The press reflects the most fundamental political and social structure of Korea. In other words, the news s of international events or issues may vary in different countries due to cultural differences. Furthermore, press s generally have a tendency of being edited differently based on the tone of the press company. This demonstrates that even regarding a singular issue, the perspective and point of view of a may vary depending on the tendency of the press company. Of course discussions are made on important issues, such as THAAD, which affect not only the relevant country, but the relationship with surrounding countries. This occurs from various perspectives - including social, diplomatic, cultural, economic, and military views. It signifies that if the scope of a specific issue includes diplomatic problems outside national borders, the perception from national and diplomatic positions on the issue may be further emphasized than the tone of the press. In this regard, it is worth examining whether the discussions related to the arrangement of THAAD in Korea, which surfaced as a recent diplomatic issue, have been affected by the tone of the press. Thus, this study comparatively analyzed the frame of Korea’s key conservative press <ChosunIlbo> and progressive press <Hangyore> on s related to ‘THAAD’. The period of research was from January 22, 1999, the starting point of discussions on THAAD in Korea, to September 30, 2016, the point at which all prior determinations including the location to arrange THAAD had been set. As data for analysis, the keyword ‘THAAD’ was searched on the websites of the two news companies to be collected. With <Hankyore>, the articles extracted from the website, on whichthe copyright was not owned by Hankyore, were directly inquired to the relevant press companies to identify the articles. Through this process, 734 articles fromChosunIlbo and 729 articles fromHankyore were extracted. After a primary analysis process, 121 articles that were not directly related to THAAD were eliminated. Thus, there were a total of 1324 final articles for analysis: 649 articles by ChosunIlbo and 693 articles by Hankyore. The categories of analysis included the quantity, source, frame, and attitude of the piece. With respect to the quantity, the number and types of s of the two press companies were compared. With respect to source, the category was further categorized into the nationality and occupation of the source that appeared on the news. The category of frame was categorized into 10 frames, including ‘security frame’, ‘political conflict frame’, ‘new cold war frame’, ‘economy frame’, ‘grass-root democracy frame’, ‘hegemony frame’, ‘THAAD specifications frame’, ‘North Korea threat frame’, ‘Korea-USA alliance frame’, and ‘other’. The result of analysis displayed that there was no significant difference between the two press companies concerning the quantity. ChosunIlbo displayed a relatively large amount of editorials, columns, and running stories; however,Hankyore displayed more straight-forward and narrative articles. With respect to the sources, Korean was the most common nationality of sources, followed by the USA and China. There were also Japanese, North Korean, Russian, and other sources, but these appeared less frequently. The most common occupation of the sources included professionals and anonymous sources in the ChosunIlbo, and private organizations and the public in Hankyore. The most common frame in THAAD-related s was the ‘new cold war frame’. This signifies that once THAAD is placed in Korea, the position of Korea in Asia may suffer. In the ChosunIlbo in particular, it was identified that the security frame, THAAD specifications frame, and Korea-USA alliance frame featured highly whereas theHankyore further emphasized the grass root democracy frame. With respect to the ing attitude, a clear difference was displayed between the two press companies. <ChosunIlbo> displayed a notably serious attitude towards THAAD, and ed positively on the government’s position. In the process of ing on THAAD, <ChosunIlbo>centered its ing on the North Korean threat frame and Korea-USA alliance frame - this did not display a significant difference from the government’s stated stance. In contrast, <Hankyore> appeared to be more critical on the Korean government’s policies and position on THAAD. As a result, it was identified that the ing time and attitude of Korea’s progressive press and conservative press were significantly affected by the tendency of the press concerning ‘THAAD’. ，韩语论文网站，韩语论文题目 |
