A Policy Review on the Efforts to Prevent Internet Addiction in Korea
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The more developed ICT and information society, the deeper will the dark side of information society. In this reason, the matter of internet addiction in information society has been a academic and practical hot issue in recent days. This paper conducts case study and analyzes policy of the efforts to prevent internet addiction which can be a big hurdle to realize the social inclusion and healthy society. Korean policy can be characterized as that most of the activities are initiated by Government, thus Korean government is supporting civic organizations financially and technically for them to do the activities for the prevention of the Internet addiction. Strong government commitment is also shown in that minors under 16 years old are not allowed to access the online game from midnight to 6AM, and parents can monitor and block their children’s access to the online game by the request to the service providers, and that all students from kindergarten to university and all employees in the public sector should be trained for the prevention of Internet addiction by the law. The challenge the Korea government faces in preventing the Internet addiction is how to induce the participation of all stakeholders especially parents, community and private sectors
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The more developed ICT and information society, the deeper will the dark side of information society. In this reason, the matter of internet addiction in information society has been a academic and practical hot issue in recent days. This paper conducts case study and analyzes policy of the efforts to prevent internet addiction which can be a big hurdle to realize the social inclusion and healthy society. Korean policy can be characterized as that most of the activities are initiated by Government, thus Korean government is supporting civic organizations financially and technically for them to do the activities for the prevention of the Internet addiction. Strong government commitment is also shown in that minors under 16 years old are not allowed to access the online game from midnight to 6AM, and parents can monitor and block their children’s access to the online game by the request to the service providers, and that all students from kindergarten to university and all employees in the public sector should be trained for the prevention of Internet addiction by the law. The challenge the Korea government faces in preventing the Internet addiction is how to induce the participation of all stakeholders especially parents, community and private sectors
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