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Vol.37 No.2
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Analysis of ‘Digital Divide’ Research Trends in Library and Information Science

Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management / Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management, (P)1013-0799; (E)2586-2073
2020, v.37 no.2, pp.333-352
https://doi.org/10.3743/KOSIM.2020.37.2.333
In-Seo Kang
Hea-Jin Kim
Kang, I., & Kim, H. (2020). Analysis of ‘Digital Divide’ Research Trends in Library and Information Science. Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management, 37(2), 333-352, https://doi.org/10.3743/KOSIM.2020.37.2.333
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Abstract

This study aimed to analyze research trends of ‘digital divide’ in Library and Information Science. To this end, we coded research subjects with 11 subcategories, and research objectives with 4 subcategories, and research methods with 4 subcategories, and constructed keyword networks to which a pathfinder algorithm was applied. As a result of the analysis, 79.5% of studies are on the disabled, multicultural families, and the elderly among information vulnerable groups, and it was found to be concentrated in specific groups. In addition, digital divide related studies have been actively conducted for the purpose of resolving information vulnerabilities such as people with disabilities. We also found that these studies focused on verifying the effectiveness by designing and applying treatments such as informatization education, information utilization, and reading programs. Lastly, the most frequently used research method in the digital divide was found to use case studies or questionnaires simultaneously with literature research.

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문헌정보학, 연구동향 분석, 정보격차, 정보취약, 정보취약계층, 패스파인더 네트워크, library and information science, research trends analysis, digital divide, information weakness, information poor, pathfinder network
Submission Date
2020-05-26
Revised Date
2020-06-12
Accepted Date
2020-06-22

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