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Media Dependency and Public Skepticism in Authoritarian States: Discursive Trends in Disseminating Information about COVID-19 in Iran

  • Alireza Azeri Matin
    • Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice
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    • 제11권4호
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    • pp.1-13
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    • 2023
  • Being one of the first and hardest hit countries by the coronavirus, Iran still continues to preserve its place among nations with the highest rates of infection and COVID-19 related deaths. While on the surface, such worrying status evinces the failure of the authorities in handling the crisis, at deeper levels, it points to the fundamentalist nature of the government and political system of the country. In this view, the current devastating condition in Iran is a clear indication of the all-out influence of the Islamic regime's ideologies on officials' decision-making and their political agendas throughout the pandemic. Accordingly, the staterun mainstream media, as the most preeminent institution of power, have been incessantly engaged in disseminating a series of ideology-laden information around the issues concerning the coronavirus, and in line with the developing political discourses during pandemic. Far from being based on factual accounts or scientific facts, these disseminated messages inevitably grew into a source of disinformation, ultimately resulting in overall public confusion and skepticism. Through examining the data gathered from some of the most prominent online news agencies run by the government, this study identifies five major discursive trends through which the mainstream media propagated ambiguous and manipulative information about COVID-19. These findings are then explained in the light of media system dependency theory, leading to the argument that within autocratic nation-states, public reliance on media during a national/global crisis brings about new opportunities for state exploitation, and further distressing consequences for the people.

The Advantages of Acceptance of Neo-Confucianism during the Joseon Dynasty: South Korea History

  • Hee-Joong Hwang
    • 한류연구
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    • 제3권1호
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    • pp.15-21
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    • 2024
  • Neo-Confucianism fettered the society and the individuals regulating such aspects as roles and relationships within a family, rites, and ceremonies. The mandated practice of filiality challenged the Confucian paradigm of gender relations, exposing women to men and the notion of following elders' instructions, which preserved authoritarian power relations within an ancestral line. This ideological base was beneficial for preserving social stability and integrity and aimed to create a set of ideals and norms that would apply to everyone, thus keeping people together. This conceptual investigation aims to identify the benefits of accepting Neo-Confucianism during the Joseon Dynasty and how it emerged as the foundation for the nation's and society's governance. Neo-Confucianism was not an immobile value system but an active factor contributing to the success, development, and positive changes in Joseon Korea; it is the aim of this study to provide a comprehensive account and exegesis of the role and impact of Neo-Confucianism in the Korean historical process. The study will examine the lessons that can be drawn from these historical facts of South Korean history in the modern state, particularly in the areas of governance, education, and social integration.

모더니즘과 포스트모더니즘 관점에서 본 퍼스트레이디 패션 스타일 비교연구 - 재클린 케네디와 미셸 오바마를 중심으로 - (The Comparative Study of the First Ladies' Fashion Style from a Perspective of Modernism and Postmodernism - Centering around Jacqueline Kennedy and Michelle Obama -)

  • 이미숙
    • 복식
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    • 제63권8호
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    • pp.14-26
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    • 2013
  • The purpose of this study is to compare and analyze Jacqueline Kennedy and Michelle Obama's fashion style from a perspective of modernism and postmodernism. The method utilized in this study was first, to examine the properties of modernism and postmodernism. Next, we explored the types of role performance of the first ladies and the application of their fashion as an aid to their roles through the precedents of the research concerning modernism and postmodernism. The results of the study are as follows. First, there was a trend of formalism and anti-formalism. Jacqueline Kennedy made her public appearances wearing a formal dress in order to express the first lady's authoritarian figure of restrained elegance. The fashion of the first lady aspired to formalism. Meanwhile, Michelle Obama followed more of a free style by eschewing the typical formality of the first lady. She created diverse styles utilizing a variety of items, which were not interrupted by form or by using heterogeneous items. Second, there is a trend of elitism and populism. While Jacqueline Kennedy preferred only haute couture designers' costume in order to show the prestige and dignity of the upper class, Michelle Obama patronized unknown designers' clothing or mid-level casual brand goods that the public favors in order to interact with the public through her fashion. Third, while modernism regards totality or unity to be important, postmodernism puts an emphasis on the eclecticism by pursuing complexity and diversity through the deconstruction of an indigenous genre. In case of Jacqueline Kennedy, this tendency featured monotone clothing color, which presented a unified full set dress that excluded decoration. Michelle Obama, in contrast, mixed and matched formal dresses and a casual cardigan or felicitously mixed luxury brand or low to middle priced brand goods.

