• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.16 no.12
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• pp.41-50
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• 2018

In our society, recently, the concept of social economy stands out as an alternative to the mainstream economy in the market. It is noteworthy that although the social economy has the nature of practical field of civil society, the government has a willingness to actively support the social economy as a means of getting visible result of job creation. The social economy in Korea is being fostered by the government and understood within the framework of a very limited policy goal of providing jobs for the vulnerable. The problem is that the social value and community implications of the social economy are disappearing while the social economic organizations have higher policy status and become more and more dependent on the government's financial support. This paper suggests that the discourse on the social economy should be reconstructed while holding the problem of this situation.

• Journal of Science and Technology Studies
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.39-85
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• 2020

With the development of information technology, fake news is becoming a serious social problem. Individual measures to manage the problem, such as fact-checking by the media, legal regulation, or technical solutions, have not been successful. The flood of fake news has undermined not only trust in the media but also the general credibility of social institutions, and is even threatening the foundations of democracy. This is why one cannot leave fake news unchecked, though it is certainly a difficult task to accomplish. The problem of fake news is not about simply judging its veracity, as no news is completely fake or unquestionably real and there is much uncertainty. Therefore, managing fake news does not mean removing them completely. Nor can the problem be left to individuals' capacity for rational judgment. Recurring fake news can easily disrupt individual decision making, which raises the need for socio-technical measures and multidisciplinary collaboration. In this study, we introduce a new public online platform for fake news management, which incorporates a multidimensional and multidisciplinary approach based on citizen science. Our proposed platform will fundamentally redesign the existing process for collecting and analyzing fake news and engaging with user reactions. People in various fields would be able to participate in and contribute to this platform by mobilizing their own expertise and capability.

• 한국과학기술학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2015.12a
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• pp.247-278
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• 2015

Recently, as DNR prevails more and more in Korea, discussions regarding meaningless medical life-sustaining-treatment (LST) intensified. Some of the Supreme Court decisions are even discussed in mass media, causing public debates. These cases tell us that, as life-sustaining medical technologies are highly developed, more sociological and policy-related analyses are needed on them. Firstly, this study will review 40 previous studies that analyze recent discussions in Korea about LST. Secondly, this study also shows that in bioethical and policy-related perspectives, governance about LST calls for a new implications regarding thanatoethics and thanatopolitics. In this new theoretical framework, death with dignity (DwD) can be understood as a process of giving back the thanatopower to the subject who chooses his way of ending based on his sound and free will. Thirdly, some of the new LST or resuscitation technologies such as automated external defibrillators (AED) are developed in RRI framework. However, if subjects themselves choose not to apply those technologies on them, as in the case of DNR (do not resuscitate) vows, meaning of developing such technologies are to be questioned. But currently such questions regarding the limitations of RRI are seldom asked. I argue that in order to properly apply RRI framework on existing technology, we also need to consider these points.

• Informatization Policy
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.3-36
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• 2018

This article discusses the possibilities and limitations of ICT education by reviewing the previous research on its various aspects including educational goals, contents, methods, and evaluation. First, when it comes to its educational goal, the prior studies suggest that ICT education aims to nurture digital citizenship among students and to enable them to participate in different sectors of our society. ICT education characterizes the core capacities of its future learners as 'lifelong learners,' 'information producers/consumers,' and 'local/global citizens.' Second, in regard to the educational content of ICT education, researchers investigate SW education importantly: They develop the educational programs and examine the effectiveness of those programs. However, to ensure the relevancy of the educational contents to the future society, institutional support is imperative including facilitating educators' capacities and synchronizing ICT education with subject education. Third, as the educational methods, various ICTs such as flipped learning and augmented reality (AR) are being applied to actual classroom teaching. Research on the educational methods, which is the most vibrant area in the ICT education scholarship, is expected to improve the previous educational methods and to lead the qualitative development of ICT education. Fourth, the previous discussion on the educational evaluation focuses on computer-based evaluations. Educational evaluation using ICT will enable educators to assess the characteristics and achievement of an individual learner accurately and to lead them to apply a teaching-learning process effectively, which will ultimately enhance the effectiveness of educational evaluation. Along with the overall review on the possibilities of ICT education, this article discusses the limitations of the current ICT education and its implications for educational inequalities.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.8 no.6
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• pp.97-105
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• 2022

