A Study on the Influence of Information Welfare Policies on Information Satisfaction, Focusing On Those Alienated From Information Welfare

Abstract

Information welfare has emerged as an important issue in our society since it can improve the quality of life and productivity of members of society. Just as economic polarization is due to the capital gap in capitalist society, the digital divide causes inequality, and the concept of information welfare is very important to minimize it and ensure equal opportunities for everyone to have easy access to information. To identify the relationship between information welfare policy activation and information satisfaction, this study selected increased information education for the underprivileged, the establishment of new information policies for the underprivileged, and the realization of information policies based on preceding studies as elements of information welfare policies and conducted empirical research. The main results of the empirical study are shown below. First, the information welfare policies for the underprivilegedhad a significant impact on the activation of information welfare for the underprivileged. Second, the activation of information welfare for the underprivilegedhad a significant influence on information satisfaction. This study is meaningful in that it suggests the direction of new information welfare policies to address the information divide.