Survey of the change in the recognition of dental college students for people with disabilities before and after the special care dentistry classes

  • Kim, Sun Young;Bang, Jae-Beum;Kim, Kwang Chul;Lee, Eun Young;Choi, Sung Chul
    • 대한장애인치과학회지
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    • 제10권2호
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    • pp.68-77
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    • 2014
  • An opportunity for dental students to come into contact with individuals with disabilities is insufficient. Therefore, prejudice and negative attitudes towards persons with disabilities persist. Working under the assumption that educating dental students regarding people with disabilities will bring about positive awareness, we conducted this study. We investigated the changes in the recognition of the issues and needs of people with disabilities before and after special care dentistry class of students of dental college that will include an experience in a dental clinic with a disabled person. Seventy-two Kyung Hee University School of Dentistry third-year dental students attended the special care dentistry class in one semester and they took the same survey was before and after the class. In the questionnaire, we used the disability factor scale (DFS) that Siller has proposed. The authoritarian virtuousness factor getting lower to a significant level after receiving an education. This means that after the education, the respondents realize that how hard to adapt the disabilities. After receiving an education, the rejection of intimacy factor score significantly get higher than before they took the class. This means that after the training, positive attitudes towards those with disabilities were better than those towards the opposite sex. We were able to confirm a positive change in the recognition for persons with disabilities through the special care dentistry class. Our study shows that educating dental students on the how to take care of individuals with disabilities can bring about a positive change in the attitudes students may have regarding them.

산업사회, 대중문화, 도시에 대한 '현실과 발언'의 양가적 태도 (Ambivalence in "Hy$\breve{o}$nsil kwa Par$\breve{o}$n"'s Relationsip to Industrial Society, Mass Culture, and the City)

  • 신정훈
    • 미술이론과 현장
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    • 제16호
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    • pp.41-69
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    • 2013
  • The inauguration of the collective Reality and Utterance (Hy$\breve{o}$nsil kwa Par$\breve{o}$n) in 1979 and 1980 marked a watershed moment in Korean art. This is not only because the collective gave birth to the politically-engaged art movement that would come to be labeled "Minjung Art" by the middle of the 80s, but also because it enthusiastically embraced a wide range of images from the urban culture. With a special focus on the members' early work, my research explores an issue largely neglected in the dominant narrative of Minjung art as a form of activism against the authoritarian Korean government during the 80s. The issue is what was at stake in Reality and Utterance's exploration of contemporary urban visual culture. The aim of this essay is to recognize the engagement with the urban visual culture as central to the group's early project and to consider it at some distance from the anti-urban and anti-mass culture perspective which was endorsed by the Minjung narrative. Focusing on members' turn to urban visual culture, this essay instead argues that this turn was by no means merely a means to making art as social critique, but more importantly, it was an experiment with the shared image world, as opposed to the rarefied visual vocabularies of abstract modernism. Visual productions such as advertisements, billboards, posters, and kitsch paintings, which come from outside the narrow confines of fine art, were definitely ominous signs of the colonization of everyday life in the capitalist city, but at the same time they were anticipated to be a catalyst for redefining Korean art in a more communicative, accessible, and democratized way. In this regard, in the early 1980s-in particular 1980 and 1982-the members' gesture oscillated between critique and embrace, which allowed the group to occupy a unique domain in the realm of Korean art production.

