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Title:
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A STUDY ON THE SOLUTION THE DIGITAL DIVIDE OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN KOREA |
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Author(s):
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W. H. Na , J. M. Kim, I. K. Lee, S. Y. Lee |
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ISBN:
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978-989-8704-03-0 |
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Editors:
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Piet Kommers and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2014 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Digital Divide, Social Integration, IT, Disabilities |
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Type:
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Poster/Demonstration |
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First Page:
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279 |
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Last Page:
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280 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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The main objectives for this paper are to introduce action plans for bridging the digital divide in Korea. In this research, the following seven goals were suggested as action plans to eliminate the digital divide: (1) improve the public perception toward persons with disabilities and their lack of accessibility to the information society; (2) provide opportunities for education to all people with disabilities who wish to learn information technology; (3) expand social participation to information sources; (4) establish a universal design of environment, services and products for information services; (5) secure accessibility to the mass media for people with hearing or visual impairment, (6) the improvement of laws and egulations to narrow the digital divide, and (7) Launch preemptive response on mobile based new digital gap and the expansion of Digital inclusion policy for overall population |
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