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Social Welfare Ethics in the Information Age - Focusing on Dataveillance through Social Welfare Information System - (사회복지정보화의 윤리적 쟁점 - 사회보장정보시스템을 통한 데이터감시를 중심으로-)

  • Kim, Suyoung
    • Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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    • v.68 no.1
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    • pp.193-224
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    • 2016
  • The article aims to discuss ethical issues of social welfare informationisation, focusing on dataveillance through social welfare information system in South Korea. The Korean government plans to upgrade social welfare information system, by strengthening welfare fraud tracking and adding blind spot discovering functions. However, surveillance over poor population's data is inevitable when conducting such investigations. This article reviews current debates on dataveillance. It then conducts a case study on social welfare dataveillance in South Korea, asking what ethical problems lie in the dataveillance in terms of privacy, accuracy, property, and accessibility issues. Subsequently, this paper identifies three fundamental ethical dilemmas of social welfare in the informational age. Finally, it suggests policy alternatives to tackle the ethical problems and dilemmas of social welfare informationisation.

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Social Communication and Media Ethics in the Age of Social Media (소셜미디어 시대에서의 사회적 소통과 미디어 윤리)

  • Lee, Yun-bok
    • Journal of Korean Philosophical Society
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    • v.129
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    • pp.219-246
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    • 2014
  • The media is a tool for communication. Social media, which was created by the modern science and technology, was considered to be the best communication tool. However, despite the current wide spread of social media, social communication is a serious problem in Korea enough to be called a crisis of communication. What is the reason and measures of communication problems? This paper was planned from the awareness of these problems. First, a number of features and possibilities of social media in journalism are discussed in chapter 2. In chapter 3, the role of social media having regard to the social communication was considered in comparison to traditional media. Finally, the value which the newly emerging social media should pursue was discussed in connection with the value which was pursued by the traditional journalism, then the new value to be added to journalism at the level of ethics presented in chapter 4.

A Theoretical Study on Sex Role Concepts and the Problems of Education (성역할 개념형성과 교육에 관한 이론적 연구)

  • 이정덕;홍연애
    • Journal of Families and Better Life
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.93-109
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    • 1984
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate the direction and strategy of education for sex role concepts of children on the basis of factor analysis of the present situation in sex role concepts and their formation. Although some maintain that sex role concept of our society has been changing slowly, the traditional sex role concept still dominates and is potentially immanent. the analysis of present condition of our society indicates that the formal as well as informal education are facing with various crucial problems in providing the direction of behavior demanded for carrying out the role. The close analysis of the three theories, psychoanalytic theory , social learning theory, cognitive development theory, lends a support to the laim of the study that cognitive development theory provide an integrated frame of reference for us to see the sex role education analytically Furthermore, the factors which are found to have influences on the formation of sex role have been analyzed in three areas: Family, School and society. 1)The factors in family such as parental behavior of upbringing and their concepts of sex role have a direct relationship with the nature of sex tole concept of children. Therefore, the first step to make children to habe a new type of sex-role conception appropriate for modern societies is to change that of parental conception and attitudes. 2)the quantitative as well as the qualitative aspects of school education showed no exceptional trend from the dominant conception of the society, although school are expected to lead the society as formal education institution rather than just reflect the society. The educational activities and contents such as the conceived goal of education for eoch sex, textbook constitation, teaching behavior and sex-role concepts of teacher are found to be still dominated by the traditional sex-role assumption. 3) The social factors that have direct relationship with children's sex-role formation are social and cultural, which include social milieu, condition of employment, family structure and mass-media. Since family and school do not educate the young in a social vacuum. their educational function of sex-role formation are doomed to be limited and determined by these social factors. Unfortunately, the analysis of present conditions showed the dominance of traditional types of sex-role concepts in all these social factors. The education of sex-role concept for children should be treated as one of the most crucial value problems related with many other important problems, such as direction and patterns of behaviors of each sex, the degree of self-development and capabilities, and consequently human right, equality, humanization and the quality of happiness. Neverthless, the analysis of researches on sex-role education which have been surveyed in this study lead to a conclusion that concerted effort to change the education, formal as well as informal should be provided in every aspect of social life. If the sex role education of the past has aimed at the "feminization"of girls which indoctrinate girls into a limited and fixed role of house wives, the new education in the future should be directed foward "humanization" of both sexes which opens the diversity of roles for both boys and girl on equal levels and provide future possibilities in accordance to their individual capabilities and interests.

