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A Study on the Situation and Problems of Information Barrier-Free on Japan : on the Basis of the Aged and the Disabled

Ja Sung Lee

Sogang Institute for East Asian Studies, Sogang University

Published: February 2006 · Vol. 25 No. 1 · pp. 377-420
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Abstract

This Paper is to consider the situation and Problems of Information Barrier-Free on Japan, including offering several suggestions in Korea. As the result of this research, the extent of digital divide between the aged and the disabled in Japan is the worst among all the kinds of digital divide, and therefore the government's information barrier-free policy is practiced for them. This indicates that the range of their digital divide solution has change from just learning of information technology into information welfare. This paper also proposes three schemes for Korea, that is the consideration on information barrier-free and information welfare ; the stress on universal design and web accessibility ; the cooperation with government, business and NPO.
Keywords: 정보격차정보베리어프리정보복지고령자와 장애자