• Korean Journal of Culture and Social Issue
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.217-236
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• 2021

The present study examined the mediating role of the subjective norm about social distancing in the relationship between individuals' collectivistic orientation and their social distancing behavior during the early COVID-19 crisis in Korea. A total of 445 South Korean adults residing in Korea participated in a survey during which level 2 to 2.5 prevention policies were being enforced. Results indicated, as expected, that collectivism positively predicted the perceptions of subjective norm that supports social distancing, which in turn predicted positively individuals' participation in social distancing as prescribed by the central government. This result emerged regardless of the individuals' perception of personal vulnerability to COVID-19. We discuss implications of these findings and directions for future research regarding the link between individualism-collectivism and the behavioral immune system, along with the role of social distancing in effectively curbing the spread of corona virus during the pandemic.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.581-590
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• 2022

The purpose of this study was to ascertain the differences in social distancing practices by socioeconomic characteristics according to the national campaign on strong social distancing from March 22 through April 19. The data were obtained from the online survey performed by Embrain from May 13 through May 19. The sample consisted of 1,117 adults aged between 19 and 69. The campaign included six rules: to postpone or cancel unnecessary meeting, to refrain from going out, to keep personal hygiene, to stay home when sick, to ventilate frequently. Social distancing scores were defined as the proportion of items observed on a scale of 10. The multivariate regression analysis showed that type of housing and type of working were significantly related to social distancing scores. Study results imply that customized campaigns are needed for those from lower socioeconomic status.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2021.06a
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• pp.55-55
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• 2021

지난 2019년 말부터 계속해서 전 세계로 확산되고 있는 COVID-19로 인해, 인간 생활을 둘러싼 사회 및 산업 구조가 다양하게 변모하고 있다. 국내에서는 2020년 2월 발생한 1차 대유행을 기점으로, 2020년 8월 2차 대유행 및 2020년 12월 3차 대유행을 겪었으며, 그 과정에서 마스크 착용 의무화, 개인위생 권장, 사회적 거리두기 등 강력한 예방수칙들이 도입되어 왔다. 특히 COVID-19의 심각성에 따라 단계적으로 발효되는 방역대책 및 사회적 거리두기는 개인뿐만 아니라 상업, 산업 등 대부분의 생활양식을 계속해서 변화시켰으며, 다양한 인프라 시설의 운영 및 관리에 혼란을 야기하고 있다. 세계 각국의 연구기관에서는 이러한 봉쇄령(Lockdown) 정책의 영향으로 물관리 분야에 위기가 닥쳐올 것으로 예견하였으며, 국내의 경우 서울시상수도사업본부 조사에 따르면 가정용수 사용량이 3.4 % 증가하고, 상업 및 공공부문 용수 사용량이 25 %까지 감소하는 등 기존 물 사용 패턴과 상이한 양상을 나타내고 있다. COVID-19 확산이 용수 사용량에 미치는 대표적인 영향은 크게 다음과 같은 세 가지 변화로 구분할 수 있다. 1) 사회적 거리두기 강도에 따른 물 사용량의 급격한 증가와 감소 등 용수 이용규모의 변화, 2) 상업 및 공공부문의 물 수요에서 생활부문 물 수요로 옮겨가는 등 용수 사용처의 변화, 3) 순간 최대 물 사용시간 등 용수 사용패턴의 시간적 변화 등이다. 본 연구에서는 시간별, 수요처별 용수 사용량 등의 상세한 데이터 확보가 가능한 국내 지역을 대상으로, COVID-19의 확산 및 그로 인한 사회적 거리두기의 단계적 시행이 용수 사용량 변화에 미치는 영향을 시공간적으로 분석하였다. 본 연구는 대규모 재난 발생 시 사회적 대응방안에 따른 물 사용량의 변화를 분석함으로써, 현재까지도 지속되고 있는 COVID-19 확산 상황에서 안정적이고 효율적인 상수도 공급방안 마련에 기여하고, 또한 지금까지 물리적 재난 대응에 편중되었던 물 위기 관리 패러다임을 사회적 재난 대응 분야까지 확장시키는 계기를 마련할 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.223-233
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• 2022

In addition to optimistic bias which can be a biased phenomenon in perceived susceptibility, including illusion of control which is a distorted phenomenon, the current study attempted to demonstrate the influential relationship between these two important variables and COVID 19 personal preventive behaviors and social distancing practice. Conducting Survey utilizing online pannel from Macromill Embrain, the present study performed regression analysis, setting personal preventive behavioral variables such as mask wearing, hand washing, using hand sanitizer as independent variable, and analyzed how these independent variables influence control illusion and optimistic bias. As a result, COVID 19 personal preventive behavior didn't have direct effect on optimistic bias and control illusion except for hand washing. Finding, also, showed that control illusion affected optimistic bias, and the relation between these variables was different depending on demographic variable such as gender and age.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.37 no.6_1
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• pp.1647-1656
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• 2021