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The experience of stress, coping, and social support of students and parents after the economic crisis: The indigenous psychology approach (IMF시대 이후 초, 중, 고, 대학생과 부모의 스트레스 경험과 대처양식 및 사회적 지원: 토착심리학적 접근)

  • Young-Shin Park;Uichol Kim;Myo-Sung Kim
    • Korean Journal of Culture and Social Issue
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.105-135
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    • 2002
  • The purpose of this study is to examine the experience of stress, coping and social support among students and their parents after Korea recovered from the recent economic crisis. A total of 634 students(primary school=135, junior high school=118, senior high school=168, and university=213) and 842 parents (fathers=421, mothers= 421), for a total of 1,476 participants, completed an open-ended questionnaire developed by the present researchers. For students, the most painful experience was related to problems in academic life, followed by problems in relationship. For father, the most painful experience was financial problems and for mothers, it was conflicts in the family. In stress situations, self-regulation was the most frequently adopted coping style by both students and adults. The second most frequently reported coping style was avoidance. In terms of social support, students reported receiving most support from friends, and the importance of friends became greater for the older students. Parents reported receiving most social support from their spouse. As for the type of social support, around half of students and parents reported receiving emotional support. Emotional support was viewed as being very important in reducing the stress experience related to academic life, problems in relationships, family conflict, and financial difficulties. The results of the present study will be compared to similar studies conducted before and during the economic crisis and the implications of these studies, as well as the importance of the indigenous Korean psychology, will be discussed.

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The Actural Condition and the Impact of Psychosocial Factors on Problem Drinking among the College Students (대학생의 문제성음주의 실태와 관련 심리사회적 요인)

  • Jeong, Weon-Cheol
    • Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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    • v.58 no.1
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    • pp.347-372
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    • 2006
  • Drinking Problems among college students have been increasing and being severe social problems. When it is compared with other areas, the research about drinking problems of college students are rare. This study was to examine psychosocial factors influencing on problem drinking among college students. The sample size of this study was 414, which made it possible to do statistical inference. AUDIT was applicated to measure the drinking problems in college student. As statistical method, $X^2$-test, t-test, hierarchial multiple regression analysis were used. The main finding provided that drinking problem of college students was more severe than adult one. Especially binge drinking pattern was remarkable. Male student had many alcohol problems than female students. This study also revealed gender, religious activity, first drinking age, sensation -seeking, drinking motivation, parents' drinking problem, schoolwork record, peer influence had significant direct impact in problem drinking of college students. Based on the results of this study, the author suggested some practical implication and preventive program based on the results and added further study tasks.

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The Literary Study on The Women's Mental Health and Hwabyung in Korean Society (여성의 정신장애와 홧병에 관한 문헌연구)

  • Shin, Hye-Sook;Lee, Ok-Ja
    • Journal of East-West Nursing Research
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.68-82
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    • 1998
  • This study attempted to develop fundamental data of nursing intervention for Women's health improvement through literature review related to women's health. Women's health problems are focused in nursing because the quality of women's health influences on public health directly and indirectly. Especially women experience more stressors and mental disorders than men. This paper reviewed rationale of mental problems to understand Women's mental problems through various research paper analysis. As a result, it was found that women's mental problems as well as the health were affected by various factors and were connected with social, cultural elements closely. This result means that women are affected by social, economical, psychological states from gender unequality in this society. So to solve the women's mental problems, women have to be considered as human beings, women, mothers with multiple roles. And like Hwabyung, one of the women's mental problems related to Korean traditional culture, nursing needs to be done to solve the problem through cultural approach. To do this, nursing has to research negative effect as well as positive effect on women's mental health by modern culture which includes "Han" and traditional family culture. The multidisplinary, interdisplinary communication is important to develop nursing intervention and nursing must build a pertinent Korean women's mental health research system to improve a sociopolitical environment.

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International Social Cooperative Case Study -Italy, Canada, and France- (해외 사회적 협동조합 사례연구 -이탈리아, 캐나다 및 프랑스-)

  • Du, Cheng-Lin;Chang, Sug-In;Jin, Jae-Keun;Lee, Nam-Gyum
    • Industry Promotion Research
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.137-147
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    • 2020
  • Social co-operatives, which are working positively to realize the economic and social purpose of being carried out directly through products and services producing the public interest, are steadily expanding under the public interest mission of social co-operatives. It has important theoretical and practical significance to study the model of social co-operatives tailored to the local situation in Korea based on international experience. This study looks at the international status of social co-operatives, international cases, and puts forward problems and suggestions centering on cases of advanced countries. It sought to find a solution to what society required only by solving the problems necessary for sustainable economic growth. In order to achieve the objectives of this study, the social cooperatives of advanced countries, such as Italy, Canada, and France, were organized, compared and analyzed. The study found that the implications of co-operatives in Italy, France and Canada are as follows. First, it is needed to adhere to the principles of co-operatives in pending issues such as social problems and employment and jobs in the community. Second, it is necessary to establish a supportive financial system for the cooperative's initial stability and sustainability. Third, the ecosystem of co-operatives should be formed to support and foster legal systems and network organizations.

