A display device includes: a display unit having a first and a second display area displaying a first and a second image corresponding to first and second image data; a light source unit disposed so as to correspond to the display unit and having a plurality of unit light-emitting areas which are independently controllable; a selection unit selecting, from the plural unit light-emitting areas, a first and a second unit light-emitting area corresponding to the first and second display areas respectively; and a control signal generation unit generating a first and a second control signal controlling the selected first and second unit light-emitting areas, based on the first and second image data.