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초등학교 교사들의 수학적 정당화에 대한 연구 (A Study on Mathematical Justification of Elementary School Teachers)

  • 김정하;강문봉
    • 대한수학교육학회지:수학교육학연구
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    • 제19권3호
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    • pp.371-392
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    • 2009
  • 본 연구는 초등학교 교사들의 수학적 정당화에 관한 인식을 설문 조사와 면담을 통하여 연구한 것이다. 초등학교 교사를 수학 관련 교과를 전공한 교사(수학 관련교사)와 그 밖의 교과를 전공한 교사(비관련 교사)로 구분하여 두 집단 간의 수학적 정당화의 인식과 정당화의 선호도를 조사 연구하였다. 조사 결과, 다음과 같은 결론을 내릴 수 있다. 첫째, 우리나라 초등학교 교사들은 비교적 수학적 정당화에 대해 대체로 잘 이해하고 있다. 수학적 정당화는 필요하며 이는 논리적 사고를 기르거나 수학적 지식을 이해시키는 데에 좋은 방법이라는 것에 대해 잘 인식하고 있으며, 권위적 정당화를 선호하지 않고, 형식적 정당화나 귀납적 정당화를 더 가치 있게 여기고 있다. 둘째, 우리나라 초등학교 교사들은 자기 자신이 증명을 할 경우에는 형식적인 수학적 정당화를 선호하나, 학생들을 가르칠 경우 학생들의 이해를 위해 형식적 증명보다는 귀납적 정당화나 그림과 같은 단서를 이용하는 것이 더 효과적이라고 생각하고 있었다.

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대구지역 한의학의 전문화 과정에 대한 연구- 제한의료원을 중심으로 - (Study of the Process of the Professionalization of Korean Oriental Medicine of Taegu - Focusing on the Case of Je-Han Medical Center -)

  • 홍승표;이현지
    • 동의생리병리학회지
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    • 제19권1호
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    • pp.52-60
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    • 2005
  • This study explored the process of the professionalization of Korean Oriental medicine in Je-Han Medical Center. Je-Han Medical Center has fulfilled the requisites of the professionalization. The process of professionalization of Je-Han Medical Center is different from the process of professionalization of Western medical profession. Firstly, the Korean Oriental medical doctors of Je-Han Medical Center had been educated the standardized Korean Oriental medical knowledges. But the medical practices of them were not fully standardized. Secondly, the Korean Oriental medical doctors of Je-Han Medical Center have occupied the exclusive rights in the areas of Korean Oriental medicine. But there still exists the restriction of the range of license. Thirdly, the Korean Oriental medical doctors of Je-Han Medical Center had pride as a Korean Oriental medical doctor. They had the ideology as the national medical doctors. But the patients' use of Korean Oriental medicine were based on the practical reasons, not based on the ideological reasons. Fourthly, the inner hierarchy of Je-Han Medical Center was very strict. But the hierarchical and authoritarian relations between medical doctors and patients were very weak. Like this, we can find the unique process of professionalization of Korean Oriental medicine in Je-Han Medical Center. These findings can contribute to the extend the horizon of the sociology of profession.

청소년의 행동 및 어머니의 양육태도와 아동학대와의 관계 (A Correlational Study of Adolescents Behavior and Mothers Childrearing Attitude with Child Abuse Experience of the Adolescents)