This study deals with the credibility of citizens when investing in uncertain project companies, as well as the Social Performance Compensation Project (SIB) and the IT sharing economy. This allows the convergence of the three sectors to address investment inequalities in economic effectiveness and social security. Activates the model of the overall Social Impact Bond (SIB) process that successfully activates the exchange of information. The empirical presentation of the operations and techniques for social IT service finance examines how the innovation ecosystem can be created with social performance and reward projects. The analysis shows that small sharing institutions or citizens can participate directly to create the ability to connect with private investors, identify the possibility of recognizing non-shared barriers to participation, and show the great impact of citizen trust in IT sharing projects in uncertain areas. As a result, for the sake of social sharing and IT cooperation promoted by the City of Seoul, before the project has the ability to design directly, it will be responsible for reliability and safety in the planning of the project. Therefore, non-shared citizens can also participate in the platform that has been effectively constructed and created.

• The Southeast Asian review
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.1-40
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• 2017

This study aims to examine the electricity/energy regime of Thailand, the largest energy-hungry country in the Mekong region. This study examined how the electricity/energy regime of Thailand has been shaped and changed up to the present, not only at the national level but also at the sub-regional level covering the Mekong region. Meanwhile, according to the Paris Agreement in 2015, which will get in to effect from 2020, developing countries as well as developed countries have been given voluntary responsibilities and reduction obligations in response to global climate change. Under the post 2020 Climate Change Regime, Thailand also needs to revise its existing electricity/energy policy. We reviewed the recent energy policy of Thailand and evaluated the possibility of transition to a sustainable energy system based on Energy Trilemma's analysis framework. And we examined the roles and impacts of the Thai civil society on the national power and energy planning as well as in the future climate change policy. As a result of the analysis, it can be seen that Thailand's electricity/energy regime has grown rapidly through the support of the West countries under the Cold War era. In particular, Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand(EGAT) played the key role in Thailand's energy policy. In addition, Thailand's geopolitical location and relatively high economic level compared to neighboring countries will continue to be of importance in the future construction of power grids in the region. Meanwhile, in the frame of Energy Trilemma, Thailand has still been vulnerable to environmental sustainability. Thai NGOs have resisted to as well as collaborated with the government to influence the existing electricity/energy policy in the various dimensions but their influence has weakened considerably since the coup in 2014. In conclusion, this study suggests to cooperate with government as well as civil society for sustainable energy transformation of Thailand and Mekong region.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.7-16
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• 2014

This empirical study is to investigate the influence of MMORPG player's social as well as individual characteristics on the emergent party play. First, we have tested our research model by surveying 231 active players of Lineage 2. The results demonstrate that both the personal values, such as self-efficacy and job satisfaction, and also the organizational values, such as task interdependence and trust, have significant influences on the organizational citizenship behaviors among the party players. This study suggests both theoretical and practical implications on how to encourage gamers' altruistic concern and organizational adaptation in MMORPG.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.13 no.7
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• pp.150-157
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• 2013

In this media convergence era when the 'hybrid' genres increase, it has been important to explore distinguishing genre-specific effects of contents use. This study revealed that news, current affairs/talk, and documentary genres respectively produces opposite directions of influences on values; likewise, drama and reality genres also respectively produces differentiated impact on values and social trust. Drama viewing itself shows contrary patterns on civic attitude, i. e., positive relationship with social trust while negative with tolerance.

