The present study discussed the values of physical activity in new millenium society to investigate the value of physical activity due to social changes. The new millenium society is a knowledge-based and digital society. The source of additional valu...
The present study discussed the values of physical activity in new millenium society to investigate the value of physical activity due to social changes. The new millenium society is a knowledge-based and digital society. The source of additional values are a land and labor in an agricultural society, a capital and technology in an industrial society, and an information and knowledge in a knowledge-based society. The new millenium society represents a happy society called utopia and an unhappy society called distopia. New Copernicus revolution will occur in various fields such as politics, economics, technology, environment, education and consciousness. New millenium society will bring many individual and social problems together with knowledge, information society, principle of sensibility, individualism, pluralism, post-modernism, cyber-culture, globalization, culture-centered society and revolutionary advancement of biotechnology and biophysics. In the new millenium society the environmental problems, neglect of humanity, and dehumanization will be deepen. However, the average longevity will increase as a result of advancement of bioscience. The mental stress will increase by a lack of a physical activity and an excessive competition due to a digitalization As a result, the new millenium society will change into the society of poverty of old age and rich of young age, and will contain a variety of problems such as the great gulf between rich and poor, dispersion of power, and unstable politics. The culture of physical activity like sports will be existed and advanced by the need of people and its value will be also maintained in the new millenium society as in the 20th century. In particular, the psychosocial values, economic values, recreational and play values will be increased for the introduction of new culture due to social change and for the solution of social problems. In addition, the values of pro-environment will be emphasized and the values of cyber-sports will be created.