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Author Kwak, Ki-Sung.

Title Media and democratic transition in South Korea / Ki-Sung Kwak
Published New York : Routledge, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 168 pages)
Series Media, culture and social change in Asia ; 29
Media, culture, and social change in Asia series ; 29.
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Authoritarian governments and tame media ( -1987); 2 Early democratic transition: conservative governments and cautious media (1988-1997); 3 Reformist governments and contested media (1998-2007); 4 Newspapers and democracy; 5 Television and democracy; 6 Online media and democracy; 7 Conclusion: conservative restoration and redefining the lines of media contestation; Bibliography; Index
Summary Since South Korea achieved partial democracy in 1987, the country has moved away from authoritarian political control. However, after two decades of democratic transition, South Korea still does not have a strong liberal, individualist culture - something that has brought about a wide range of scholarly discussion on the nature of democracy practised in this dynamic country. While the political changes in South Korea have received rigorous attention from Western scholars, less attention has been given to the changing nature and role of media in this and other such transitions
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL
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Subject Government and the press -- Korea (South) -- History
Press and politics -- Korea (South) -- History
Democracy -- Korea (South) -- History
Democratization -- Korea (South) -- History
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies.
Democracy
Democratization
Government and the press
Politics and government
Press and politics
SUBJECT Korea (South) -- Politics and government -- 1960-1988. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85073071
Korea (South) -- Politics and government -- 1988-2002. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91003875
Korea (South) -- Politics and government -- 2002- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007005624
Subject Korea (South)
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781136297939
1136297936
9780203116173
0203116178
9781283521420
1283521423
9781136297922
1136297928