In order to reduce the spread of infection due to COVID-19, South Korea has established a four-step social distancing standard and implemented it by changing the steps based on the rate of confirmed cases. The implementation of social distancing brought about a change in the amount of activity of citizens by limiting social contact such as movement and gathering of people. One of the data that can intuitively confirm this is Night Time Light (NTL). NTL is a variable that can measure the size of the national economy measured using lights captured by satellites, and can be used to understand people's social activities during the night. The NTL visible data is obtained via the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Day-Night Band (DNB) onboard the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) satellite. 1023 of Suomi data from 1 January 2019 until 26 October 2021 were collected to generate time series of NTL radiance change over Seoul to analyze the correlation with social distancing policy. The results show that implementing the level of social distancing generally decreased the NTL radiance both in spatial disparities and temporal patterns. The higher level of policy, limiting human activities combined with the low number of people who have been vaccinated and the closure of various facilities. Because of social distancing, the differences in human activities affected the nighttime light during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in Seoul, South Korea. Therefore, this study can be used as a reference for the government in evaluating and improving policies related to efforts reducing the transmission of COVID-19.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.513-518
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• 2022

In the past two years, all sectors of society have been underdeveloped and suffered a significant damage due to COVID-19. In particular, people who were working in many areas of research were unable to do anything due to restrictions on meetings with people and social distancing. The purpose of this study is to develop a social distancing device that allows users to maintain the distance in accordance with the government guidelines through an analysis of people's social distancing methods in the COVID-19 society through UX Design. In order to develop the social distancing device, the distance is expressed by changing the color of LED based on research related to UI design such as ultrasonic distance sensor, battery, charging method, distance display method, etc. The outer form of the social distancing device is designed using 3D, the device is developed by installing ultrasonic distance sensor, neo-pixel module and Arduino after printing a prototype using a 3D printer, and this device is tested to develop a final product that helps the social distancing practice amid COVID-19.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Disaster Information Conference
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• 2022.10a
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• pp.91-92
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• 2022

송파안전체험교육관에서는 COVID-19에 따른 사회적 거리두기 해제 이후 대면 비대면 프로그램을 다양하게 제공받을 수 있도록 프로그램 개발을 위해 노력하고 있으며 지역사회와 기업체의 유기적인 협력을 통하여 질 높고 시대의 흐름에 알맞은 안전교육을 운영하기 위한 방향을 계획하고 있다.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.234-239
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• 2021

The purpose of this paper is to find out the nature of language variation by exploring the ways of the progress of the language variation that produces all English-lects, i.e., the World Englishes. The study of language variation in linguistics is a hybrid enterprise, so the study of World Englishes has led to the recognition of a highly diverse set of all English-lects, encompassing regional dialects, sociolects, ethnolects and (post-)colonial dialects of World Englishes. In this paper, we propose a hybrid language variation model with three interacting factors of social distancing, on/off-contact, and linguistic diversity to examine the characteristics of language variation. In the context of World Englishes, the social distance is typically low in terms of their local location (country/speech) for local purposes. The social distance also varies based on online/offline communication modes and other social factors like gender, age and ethnic groups, resulting in all English-lects. To clarify the nature of World Englishes, the core Englishes, BrE, AmE and CanE are discussed here.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.12 no.12
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• pp.467-477
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• 2021

Purposes of this study were to identify the relationship among involvement in COVID-19 (IiC), attitude toward advertisement (AtA), and behavioral Intention to social distancing (BItSD), and to investigate the mediating effect of AtA in a loss versus gain advertising context. The participants were 379 adults who have been consecutively living in Korea since January 2020. The participants were randomly assigned to one of two advertisements using an online survey system. We found that IiC affects BItSD since Korean adults recognize the risks and seriousness of COVID-19 infection or transmission through IiC. Induced positive attitudes or emotions through involvement in the COVID-19 preventive behaviors including social distancing and vaccination are helpful to increase the BItSD. Thus, health care and information providers should give an accurate message, which induces a positive attitude, to recognize that our world is a risk of the COVID-19.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.463-471
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• 2022

Purposes of this study were to identify the factors associated with behavioral Intention to social distancing (BItSD) in a loss versus gain advertising context. This study is a secondary analysis of data surveyed after randomly allocating one of the loss and gain message framing advertisements for the prevention of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) infection to 379 adults aged 19 and over living in Korea in early March 2021. Attitude toward advertisement (𝛽=.03, p<.001), involvement in COVID-19 (𝛽=.14, p=.006) and emotional stigma (𝛽=-0.17, p<.001) were associated with BItSD, and the explanatory power of these variables was 19% (Adjusted R²=.19). Therefore, when health care professionals communicate with the public, they should develop the strategies to increase public people's involvement in the information and to induce positive advertising attitudes, and provide the effective messages to prevent stigma by accurate information.