• Korean journal of communication and information
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• v.30
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• pp.239-273
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• 2005

This study compares the Korean and U.S. media's coverage of the No Gun Ri massacre, analyzing their usages of sources in the stories and explaining by the perspective of media sociology why they differed in them. For the comparison with the AP's report, we selected only the reports of the Korean media which dealt with the incident itself. It was found that most of the Korean media utilized a very small number of sources, and that they relied on the victims alone. In contrast, the AP's sources were much more numerous drawn from both the victims and offenders. As a result, the Korean media failed to ensure the 'diversity of sources' and to illuminate the whole picture of the incident, although they had started to report it far earlier than the AP. From the depth interviews with the reporters, through the framework of media sociology, it was found first at the personal level, that the difference was brought about by the divergent news evaluation. It seemed that the Korean journalists regarded the incident with relatively lower news value than their U.S. counterparts. Next, at the intra-organizational level, it was conceded, neither did the Korean new media have so flexible news collecting system, nor so murk man-power and resource as the AP, which were required for the coverage of such an incident. The Korean media had not established the convention to utilize various sources with conflicting interests. Last, at the extra-organizational level, the Korean news media's coverage was still influenced by the self-censorship mechanism due to the ideologies of 'pro-Americanism' and 'anti-communism', even though the democratization of Korean society itself enabled the sensitive incident to be dealt with eventually by the media.

• Venture DIGEST
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• s.92
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• pp.42-43
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• 2006

• The Science & Technology
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• no.4 s.443
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• pp.28-28
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• 2006

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.12 no.9
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• pp.101-109
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• 2014

The purpose of this study was to analyze the impact of mediator effect related to role-orientation of traditional newspaper editors in terms of role-cognition and role-orientation in aspects of real reportage attitude by classifying the newspaper editor's role-cognition with social stability, reform, check, on the other hand, role-orientation with reporter's intention, intention of actual fact, and reader's intention. The results were as follows: In terms of reporter's intention the research showed the fact that reporter's intentions was influenced by the role cognition of social stability and at the same time, it also made to reduce the attitude of real reportage. Compared with intention of actual fact and reader's intention, the intention of actual fact could be only influenced by the social stability, but it could not give any effectiveness to the attitude of real reportage, furthermore, the research showed the fact that reader's intention aroused some mediator effects which newspaper editor's role cognition gave rise to the attitude of real reportage much more strongly.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.14 no.10
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• pp.381-391
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• 2016

This study analyzed the reporting activities of journalists who covered MERS-CoV in 2015. Twenty-one reporters were interviewed to investigate their differences in reporting. They were categorized into four small groups based on their specialism and professionalism. Some specialist reporters answered that they acknowledged the first MERS patient through an external source. A few special reporters contacted foreign experts for further information and one of them answered that she read academic articles on MERS to verify governmental announcements. Specialist reporter groups and the other groups showed difference when they were asked the situation they felt something was going wrong in governmental communication: Many specialist reporters pointed out the outbreak of a patient from out of the monitoring people, but many general reporters emphasized the policy of the government not to reveal the name of hospitals that the outbreaks happened.

• Korean journal of communication and information
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• v.25
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• pp.103-133
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• 2004

Korean citizens enjoy not only the freedom of communication but also the secrecy of electronic communication. Article 18 of the Constitution of the Republic of Korea prescribes that the secrecy of correspondence should not be infringed. Namely, all citizens enjoy guaranteed privacy of correspondence. But many people have been experiencing the infringement of those rights. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate whether Paragraph 2, Article 13 of the Act on Protection of the Secrecy of Correspondence infringes on the constitutional rights of privacy of electronic communication. The results of this study indicate that the law violates the Constitution. Paragraph 3, Article 12 (Personal Liberty, Personal Integrity) of the constitution stipulates that "Warrants issued by a judge through due process (upon the request of a prosecutor) have to be presented in case of arrest, detention, seizure, or search." However, prosecutors, the police, and National Intelligence Service have made numerous inquiries calling for the journalists' telephone records without warrants issued by a judge. So, this study suggests that the paragraph should be amended to be compatible with the Constitution. Meanwhile, journalists should make a more concerted effort to protect their news sources in exercising constitutionally protected freedom of the press.

• Korean journal of communication and information
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• v.39
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• pp.40-68
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• 2007

Despite many efforts to improve water and publicize Arisu, ordinary citizens' distrust in water is still intense. This study aims to analyze how newspapers, television and internet media in Korea covered water-related news, focusing on the type of articles, themes, news sources, and news values. As a result, the mostly mentioned theme in the media was the discussion about suitability of water as a drinking water, followed by impurified water, governmental policy on water, coverage on the water pipe, and result of examination of water quality. Also among newspapers, broadcasting, and the internet, the internet medium showed the most negative tone in covering water. Stories written by journalists with expertise were less than 1% whereas stories by ordinary journalists were mostly found. In conclusion, to cover public issues like water desirably, it is necessary to bring up journalists with expertise in environmental issues, to diversify news sources, and to do investigative reporting rather than reporting appealing to audience's amusement.

• Korean journal of communication and information
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• v.40
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• pp.114-149
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• 2007

This study aims to examine how practices in beats have changed before and after the opening of press rooms and the operation of the briefing system. This research conducted in-depth interviews with 19 beat reporters and government officials. In conclusion, results showed that the Participation Government's press policy had a significant influence on practices in the press room. The opening of the press room and the operation of the briefing system contributed to the improvement of several bad practices in beats. However, some negative aspects of the briefing system were found in the research. Beat reporters' interviews were limited, thus threatening citizens' rights to know.

