1. Exploring smartphone-related digital divide among South Korean older adultsHyunsun Yoon, Guiohk Lee, Thi Hong Hai Nguyen, Suyun Lee, Tina Šegota, 2024, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: Purpose: One of the crucial steps towards fully grasping the benefits of smartphone use for all is to explore the existence of a digital divide and its relationship to different outcomes of smartphone use. In so doing, this study explored the smartphone-related digital divide among South Korean older adults in terms of access, use and outcomes.
Design/methodology/approach: In-person interviews using questionnaires were conducted to collect the data from a total number of 372 older adults aged 60 and above in eleven community centers in the Seoul Metropolitan area in Korea, 223 of whom owned a smartphone.
Results: This study found that most participants use smartphones to communicate with personal relationships and support system. There were, however, differences among groups related to gender, age, and ICT training in terms of the extent of smartphone usage and participation in virtual communities. In three age groups of 60+, 70+ and 80+, a younger cohort and those with ICT training had higher smartphone literacy, harnessing the potential of smartphones. Those who used smartphones to stay connected to their social group and for entertainment showed a lower level of loneliness.
Conclusion: This study shows that older adults (i.e., 60+) are not a homogenous group when it comes to using smartphones. There are distinct differences in older smartphone users, especially in the age groups 60+, 70+ and 80+. Older adults should be encouraged to use smartphones for better connectivity with their social groups and entertainment, potentially decreasing their feeling of loneliness.
Ključne besede: older adults, digital divide, smartphone, loneliness, South Korea
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2. Big data usage in European Countries : cluster analysis approachMirjana Pejić Bach, Tine Bertoncel, Maja Meško, Daila Suša-Vugec, Lucija Ivančić, 2020, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: The goal of this research was to investigate the level of digital divide among selected European countries according to the big data usage among their enterprises. For that purpose, we apply the K-means clustering methodology on the Eurostat data about the big data usage in European enterprises. The results indicate that there is a significant difference between selected European countries according to the overall usage of big data in their enterprises. Moreover, the enterprises that use internal experts also used diverse big data sources. Since the usage of diverse big data sources allows enterprises to gather more relevant information about their customers and competitors, this indicates that enterprises with stronger internal big data expertise also have a better chance of building strong competitiveness based on big data utilization. Finally, the substantial differences among the industries were found according to the level of big data usage.
Ključne besede: big data, cluster analysis, digital divide, k-means, enterprise, industry, Europe, quality
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3. Digital divide and the use of digital public services during the COVID-19 pandemicSunčana Slijepčević, 2023, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: The COVID-19 pandemic enhanced digital transformation. With the spread
of the pandemic and the introduction of epidemiological measures, citizens
were enforced to use the Internet to an increased extent. The digital divide
among citizens and the capability of citizens to get an equal level of services
has also come to the fore. The paper explores the changes in the use of
e-government services and the impact of the pandemic on the citizens’
attitudes toward Internet use in Croatia. The analysis is based on the survey
data. The results show that due to the pandemic, citizens became more
dependent on IT equipment. Citizens spend more time using digital public
services than in the pre-pandemic period. The results also reveal differences
in the COVID-19 impact on the use of digital public services between different
groups of population.
Ključne besede: digital public services, e-government services, citizens, digital divide, internet use
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4. Factors that impact internet use and are sensitive to income : cross-country empirical evidenceDijana Močnik, 2010, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: This paper examines information and communication technology (ICT) and socioeconomic indicators associated with Internet use based on income level across countries. Although some literature deals with cross-country indicatorsof Internet use, no known study quantitatively examines which indicators are superior or how they differ across countries with different income level. We extract factors with the most important indicators and evaluate their impact on Internet use for four income groups: low, lower middle, upper middle, and high. The results show that Internet use can be stimulated by educated people, available computers, telecommunications connections and increasing income per capita. However, prices of telecommunications services, international trade, investment, population density, unemployment rate or GDP growth rate do not affect Internet use.
Ključne besede: technology gap, developing countries, digital divide, internet access, information technology, communication technology
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