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A Comparative Study on the Public Speech Spectrum between ROK and USA Politicians

한국과 미국 정치인 대중연설 음성의 스펙트럼 비교 연구

  • Received : 2016.03.21
  • Accepted : 2016.06.10
  • Published : 2016.06.30
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Abstract

In this study, we focused on the importance of politicians' voices in sending a message. Different factors for a voice may play different roles in sending a message and affect message recipients' responsiveness, understanding, and so on. For this reason, it can be said that an analytical study on voices in sending a diversity of messages is a meaningful attempt. We took interest in politicians' voices because we determined that a voice should be very important to politicians frequently sending a message through speech to the nation and others. This study aimed to investigate the voices of politicians, who represent their nation. We intended to select politicians representing ROK(Republic of Korea; South Korean) and USA(United States of America), choose representative speeches to the nation, make a comparative analysis of their voices in the speeches, and draw implications. We analyzed a total of eight voices - four ROK politicians and four USA ones, male and female - to characterize them and suggest guidelines for a voice with clearer message delivery. We analyzed the politicians' voices on the basis of such vocal properties as vocal pitch, accuracy of pronunciation, resonance, and intonation variation and found that the ROK politicians were somewhat poorer at utilizing their voice than the US ones. In particular, they were remarkably poorer at accurate pronunciation, which exerts a significant impact on message passing.

본 연구는 정치인의 메시지 전달에 있어 목소리의 중요성에 주목하였다. 목소리의 여러 요소는 메시지 전달에 있어 다양한 양상을 보이며, 메시지를 듣는 수용자의 메시지 호응도, 이해도 등에 영향을 미친다. 그런 만큼 다양한 메시지 전달과정에서의 목소리에 대한 연구, 분석은 의미가 있는 시도라 할 수 있다. 이에 본 연구자들은 정치인의 목소리에 관심을 갖고 연구하였는데, 대국민연설 등의 메시지 전달이 일상인 정치인에게 있어 목소리가 매우 중요하다고 판단하였기 때문이다. 그리하여 한 나라를 대표하는 정치인들의 목소리 현주소가 어떠한지를 살펴보고자 하였다. 이에 본 연구자들은 한미 양국을 대표하는 정치인들을 선정하여 대표적인 대국민연설을 선정하고, 연설시 나타난 목소리를 분석, 비교하여 함의를 도출하고자 하였다. 한국과 미국 정치인 남녀 각각 4명씩을 선정하여 총 8명의 목소리를 분석함으로써 그 특징을 알아보고, 보다 확실한 전달력을 보이는 목소리에 대한 지침을 제시하고자 하였다. 목소리의 음높이, 발음의 정확성, 공명, 억양변화 등의 목소리 특징으로 실험대상자의 목소리를 분석하였는데, 연구결과 한국 정치인들이 미국정치인들에 비해 다소 목소리에 대한 활용이 떨어지는 것으로 나타났다. 특히 메시지 전달에 있어 상당한 영향력을 발휘하는 발음의 정확성에 있어서 부족한 면모를 여실히 드러냈다. 이는 메시지 전달의 정확성이 떨어짐을 유추할 수 있는 대목이며, 이에 발음의 정확성을 향상시키기 위한 한국정치인들의 목소리 훈련이 진행되기를 바란다.

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