• Bulletin of Korea Environmental Preservation Association
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• s.419
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• pp.10-12
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• 2015

우리나라가 자원빈국에서 살아 남을 길은 경제사회구조 전반을 자원순환사회로 전환하는 것이 필요하다. 환경부는 자원순환사회전환촉진법 제정을 추진하면서 2013년부터 관계부처, 산업계, 재활용업계, 시민단체, 전문가와 함께 약 50여회에 걸친 의견수렴을 실시하여 자원순환사회를 열망하는 다양한 목소리에 귀 기울이고, 이를 정책에 녹여내기 위해 끊임없이 소통하여 왔다. 하지만 이러한 정부의 노력만으로는 한계가 있다. 미래 세대를 위해 자원순환사회로 빠른 시일 내에 진입할 수 있도록, 자원순환사회로의 전환에 대한국민 모두의 관심과 지지가 필요하다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2019.05a
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• pp.40-40
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• 2019

시민인식은 하천관리를 포함한 공공정책 수립에 결정적 요소들 중 하나로 강조되고 있다. 따라서 하천관리체계의 변화에 따른 사회적 하천관리에 미치는 영향을 파악하고, 특히 우리나라 물관리 일원화 후 하천의 이용과 관리 및 정책에 대한 시민 인식을 조사하는 것은 향후 하천 정책 수립에 매우 중요하다. 본 연구의 목적은 하천의 이용, 관리(주체), 정책, 기후변화 등에 대한 시민의 관심도와 만족도를 조사하는 것이다. 이번 설문 대상은 전국의 남녀 4,500명(10대~60대)이었으며 패널 참여 방식으로 조사되었다. 설문 문항의 구성은 크게 하천 이용, 하천 관리, 그리고 물관리 일원화와 기후변화 등을 포함한 하천정책 등으로 3대 주제로 세부 문항들이 개발되었다. 설문조사의 주요 결과는 조사대상 시민들의 약 22.9%는 매주 하천을 방문하는 것으로 분석되었으며, 1년간 1번은 하천을 방문(이용)하는 시민들은 85.5%로 나타났다. 자주 방문하는 하천의 규모 혹은 위치는 중(中)하천이 42.2%로 가장 높았고, 대(大)하천은 23.9%, 소(小)하천은 17.5%, 도랑이나 개울은 15.5%로 나타났다. 기타(0.9%)로는 하천 외에도 물을 접할 수 있는 저수지, 인공하천 및 호수공원 등을 이용하는 것으로 나타났다. 하천 방문자 중 최소 2시간을 체류하는 시민 중 약 96.4%는 걸어서 하천을 접근하고, 지하철을 이용하여 하천을 접근하는 방문자는 최소 1시간에서 2시간 이상을 체류하는 것으로 조사되었다. 조사대상 시민들은 하천관리 중에서 접근 편의성(28.4%), 친수시설(자전거 도로, 산책로 등) 관리(24.2%), 수질관리(9.9%)로 만족하는 것으로 나타났다. 반면에 수질(27.4%, WQ(water quality))과 냄새 및 쓰레기(25.5%, OW(odor and waste))가 가장 높게 하천관리의 불만족도를 가지고 있었다. 기후변화 영향에 대한 시민들의 관심도는 WQ (29.6 %), OW (17.7%), 그리고 물부족 (15.1%)의 순서로 조사되었다. 하천의 바람직한 미래상에 대한 관심도는 깨끗한 수질의 하천(36.1%, WQ), 휴식과 산책을 즐길 수 있는 하천(22.9%), 다양한 동 식물의 생태서식공간(14.6%)의 순으로 나타났다. 또한 시민들은 하천관리 기관의 가져야할 역량은 '전문성'이 가장 중요하게 인식하고 있는 것으로 조사되었다. 우리나라 물관리 정책 중 가장 큰 문제로 우선순위 1~3순위 누적 조사 결과, 수질악화(79.9%, WQ), 하천 수생물 훼손(49.6%), 정부부처 간 협력부족(37.6%)으로 인식하는 것으로 나타났다. 끝으로 2018년 추진된 물관리 일원화 후 정부의 물관리 및 하천 정책에 대한 시민들의 관심도는 WQ (46.0%), 물공급 관리 (17.6%), 그리고 생태계 복원 (8.4%)의 순서로 조사되었다. 본 연구의 결론들 중 하나는 현재와 미래 하천에 대한 가장 높은 시민들의 수요는 깨끗한 수질과 생태서식공간이었으며 이는 향후 하천 정책 수립에 있어서 중요한 기초가 될 것으로 전망된다.