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Policy and Power: The Impact of the Internet on the Younger Generation in South Korea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 June 2006

Young Soo Choi  and
Liz Ross
Young Soo Choi
Affiliation:
Hangang Management Department, Seoul Metropolitan Government, Korea E-mail: choiys070@paran.com
Liz Ross
Affiliation:
Institute of Applied Social Studies, University of Birmingham E-mail: e.m.ross@bham.ac.uk
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Abstract

South Korea is a leading country in the use of computers and broadband. The paper will show how young Koreans, who have been brought up within a hierarchical, family focused society, now find that they are able to create and have power within ‘their own world’ using information technology. Parents, government and IT companies have encouraged the use of IT by young people but there is now concern about ‘internet addiction’. The paper considers the changing power relationships and discusses the policy and practice changes required to ensure a more balanced use of the internet.

Type
Themed Section on South Korea: Developing social policy and practice in a changing society
Information
Social Policy and Society , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , July 2006 , pp. 421 - 429
Copyright
Cambridge University Press 2006

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