: 49-62
  • NAID: 130007497269
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] デジタルデバイド是正の情報通信政策に関する考察 (2017)
  • Author(s): 金 相美
  • Journal Title: 人文学研究論集 Volume: 1 Pages: 377-389
  • NAID: 120006466456
• [Journal Article] Exploratory Research on Social Media and Digital Writing : Qualitative Interview of Japanese College Students (2016)
  • Author(s): Sang-Mi Kim
  • Journal Title: Journal of Socio-Informatics Volume: 8 Pages: 13-27
  • NAID: 130005287005
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Presentation] The social implication of limiting Smartphone use for children in Japan (2018)
  • Author(s): Sang-Mi Kim & Yuko Katsukawa
  • Organizer: International Conference OF “Digitizing Early Childhood
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] MCNs in Japan-From Users’ perspective (2018)
  • Author(s): Sang-Mi Kim
  • Organizer: Cybercommunication Academic Society
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] How Digital Divide Enhance the Inequality of Political Knowledge? : Revisiting the Hypothesis of the Political Knowledge Gap in the Asian Context,Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide (2015)
  • Author(s): Sang-Mi Kim
  • Organizer: Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide 2015 International Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Scottsdale (Phoenix), Arizona, USA.
  • Year and Date: 2015-10-21
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] スマート時代における知識ギャップ仮説の検証 (2015)
  • Author(s): 金 相美
  • Organizer: 社会情報学会
  • Place of Presentation: 明治大学、東京
  • Year and Date: 2015-09-12
• [Presentation] How Gender differences affect the Construction of Political Tendency toward Historical recognition and Political participation of Young Adults in Japan: A questionnaire survey on 2007 and 2013 Upper House Election in Japan (2015)
  • Author(s): Sang-Mi Kim
  • Organizer: 11th Biennial Conference of AASP(Asian Association of Social Psychology)
  • Place of Presentation: Cebu,Philipines
  • Year and Date: 2015-08-19
  • Int'l Joint Research