Game Overindulgence and Smartphone Overdependence... Integrated Counseling at 'Good Digital'

[Asia Economy Reporter Seolgina Jo] The Ministry of Science and ICT announced that it has established 'Good Digital (www.gooddigital.or.kr)', an integrated platform providing education and counseling services related to digital dysfunctions such as smartphone overdependence, gaming addiction, and cyberbullying, and will launch the service starting from the 30th.

This system integrates digital dysfunction response services scattered across various agencies, allowing users to easily and conveniently access and use them. Users can utilize services such as ▲self-assessment by type of digital dysfunction ▲guidance and application for prevention education, counseling, and treatment services ▲use of educational content ▲online and offline job training ▲search services for related organizations by type and region.

In particular, to ensure that the entire population can easily access the service, the target users are categorized into infants, children and adolescents, young and middle-aged adults, and seniors, providing a service search function tailored to each life cycle stage.

An official from the Ministry of Science and ICT stated, “We will focus our efforts on enhancing inter-ministerial cooperation and communication with users through the operation of the integrated guidance system to increase the public’s perception of the service.”

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