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An Analysis on Voters' Awareness on Fake News related to Elections - Focused on the 19th Presidential ElectionData -

선거정보의 페이크뉴스에 대한 유권자 인식 분석 연구 -제19대 대통령선거 정보를 중심으로-

  • Received : 2017.08.18
  • Accepted : 2017.09.19
  • Published : 2017.09.30

Abstract

The goal of this study is to propose the approaches to improve the voters' awareness by analyzing the voters' awareness on the fake news related to the elections and identifying the problems with the focus on the 19th Presidential Election. In accordance with the analysis on the data from 128 respondents (53 male and 75 female respondents), the 99.2% (127 respondents) of respondents had informations on elections mainly through broadcasting(77.2%), smart phone(70.9%), Internet(63.8%) and newspapers 32.3% which accounts for 41 respondents) in that sequence. Next, the 87.4% of respondents thought that the informations on elections had more impact on their voting than the generally expected degree. Meanwhile, the voters' awareness on the facts was analyzed by collecting and presenting the information on elections which stated by candidates in the 19th Presidential Election. In accordance with the analysis, there were the significant differences per age groups. The Scheffe test indicated that the respondents in 30s to 40s had significantly higher average awareness than those in 20s. According to the analysis results, it was proposed that the National Election Commission install the election information investigation and analysis committee in the election organization, investigate and analyze the election informations each election for providing real facts to the public, the voters.

본 연구는 제19대 대통령선거를 중심으로 선거정보의 페이크뉴스에 대한 유권자 인식을 분석하여 문제를 파악, 개선방안을 제언하고자 하였다. 전체 응답자 128명(남자53명, 여자75명)을 대상으로 분석결과, 첫째 응답자의 99.2(127명)가 선거 정보를 접해본 경험이 있었으며, 주로 방송(77.2%)과 스마트폰(70.9%), 인터넷(63.8%), 신문 32.3%(41명) 등의 순으로 접하는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째 응답자의 87.4%가 선거정보가 투표에 영향을 미치는 것으로 인식하고 있으며, 이들 모두가 보통 이상의 영향을 미치는 것으로 응답하였다. 셋째 19대 대통령선거에서 후보자들이 주장했던 선거정보를 표집하여 제시한 후 팩트 인식을 분석한 결과, 연령별로 유의한 차이가 있었으며, Scheffe 사후검증결과 30-40대가 20대에 비해 팩트 인식 평균이 유의하게 높은 것으로 나타났다. 이상의 분석을 토대로 선거정보의 사전 등록제도 및 검증제도를 법제화, 시스템화 할 것, 중앙선거관리위원회가 각 선거조직별로 선거정보 조사분석위원회를 설치하여, 상시적으로 선거정보를 조사 분석하여 팩트성을 유권자인 국민에게 알릴 것 등을 제언하였다.

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