The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics (응용통계연구)

The Korean Statistical Society (한국통계학회)
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Statistical analysis of mobile internet news users' attributes affecting on opinion formation for social major issues

모바일 인터넷 뉴스 이용자의 속성이 정치, 경제, 사회적 주요 현안에 대한 의견 형성에 미치는 영향에 대한 통계적 분석

  • Kim, Jaehee (Department of Statistics, Duksung Women's University)
  • 김재희 (덕성여자대학교 정보통계학과)
  • Received : 2020.07.17
  • Accepted : 2020.09.16
  • Published : 2021.02.28
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Abstract

The proliferation of smart devices (such as smart phones and tablet PCs) has led to a marked increase in the use of mobile-based internet. As a result, the influence of the mobile internet has become important to make opinions on social issues. This study explores the effects of mobile internet news users' characteristics on formation of opinions about major political, economic and social issues. We used the data from the media audience awareness survey by the Korean Press Foundation in 2016 and 2017 in this analysis. The characteristics of the news users are gender, age, education, income, news usage days, news usage hours, media application usage days, news gathering application usage days, portal usage days, and media official website usage days. These characteristics are known as possible explanatory variables for the mobile internet news users. Multiple logistic regressions were done with interpretation to know which covariates affect on formation of major opinion.

스마트폰과 태블릿PC 등의 스마트기기의 확산으로 모바일 기반 인터넷의 이용률이 눈에 띄게 증가하였으며, 이로 인해 모바일 인터넷의 영향력도 중요해졌다. 따라서 본 연구는 지난 일주일동안 모바일 인터넷을 통해 뉴스를 본 뉴스 이용자의 어떠한 특성들에 따라 정치, 경제, 사회적 주요 현안에 대한 의견을 형성할 때 모바일 인터넷의 영향을 받는지 파악하고자 수행되었다. 이를 위해 한국 언론 진흥재단의 2016년과 2017년의 언론수용자 의식조사의 자료를 분석에 사용하였다. 모바일 인터넷 뉴스 이용자의 성별, 연령, 학력, 가구소득, 뉴스 이용일수, 뉴스 이용시간, 언론사 애플리케이션 이용일수, 뉴스모음 애플리케이션 이용일수, 포털 이용일수, 언론사 공식 홈페이지 이용일수를 뉴스 이용자의 특성으로 지정하였다. 모바일 인터넷 의견 형성 여부에 뉴스 이용자의 어떠한 특성이 영향을 미치는지 알아보기 위해 다중 로지스틱 회귀를 적합하고 해석하였다.

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