Actual Status of Information Actual Status of Information Utilization of Youth and its Utilization of Youth and its

Countermeasure Ⅲ Countermeasure Ⅲ Actual Status of Over-consumption of Actual Status of Over-consumption of

Digital System by the Youth and its Digital System by the Youth and its

CountermeasureCountermeasure

National Youth Policy InstituteNational Youth Policy InstituteSeong Yoon-sukSeong Yoon-suk

1. Purpose of the 1. Purpose of the ResearchResearch

To investigate the youth’s actual consumption To investigate the youth’s actual consumption status of a variety of digital devices and their status of a variety of digital devices and their contents.contents.

To determine the youth’s future consumption To determine the youth’s future consumption desire, and thereby exploring how they can desire, and thereby exploring how they can accommodate new information communication accommodate new information communication services; how their daily lives and existing services; how their daily lives and existing media consumption status change. media consumption status change.

To prepare a comprehensive strategy, through To prepare a comprehensive strategy, through scientific analysis, regarding the behavior and scientific analysis, regarding the behavior and

issues of youth digital consumption.issues of youth digital consumption.

2. Major Contents2. Major Contents

Investigation of the actual status of the youth’s present consumption Investigation of the actual status of the youth’s present consumption condition and information communication devices and services.condition and information communication devices and services.

Exploration of the youth digital consumption behavior and determining Exploration of the youth digital consumption behavior and determining cultural tastecultural taste throu through in-depth interview of the youth and open-type gh in-depth interview of the youth and open-type question survey of the teachers on digital consumption. question survey of the teachers on digital consumption.

Analysis of t he examples of youth digital consumption strategies locally Analysis of t he examples of youth digital consumption strategies locally and in foreign countries such as Japan, USA, Australia, Canada, UK, OECD, and in foreign countries such as Japan, USA, Australia, Canada, UK, OECD, EU, etc. and deriving their implications. EU, etc. and deriving their implications.

Strategy proposal on youth digital consumption and recommendations on Strategy proposal on youth digital consumption and recommendations on its strategic road map.its strategic road map.

3. Major Results of the 3. Major Results of the ResearchResearch

Actual Status of Over-Actual Status of Over-consumption of Digital System consumption of Digital System by the Youthby the Youth

- The youth with higher family satisfaction tended to consume - The youth with higher family satisfaction tended to consume more amount of learning-related services while less in more amount of learning-related services while less in game-related services. On the contrary, the youth less game-related services. On the contrary, the youth less satisfied with their parents tended to consume more satisfied with their parents tended to consume more amount of game-related services. amount of game-related services.

- Considering that youth with better family relationships - Considering that youth with better family relationships tended to do digital consumption in a positive way, tended to do digital consumption in a positive way, enhancing parent-children relationship is necessary to enhancing parent-children relationship is necessary to reduce over-consumption and abuse of digital system. reduce over-consumption and abuse of digital system.

- Education in terms of permissive consumption tends to - Education in terms of permissive consumption tends to prevent youth from recognizing the problem of excessive prevent youth from recognizing the problem of excessive digital consumption, and rather permits abuse. digital consumption, and rather permits abuse.

4. Political Suggestions4. Political Suggestions Maintenance of digital consumption related laws and Maintenance of digital consumption related laws and

systems. systems. - Handle the matters on information and communication - Handle the matters on information and communication

services such as games, mobile phones, etc. by enacting services such as games, mobile phones, etc. by enacting new youth media-related laws. new youth media-related laws.

- Implement consumer education act and promotion act - Implement consumer education act and promotion act related with consumer education.related with consumer education.

Solve the problems when purchasing and settling with Solve the problems when purchasing and settling with prepaid cards. prepaid cards.

- Reinforce the procedure of obtaining consent when - Reinforce the procedure of obtaining consent when recharging or reloading by cash basis.recharging or reloading by cash basis.

(Handle the event when the right of cancellation or (Handle the event when the right of cancellation or withdrawal doesn’t exist.)withdrawal doesn’t exist.)

- Restrict the limit of purchasing amount (for the purpose of - Restrict the limit of purchasing amount (for the purpose of preventing over-consumption).preventing over-consumption).

4-1. Political Suggestions4-1. Political Suggestions

Build a cooperative system in consumer-education field.Build a cooperative system in consumer-education field. Reinforce advertising activity on digital consumption.Reinforce advertising activity on digital consumption. Activate the youth’s education on consumption of digital Activate the youth’s education on consumption of digital

media.media. Measure the consumer literacy. Measure the consumer literacy. Prepare detailed criteria by types of internet addiction.Prepare detailed criteria by types of internet addiction.