  • 이꽃메;안혜영
    • 지역사회간호학회지
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    • 제13권4호
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    • pp.786-794
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    • 2002
  • Purpose: The aim of the study was to investigate how adolescents' behavior is correlated with child abuse they experience, and how childrearing attitude of mothers perceived by the adolescents is correlated with child abuse experience by the adolescents. Method: A convenient sampling strategy was used. A total of 160 adolescents participated in this study. Of the 160 responses, 116 were used for final analysis. The data were analyzed using K-YSR program and SPSSWIN. Result: The results were as follows. Mild child abuse experiences reported by the subjects were Throwing the object at me (12.9%, N = 15), Clutching and pushing (12.9%, N = 15), and Slapping on the cheek (14.7%, N = 17)'. Severe child abuse experiences reported by the subjects were Kicking, pounding and biting (10.3%, N = 10), Rod, stick, belt, broom beating using various objects (41.4%, N = 38), and Beating all over the body (6.7%, N = 8). Very severe child abuse experiences reported by the subjects were Burning with cigarette (0.4%, N = 1), Threatening me with objects such as a knife, a hammer, an axe, or a gimlet (0.8%, N = 2). Injuring me with the objects (0.4%, N = 1), and Hospitalized by belting (0.4%, N = 1). In terms of correlations among the main study variables, physical child abuse had significant positive correlations with externalizing problem (r=.271, p=.001) and total behavioral problem (r=.288, p=.002). Physical child abuse also had a significant positive correlation with authoritarian childrearing attitude of mother (r=.363, p=.000). Physical child abuse had significant negative correlations with mothers affectionate childrearing attitude (r=-.191, p=.050) and active participative childrearing attitude (r=-.101, p=.035). Conclusion: Mothers childrearing attitude is a salient factor for preventing child abuse. In addition, child abuse is an important factor for preventing adolescent's behavioral problem.

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의료기관 평가에 관한 병원 종사자들의 경험: 포커스 그룹 연구 (Hospital Workers' Experience with Hospital Evaluation Program: A Focus Group Study)

  • 이명선;오지현;황혜민;권은진;이정희;박은영
    • 대한간호학회지
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    • 제41권4호
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    • pp.568-579
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    • 2011
  • Purpose: The purpose of the study was to understand and describe the hospital workers' experience related to the hospital evaluation program implemented in Korea between 2004 and 2009. Methods: During 2010, data were collected using focus group interviews. Four focus group interviews were held with a total of 28 hospital workers participating. All interviews were recorded and transcribed as they were spoken, and data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Results: Nine themes emerged from the analysis: 1) Positive change in the necessity of the evaluation; 2) Improvement in the hospital system, facilities, and human resources; 3) Unity through cooperation among departments; 4) Nursing work overload; 5) Lack of physicians' awareness and responsibilities; 6) Unfair and unrealistic evaluation items; 7) Lack of credibility of the outcome; 8) Shifting responsibility for negative outcomes to the workers; 9) Lack of pragmatic utility. Conclusion: The results of the study demonstrate that the hospital evaluation program played a key role in improving some work environments and communication among departments. At the same time, they show various negative themes resulting from the context of very authoritarian hospital systems and a connection-oriented society in Korea.

해외지역연구의 방법과 과제 (Methods and Issues of the Area Studios in Geography)

  • 이전
    • 한국지역지리학회지
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    • 제10권2호
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    • pp.223-234
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    • 2004
  • 지리학은 고대 그리스 시대에 알려진 세계 흑은 거주가능지역에 대해 기술하는 학문으로 출발하였다. 현대지리학에서도 세계의 여러 지역에 대한 연구는 지리학의 핵심 분야에 속한다. 지리학은 다른 인문사회과학 분야들에 비교해볼 때, 해외지역연구에 주도적으로 기여할 수 있는 학문적 특성을 갖고 있다. 그럼에도 불구하고 한국의 지리학계에서는 해외지역에 대한 연구가 매우 부진한 편인데, 그 요인은 한국 지리학계가 처한 환경에서 비롯된 것과 한국의 지리학자들이 취하고 있는 내적 관점에서 비롯된 것이 있다. 환경 요인으로는 해외지역연구에 수반되는 현지조사비를 부담해야 하는 요인과 중등지리 교과서나 지리부도 집필에 지리학계의 연구 인력을 지나치게 소모하는 요인을 들 수 있고, 내적 요인으로는 한국 지리학자들의 국수주의적 관점, 신비주의적 관점, 권위주의적 관점 등을 들 수 있다. 근래 한국 지리학자들은 해외지역연구의 방법론에 대해 상당한 관심을 갖고 있으나, 경험적이고 구체적인 해외지역연구는 아직 빈약한 수준에 머물러 있다.

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