Elements of Multicultural Sensitivity as Digital Literacy - A Solution to Digital Divide and Violence

Abstract

The advancement of digital technology has resulted in numerous opportunities as well as challenges. In Korea, adolescents are confronted with major ethical issues such as the digital divide and digital violence arising from bias and discrimination, and it is vital to reflect multicultural sensitivity in digital literacy and to improve the multicultural sensitivity of adolescents. Therefore, through a review of previous literature and an analysis of the present status and causes of the digital divide and digital violence of adolescents, this study proposes to implant five elements of multicultural sensitivity include embracing cultural diversity, respecting others, living harmoniously, reflecting on bias and discrimination, becoming digital-multicultural citizens into digital literacy, and provides a new direction for digital literacy education for adolescents.