Locating North Korea in Communication Research

Herausgeber: Nah, Seungahn; Kim, Yong-Chan; Seo, Soomin

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume showcases continuity and change in communication with and within North Korea. By approaching the country from three distinct angles -news media, popular culture, and digital technology- the volume looks at media portrayals of North Korea,at cultural discourses in various media,and at the impact of new and emerging technologies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9781032302102
• ISBN-10: 1032302100
• Artikelnr.: 71746849

Autorenporträt

Seungahn Nah (PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison) is Professor of political communication and journalism, holding the Dianne Snedaker Chair in Media Trust at the University of Florida's College of Journalism and Communications. He is also the Research Director of the Consortium on Trust in Media and Technology (CTMT), part of UF AI Initiatives. His scholarship examines digital communication, including AI, media credibility, citizen journalism, public deliberation, and civic engagement. Soomin Seo (PhD, Columbia University) is Associate Professor in the Department of Journalism at Sogang University, Seoul, Korea. She writes about news institutions and global journalistic practices. A former journalist who worked in Asia and Africa, Seo studied public policy at Harvard. She has published in journals such as New Media & Society, Journalism, Journalism Studies, and the International Journal of Communication. Yong-Chan Kim (PhD, University of Southern California) is Professor in the Department of Communication at Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. His research focuses on new media technology, urban communication, and risk society. His recent books include Post-Mass Media, Risk, Society, and Media, The Candlelight Movement, Democracy, and Communication in Korea, and The Communication Ecology of 21st Century Urban Communities. Dal Yong Jin is a Distinguished Professor at Simon Fraser University. Jin's major research and teaching interests are digital platforms and digital games, globalization and media, transnational cultural studies, and the political economy of media and culture. Jin was inducted as an International Communication Association (ICA) fellow. He is the founding book series editor of Routledge Research in Digital Media and Culture in Asia.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction:
Media Dynamics in North Korea: A Historical Overview and Post-Pandemic
Perspectives
Section 1: News Media and North Korea
1. It takes two wackos to make history: The U.S. news media's construction
of the North Korea-United States Summits
2. China-North Korea relations in media and communication
Shifting Narratives: China's Emerging Dominance in North Korea Media
Coverage
3. Making news about North Korea: Changes in journalistic norms and
approaches since 2000
Section 2: Digital Media, Visions, and Images
4. Mobile Phone Use and the 'Trust' Network of Market Activity in North
Korea
5. Seoul in Pyongyang and Pyongyang in Seoul: The mediated cities in a
divided land
6. Of Macs and Nikes: Desire and authenticity in North Korea's child
YouTuber clips
Section 3: North Korea, Popular Culture, and People
7. Views of North Korean resettlers on media and media literacy education:
A 10-Year comparison of resettlers' experiences and perspectives
8. The new visions of Shin Sang-ok in North Korean Cinema
9. Paths under the Bright Star: "The Path to Awakening" and the
transformation of North Korean cinema in the Mid-1960s