• Korean journal of communication and information
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• v.74
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• pp.136-176
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• 2015

Despite the great significance we attach on culture, only a handful of researches focus on the characteristics and practices of cultural journalism. This study has aimed to unravel the changes in the trajectory of cultural journalism of Korean major newspapers, through content analysis and qualitative interpretation of the cultural contents they report. The results show that the number of cultual items have decreased compared to that of 10 years ago, although the entire number of pages has meanwhile increased. News items focused on 'products(advertisement)' and 'life(style)' have increased, whereas those on 'knowledge refined' and 'leisure entertainment' have decreased. 'Critique review commentary', 'academics' and 'performance exhibition art music' items turn out to have decreased significantly; soft contents such as mass culture, tourism, fashion and beauty, on the other hand, have increased considerably. Moreover, the demographic characteristics of news contributors remain almost the same, except that the proportion of ordinary readers/audience has slightly increased. Similarly, although there were no difference regarding the sources of direct quotation, the frequency of quotes from ordinary readers has increased. Consequently, these results imply how the cultural journalism of Korean newspapers are limited in encompassing diverse types of content, differentiating constitution, and presenting critical viewpoints.

• Proceedings of the KSCN Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.1086-1087
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• 2003

오늘날 급변하는 사회경제적 환경 때문에 현대인의 영양과 건강에 대한 관심은 날이 갈수록 높아지고 있어 대중매체에서도 영양과 건강에 대한 정보를 전달하는 경우가 많아지고 있다. 특히 방송매체 중 공중파 TV 프로그램에서의 정보들은 쉽게 접할 수 있어 올바른 영양 및 건강생활을 위한 정보나 실천지침을 국민들에게 전달되는 통로서의 긍정적인 부분도 있으나 시간상 제작환경상 등의 제약으로 인해 왜곡된 정보를 전달하는 부정적인 부분도 있다. 이에 건강관련 식품영양정보 모니터링을 통해 객관적인 평가와 문제점을 파악한 후 유형별로 분류, 분석하여 개선방안을 마련하기 위해서 본 연구에서는 방송매체중 공중파 TV프로그램 중 정확한 보도와 정보전달을 목적으로 하는 프로그램과 드라마 중 가족드라마를 선정하여 건강관련 식품영양정보의 양적 질적 현황을 파악하고자 하였다. 건강관련 식품영양 정보들에 대한 건수, 시간수, 주제, 취재원, 적절성과 부적절성 평가 및 부적절성의 요인들을 양적 질적으로 평가하여 연도별 비교분석을 하였다. 2002년도 4월 30일부터 2003년 9월 30일까지 모니터링 전문 교육을 마친 식품영양학 전공 모니터원이 조사기간 중 담당 프로그램을 모니터하여 각 프로그램에 나타난 식품영양정보의 양과 질을 조사하여 SPSS 통계팩키지를 사용하여 빈도 및 평균분석을 하였다. 총 모니터건수는 15,226건이었으며, 이중 총 건강관련정보건수는 5,623건으로 36.9%를, 식품영양관련 정보는 4,848건으로 31.8%를 차지하는 것으로 분석되었다. 총 건강관련 정보 대비 식품영양정보건수의 비율은 86.2%로 높게 나타났다. 뉴스프로그램의 총 건강관련 정보수는 17.9%에서 16.1%, 식품영양정보수의 비율은 6.6%에서 3.6%로 낮아졌으며, 건강정보프로그램의 총 건강관련 정보수는 51.5% 에서 94.6%, 식품영양정보수의 비율은 32.4%에서 57.4%로 높게 나타났다. 드라마의 식생활관련 장면 방송시간비율은 20.8%에서 17.2%로 낮게 나타났다. 뉴스프로그램에서 건강관련정보가 가장 많이 보도되는 달은 2002년 10월, 2003년 9월로 나타났다. 건강관련 정보의 주제로는 뉴스프로그램은 질환, 건강정보프로그램은 음식, 어린이교육프로그램은 식품, 노인정보프로그램은 생활습관이 가장 높게 나타났다. 정보의 취재원으로는 전문가와 일반인의 인터뷰가 73.7%로 가장 많았다. 식품영양정보의 부적절한 평가율은 뉴스는 49.3%에서 72.2%로, 건강정보프로그램은 54.0%에서 67.8%로 2002년보다 2003년도에 높게 나타났으나, 드라마는 63.2%에서 16.2%로 낮게 나타났으며, 어린이교육프로그램 40.0%, 노인정보프로그램 17.9%인 것으로 나타났다. 드라마의 식생활 장면에서 음식의 양이 부적절한 경우는 28.6%에서 15.8%로 낮아졌으나, 음주장면의 경우 10.7%에서 11.5%로 증가하였음은 앞으로 개선이 필요하다고 생각된다. 흡연 장면의 경우 드라마상의 흡연장면 방송금지 선언의 여파로 1.6%에서 0.2%로 감소하였다. 뉴스 및 정보프로그램에서는 부적절한 평가를 받은 정보들은 적정섭취량이나 실생활에 활용할 실천방안 등에 대한 제시가 없는 경우가 가장 많았으며, 전문용어에 대한 설명부족, 영양가 비교기준이 다르거나, 식품 등의 효과에 대한 내용이 과장된 경우가 많았다. 드라마의 경우 음주, 커피, 야식 등 불필요한 식사장면이 많이 나오거나 음식의 양이 사람수에 비해 많다라는 평가가 가장 높게 나타났다. 연구 결과 TV 프로그램에서 다루는 건강관련 정보기사가 차지하는 비율과 이중 식품영양정보기사가 차지하는 비율이 높아지고 있으나 건강관련정보기사의 질적인 평가에서는 부적절한 평가를 받은 비율도 함께 높아지고 있어 이의 개선이 시급히 요구된다.