A Study on Improving Information Literacy of Marriage Immigrants through the Analysis of Marriage Immigrants Gatekeepers (결혼이주여성 게이트키퍼 분석을 통한 이주여성의 정보리터러시 향상 방안 )

YONG JAE LEE (이용재); Yong Wan Cho (조용완)

A Study on Improving Information Literacy of Marriage Immigrants through the Analysis of Marriage Immigrants Gatekeepers

Journal of the Korean Biblia Society for Library and Information Science
2010, 21(3), pp.57~75
Publisher : Journal Of The Korean Biblia Society For Library And Information Science
Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science

YONG JAE LEE ¹, Yong Wan Cho ²

¹부산대학교
²대구가톨릭대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to examine the level of information literacy of the marriage immigrant gatekeepers in Korea. To do this, 51 gatekeepers who live in Busan and Gyeongnam Province were surveyed and the result was compared with the result of another study that was conducted regarding 189 ordinary marriage immigrants living in Busan and Gyeongnam Province in 2009 and used the same survey instrument. As a result, the level of infor- mation literacy of the gatekeepers was superior to that of the ordinary marriage immigrants. Also, 14 gatekeepers were interviewed to investigate how they had higher level of information literacy than that of ordinary marriage immi- grants. Through analysis of the interviews, “information use environments of the mother country" didn't support their information literacy, but “higher education level", “Korean language skills and bilingual/multilingual abilities", “experi- ences of information literacy education", “information- friendly home environment", “positive attitude toward life and active social participation" and “active utilization of several information service providers and media" could be the backgrounds of higher information literacy of the marriage immigrant gatekeepers. At the end of this study, some suggestions are made for improving the information literacy of the ordinary marriage immigrants.

KEYWORDS

Marriage Immigrant, Migrant Brides, Marriage Migration, Ethnic Gatekeeper, Opinion Leader, Information Competency

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.

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