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Impact of Digital Divide on Online Political Participation: With Focus on the Gap of Operational Skills of Digital Device Users

Jang Changki 1 SUNG, WOOKJOON 1

1서울과학기술대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study empirically analyzes the impact of digital divide between digital device usage motivation and operational skills on online political participation. The analysis was performed using the National Information Society Agency's 2018 digital divide survey data from September to December 2018 and applying the Heckman selection model to control the sample selection bias that may occur between internet users and non-users. The result shows the gap in motivation and device operational skills of individual citizens using digital devices has significant impact on online political participation. In socio-economic terms, it shows the age, education level and regional factors also have significant impact on online political participation, while gender and income levels do not. This study holds significance in that there are different patterns of digital divide between digital devices, identifying the motivation to use a digital device as an important factor for mobile device users, and the device operational skills, for personal computer users.

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