A Study on the Relationship between Digital Literacy and Life Satisfaction of Seniors

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of digital literacy level on life satisfaction and to verify the mediating effect of digital learning education satisfaction between digital literacy and life satisfaction. Through this, it is intended to improve the understanding of the level of digital literacy of seniors and to provide basic data necessary for research related to digital informatization in the future and digital literacy policies and action plans. After conducting a survey of seniors in their 50s or older in Busan, an empirical analysis was conducted using the SPSS 25.0 program. The results of the study are as follows. First, it was confirmed that the digital literacy of seniors had a positive effect on life satisfaction. Second, it was confirmed that the educational satisfaction of digital learning had a positive effect on life satisfaction. In terms of educational satisfaction, educational content had a positive effect on the experience factor of life satisfaction, and the curriculum had a positive effect on the emotional factor. Third, the mediating effect of digital learning experience satisfaction was confirmed between digital literacy and life satisfaction. The higher the digital literacy, the higher the life satisfaction, the higher the educational satisfaction, and the higher the educational satisfaction, the higher the life satisfaction, the higher the indirect effect. Accordingly, the discussion points of this study were presented.