Temporal Variation in the Strength of Educational Assortative Marriage in Korea: A Birth Cohort Analysis of the 2000 Korea Census
In: Development and society, Volume 39, Issue 1, p. 163-185
ISSN: 2586-6079
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In: Development and society, Volume 39, Issue 1, p. 163-185
ISSN: 2586-6079
In: Development and society, Volume 44, Issue 1, p. 117-142
ISSN: 2586-6079
In: Asian journal of social science
ISSN: 2212-3857
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In: Ewha Journal of Social Sciences, Volume 34, Issue 1
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In: Korean Journal of Sociology, Volume 48, Issue 1, p. 39
In: Korean Journal of Sociology, Volume 56, Issue 4, p. 145-165
ISSN: 2765-5814
In: Korean Journal of Sociology, Volume 48, Issue 5, p. 25
In: Policy & internet, Volume 4, Issue 3-4, p. 206-228
ISSN: 1944-2866
AbstractThis study investigates the Korean Government's Verification of Identity Policy by looking at the discourse surrounding its introduction and using a survey to determine the extent to which the policy was a success. While the Internet allows unprecedented freedom of expression and public opinion gathering, it also facilitates anonymity and facelessness, which increases the possibility of damage caused by deviant online behavior. The Verification of Identity Policy was aimed at fostering a more responsible Internet culture. At the beginning, it faced fierce resistance from civic groups but media coverage of innocent and high‐profile victims has changed public opinion and facilitated the implementation of the policy in 2006. Although arguments about freedom of anonymous expression and relief of damage by restrictions on freedom continue, the Verification of Identity Policy is evaluated here as a partial success, having maintained public support despite the possibility of restrictions on freedom of expression. Nevertheless, this policy perspective recommends that the Korean Government should invest in a broader and long‐term Internet usage plan than the development of just one universal policy.