• Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.16-32
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• 2019

Media manipulation of breaking news through article selection, ranking and tweaking of social media data and comment streams is a growing concern for society. We argue that the combination of human and machine curation on media portals marks a new period for news media and journalism. Although intermediary platforms routinely claim that they are merely the neutral technological platform which facilitates news and information flows, rejecting any criticisms that they are operating as de facto media organisations; instead, we argue for an alternative, more active interpretation of their roles. In this article we provide a contemporary account of the South Korean ('Korean') online news media ecology as an exemplar of how contemporary media technologies, and in particular portals and algorithmic recommender systems, perform a powerful role in shaping the kind of news and information that citizens access. By highlighting the key stakeholders and their positions within the production, publication and distribution of news media, we argue that the overall impact of the major portal platforms of Naver and Kakao is far more consequential than simply providing an entertaining media diet for consumers. These portals are central in designing how and which news is sourced, produced and then accessed by Korean citizens. From a regulatory perspective the provision of news on the portals can be a somewhat ambiguous and moving target, subject to soft and harder regulatory measures. While we investigate a specific case study of the South Korean experience, we also trace out connections with the larger global media ecology. We have relied on policy documents, stakeholder interviews and portal user 'walk throughs' to understand the changing role of news and its surfacing on a distinctive breed of media platforms.

• 한국언론정보학보
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• 제50권
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• pp.5-28
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• 2010

이성에 입각한 합리적이고 비판적인 토론의 중요성을 강조한 하버마스의 공론장론은 숙의민주주의라는 민주주의의 새로운 이념형을 제시하면서 근대를 복원했다는 찬사를 받았다. 그러나 이후 공론장론은 많은 비판을 받았고, 이에 대응해 반비판도 제기되면서 공론장론의 지평은 확대되어 왔다. 특히 공론장이 정치를 공적, 제도적 담론에 치우치게 함으로써 우리의 일상에서 큰 비중을 차지하는 사적, 감성적 측면을 배제하는 데 기여했다는 인식이 커지면서 공론장론에 대한 논의는 더욱 활발히 이루어졌는데, 감성적 공론장, 미학적 공론장, 표현적 공론장 등은 이러한 인식을 반영한 개념들이다. 이 글은 지금까지 이루어진 이러한 공론장 논의를 분석적으로 해부하고 향후 이론적 발전을 위해 유형화를 시도했다. 이 글에서는 공/사적, 이성적/감성적 두 개의 기준을 사용해 기존의 공론장을 '정치적 공론장', '대중주의', '차이다원주의', '친밀/프라이버시' 등의 네 유형으로 나누고 각 유형의 특징과 의의 및 한계에 대해 논의했다. 그리고 이들 서로 다른 유형의 공론장을 매개하고 조정하는 메타공론장 영역으로 미디어커뮤니케이션을 설정하고 그 가능성 및 함의를 제시했다.

• 복식
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• 제57권4호
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• pp.110-125
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• 2007

The purpose of this study is to analyze efforts of the mesa trends on the modern fashion design. For the study documentary research and qualitative content analysis have been carried out. Articles in magazines, seminar reports, and news related to trends were collected and analyzed to develop mega trends nowadays. As results, $2002{\sim}2006$ mega trends were extracted to Co-divergence, Emotional tech, Bi-dentity, Private+One and $2002{\sim}2006$ design trends extracted to Camouflage, Transformation, Modular system, Blur, Ease. The influences of mega trends and design trends on the modern fashion design have been proved. Those were expressed as eclectic style, deconstructionist style, reductive style and functionalist style in fashion design. The present era could be defined as cultural pluralism blended with various cultures and styles. Fashion as the essential display of contemporary culture and society has been successfully confirmed in this study.