Han Woo PARK YeungNam University Korea (South) [email_address] [email_address] http://www.hanpark.net Presented at the ‘int’l conference on youth protection & empowerment in cyberspace’ organized by the National Youth Council of Korea, Sep. 6 , 2006, Seoul Korea Digital media education for Korean youth

Han Woo PARK

YeungNam University

Korea (South)

[email_address]

[email_address]

http://www.hanpark.net

Presented at the ‘int’l conference on youth protection & empowerment in cyberspace’ organized by the National Youth Council of Korea, Sep. 6 , 2006, Seoul Korea

Background Today’s youth are exposed to new technologies for entertainment as well as communications-related, educational, and occupational reasons Compared to other youth issues, not much attention has been paid to digital media education in academic and policy worlds

Today’s youth are exposed to new technologies for entertainment as well as communications-related, educational, and occupational reasons

Compared to other youth issues, not much attention has been paid to digital media education in academic and policy worlds

Main types & aims of digital media education Empowerment : Seeks to help youth learn how to make the best use of new digital media and content Protection : Shield youth from new media influences that might be harmful to their mental and physical development

Empowerment : Seeks to help youth learn how to make the best use of new digital media and content

Protection : Shield youth from new media influences that might be harmful to their mental and physical development

Digital media literacy Awareness Hardware/Software access Digital skill Technical literacy Informational literacy Communication literacy

Awareness

Hardware/Software access

Digital skill

Technical literacy

Informational literacy

Communication literacy

Korea had the 13 th highest Internet penetration as of December 2005 Two-thirds ( 67%, 33.9M ) of the Korean population accessed the Internet A critical evaluation reports that utopian approaches tend to veil a newly appearing digital divide Digital media usage by Korean in general

Korea had the 13 th highest Internet penetration as of December 2005

Two-thirds ( 67%, 33.9M ) of the Korean population accessed the Internet

A critical evaluation reports that utopian approaches tend to veil a newly appearing digital divide

Internet usage rate of people (6 to 19) is 97.8%, 9.15M , Sep.2005 More than 80% of middle/high school students used wireless net Awareness of DMB between 12 and 19: 17.5% (2004) -> 54.0% (2005) Teenagers used online community and email services more than any other group, June 2005 Digital media usage by Korean youth

Internet usage rate of people (6 to 19) is 97.8%, 9.15M , Sep.2005

More than 80% of middle/high school students used wireless net

Awareness of DMB between 12 and 19: 17.5% (2004) -> 54.0% (2005)

Teenagers used online community and email services more than any other group, June 2005

Media education in schools has been taking place mostly in Korean Language courses Since the widespread dissemination of the Internet in the early 2000s, digital media education has started to be included in elective courses (e.g., pre-vocational courses and social studies) Korea’s policies on digital media education

Media education in schools has been taking place mostly in Korean Language courses

Since the widespread dissemination of the Internet in the early 2000s, digital media education has started to be included in elective courses (e.g., pre-vocational courses and social studies)

However, compared to conventional media edu, digital media edu appears to take place unsystematically Focuses on access to digital media Diffusing : To enhance youth’s access to new technologies and network infra Filtering : To restrict youth’s access to harmful and illegal contents Monitoring : Cyber-ethics indicator Korea’s policies on digital media education

However, compared to conventional media edu, digital media edu appears to take place unsystematically

Focuses on access to digital media

Diffusing : To enhance youth’s access to new technologies and network infra

Filtering : To restrict youth’s access to harmful and illegal contents

Monitoring : Cyber-ethics indicator

Counseling & curation To prevent harmful addiction resulting from the overuse of media To treat youth who suffer from the side effects of digital media ‘ Info & Comm Ethics’ textbook A nationally authorized textbook Socio-ethics aspects of digital media Korea’s policies on digital media education

Counseling & curation

To prevent harmful addiction resulting from the overuse of media

To treat youth who suffer from the side effects of digital media

‘ Info & Comm Ethics’ textbook

A nationally authorized textbook

Socio-ethics aspects of digital media

An exploratory description of communication circumstances surrounding digital media education aimed at Korean youth Collected .kr websites with the words ‘youth’ ‘digital’ ‘media’ ‘education’ Found that the general public overall in Korea seems to be less engaged with the issue A case study: Website analysis on digital media education

An exploratory description of communication circumstances surrounding digital media education aimed at Korean youth

Collected .kr websites with the words ‘youth’ ‘digital’ ‘media’ ‘education’

Found that the general public overall in Korea seems to be less engaged with the issue

Suggested policy programs for Korean government Provide appropriate opportunities within a range of curriculum areas Build a knowledge sharing networks among youth for problem-solving Let parents & media providers actively participate in digital edu Launch int’l alliance network in cooperation with major IGOs

Provide appropriate opportunities within a range of curriculum areas

Build a knowledge sharing networks among youth for problem-solving

Let parents & media providers actively participate in digital edu

Launch int’l alliance network in cooperation with major IGOs

Thank you for listening! This is a part of my new media & society analyses in relation to South Korea but there are other areas such as social network analysis of websites I f you are interested in my work, visit my website http://www.hanpark.net

This is a part of my new media & society analyses in relation to South Korea but there are other areas such as social network analysis of websites

I f you are interested in my work, visit my website http://www.hanpark.net