Differences in online and offline activities according to adolescents' ability to use media

Using the data from the Korea Media Panel Survey (2022), the purpose of this study is to find out how the frequency of offline activities and online activities differs according to the level of media utilization ability consisting of adolescents' PC utilization ability and smart device utilization ability. In order to achieve the purpose of the study, the frequency of online and offline activities was divided into four groups according to PC utilization ability and smart device activity ability level, and the difference was investigated through one-way variance analysis. As a result of the study, both PC utilization ability and smart device utilization ability affected the frequency of offline activities. The ability to use smart devices is significant in that there was a relatively small difference in the frequency of offline activities due to the high overall ability of adolescents, but there was a difference in the frequency of social activities with the highest frequency of activities of adolescents. As such, PC utilization ability and smart device utilization ability were affecting the frequency of online and offline activities. Therefore, in order for adolescents to lead a healthy and balanced life through various social participation online/offline, the ability to use media is required.