A Study on Experiences of Social Workers Working in Hospice Palliative Care Multidisciplinary Team - Focused on Professional Identities - (호스피스 완화 돌봄 분야에서 일하는 사회복지사의 다학제적 팀 활동 경험에 관한 연구 - 전문적 정체성을 중심으로 -)

  • Choi, Hee Kyung
    • Korean Journal of Social Welfare Studies
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    • v.44 no.2
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    • pp.201-230
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    • 2013
  • The study attempted to analyze the experiences concerning professional identities of social workers working in hospice palliative care(HPC) multidisciplinary team by adopting ground theory method. The data were drawn from in-depth interviews with 11 social workers working in HPC teams for more than a year. As a result of the study, 166 concepts, 21 themes and 10 categories were presented. The core theme was identified as "growing up as a professional recognized by clients and other team members". The characteristics of social work and those of hospital setting systematic barriers and problems of the governmental support program worked as external conditions. The conflicts and confusions in social workers' professional identities were brought about as results of the conditions while successful team and the characteristics of individual setting promoted to get over the problems. The social workers experienced professional rewards and personal growth from hospice practices by utilizing diverse strategies. It was proposed that social workers should make efforts to be recognized as an essential profession in HPC multidisciplinary teams together with resolving the institutional problems such as regulations on qualifications of HPC social worker, professional education and governmental supports to improve work conditions.

The Development of a Social Skill Training Program for ADHD Children and It's Effect (ADHD 아동을 위한 사회기술훈련 프로그램의 개발과 효과)

  • Lee, Hye-Sug
    • The Korean Journal of Elementary Counseling
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.171-191
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    • 2007
  • The purpose of this study is to develop social skill training in order to reduce problematic behaviors and improve peer relations for elementary school students who have ADHD(Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) and then verify its effectiveness. The problems for this study are as follows: Firstly, is the social skill training for students with ADHD effective in enhancing their self-esteem? Secondly, is the social skill training for students with ADHD effective in reducing their carelessness, hyperactivity and impulsive character? Thirdly, is the social skill training for students with ADHD effective in improving peer relations? Subjects were six 5th grade children who were selected by the ADHD-SC4 at P elementary school in Pyeongtaek. The social skill training consisted of 10 sessions which included forming friendship, recognizing, making friends, solving problems, reeducation and evaluation. Qualitative data were collected through self-esteem inventory, peer-relation test, self-reported scales for children and Conners' Teacher rating score for ADHD children. The collected data were analysed with t-test. Qualitative data were collected though teacher's interview and observation an the children. The results of the study were follows: First, the social skill training did not give a significant effect in enhancing the self-esteem of the children with ADHD. Second, the social skill training had a positive effect in reducing in attentiveness, hyperactivity and impulsive behavior of the children with ADHD. Third, the social skill training did not give a significant effect in improving the peer relations of the children with ADHD. Fourth the qualitative data showed that the social skill training had positive effect in enhancing over all classroom behavior.

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Automatic Generation of Issue Analysis Report Based on Social Big Data Mining (소셜 빅데이터 마이닝 기반 이슈 분석보고서 자동 생성)

  • Heo, Jeong;Lee, Chung Hee;Oh, Hyo Jung;Yoon, Yeo Chan;Kim, Hyun Ki;Jo, Yo Han;Ock, Cheol Young
    • KIPS Transactions on Software and Data Engineering
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    • v.3 no.12
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    • pp.553-564
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    • 2014
  • In this paper, we propose the system for automatic generation of issue analysis report based on social big data mining, with the purpose of resolving three problems of the previous technologies in a social media analysis and analytic report generation. Three problems are the isolation of analysis, the subjectivity of experts and the closure of information attributable to a high price. The system is comprised of the natural language query analysis, the issue analysis, the social big data analysis, the social big data correlation analysis and the automatic report generation. For the evaluation of report usefulness, we used a Likert scale and made two experts of big data analysis evaluate. The result shows that the quality of report is comparatively useful and reliable. Because of a low price of the report generation, the correlation analysis of social big data and the objectivity of social big data analysis, the proposed system will lead us to the popularization of social big data analysis.