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  • Politics of representation in the digital media environment: presentation of the female candidate between news coverage and the website in the 2007 Korean presidential primary

    • Authors: Yonghwan Kim (2012)

  • This study analyzes how a female candidate was presented in the news media and on her campaign website, in order to compare the politics of gender representation in news coverage and campaign communication. Content analysis of news coverage of a Korean female candidate and the candidate’s website shows that the female candidate was differently portrayed in the two media in presentations of personal trait frames, the linkage between issues and personal traits, and other gender-related characteristics, although the quantity of issue frames did not differ significantly. The findings suggest that although the news coverage still tends to reinforce gender stereotypes regarding a female can...
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  • The spiral of silence and journalists' outspokenness on Twitter

    • Authors: Na Yeon Lee; Yonghwan Kim (2014)

  • This study examined whether Twitter can serve as a public sphere where opinion leaders – in this case, journalists – speak up about politically controversial issues. Based on the theoretical framework of the spiral of silence (SOS), 118 Korean journalists from nine national newspapers and two network broadcasting companies were surveyed about their behavior on Twitter with regard to two controversial issues in South Korea. Results showed that journalists who perceived a greater discrepancy between their opinions and the opinions of Twitter users about controversial issues in South Korea were less willing to voice their opinions on Twitter; moreover, the journalists’ ideology was foun...
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  • Understanding j-blog adoption: factors influencing Korean journalists' blog adoption

    • Authors: Yonghwan Kim (2011)

  • This study investigates factors affecting journalists’ adoption of weblogs, using two theoretical frameworks: the theory of planned behavior and the uses and gratifications approach. The results of a national survey of Korean journalists demonstrated that Korean journalists’ j-blog adoption was jointly affected by psychological, technological, organizational, and social factors. In particular, findings indicate that j-blog adoption in Korea is influenced more by organiza-tional and social factors such as policy and pressures within groups than by personal and psychological factors such as demographic profiles and motivations.