Covering the hermit regime: A comparison of North Korea coverage at the Associated Press and NK News

Seo, Soomin

doi:10.1177/1464884918776450

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“…Second, information about Taekwon-Do practice in the DPRK is still severely limited, something to which this study attempts to address. What can be observed by tourists is highly controlled by the DPRK Government (Smith, 2014) “despite the outside world’s increasing interest” (Seo, 2018). Nevertheless, the study of the DPRK’s martial arts tourism must begin somewhere, somehow.…”

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North Korea’s emerging martial arts tourism: a Taekwon-Do case study

Cynarski

Johnson

2020

IJCTHR

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Purpose This descriptive, non-experiment case study addresses the little-studied topic of martial arts tourism within the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK; i.e., North Korea) to determine if it is a form of non-entertainment tourism. Design/methodology/approach The current research focusses on a single subject (Singaporean female; 36 years of age (at time of interview); Taekwon-Do 4th degree black belt) who travelled to the DPRK three times to practice the Korean martial art Taekwon-Do. After the initial contact, a questionnaire was used and direct interviews via Skype and Facebook were performed. A broad thematic discourse, as well as analysis of the subject’s travel and practice notes and photographs from her stay in the DPRK, were also incorporated into the findings. Findings The subject developed new Taekwon-Do skills, which permitted her to obtain higher Taekwon-Do ranks as well as enriched her personality and changed certain conceptions. Self-realization and self-improvement through martial arts are the dominant motives of martial arts tourism. Therefore, the subject’s motivation confirms martial arts tourism can be a variation of non-entertainment tourism. Research limitations/implications This research is hindered by the standard case study limitations: it is difficult to generalize this study’s results to the wider DPRK population, the interviewee’s and researchers’ subjective feelings may have influenced the findings, and selection bias is definitely a factor because of the study’s population being a single female of non-DPRK origin. Originality/value As one of the first studies on DPRK martial arts tourism and practice, this research examines where research on the DPRK and martial arts tourism intersect. It is thusly unique in providing new insights into the DPRK’s intention for its tourism industry, as well as Taekwon-Do, arguably its most marketable cultural asset.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

North Korea’s emerging martial arts tourism: a Taekwon-Do case study

Cynarski

Johnson

2020

IJCTHR

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“…This approach avoids the possibility of oversampling Saturdays or Sundays. This sampling method is widely used for analysing media content and has been shown to be more effective than sampling random days or consecutive days in content analysis (Hester and Dougall, 2007; Connolly-Ahern et al , 2009; Seo, 2018). It also ensures that every day is present and hence overcomes problems related to cyclical variation of media from one week to the next due to the number of newsworthy facts as well as natural differences in content between different days of the week.…”

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Entrepreneurship in the digital press: a semantic analysis

Martí-Sánchez

Cervantes-Zacarés

Ortigosa-Blanch

2019

IJEBR

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse how the media addresses entrepreneurship and to identify the attributes linked to this phenomenon. Design/methodology/approach The sample is defined in terms of a linguistic corpus comprised of content related to entrepreneurship drawn from the digital editions of the three most important Spanish economic newspapers for the period 2010–2017. Word association and co-occurrence analyses were carried out. Further, a non-supervised clustering process was used as the basis for a thematic analysis. Findings Correspondence between social and media patterns related to the entrepreneurship phenomenon is revealed by the results. It is shown how attributes such as “success”, “innovation”, “ecosystem” and “woman” appear as very relevant and are linked to different co-occurrence scenarios. Relevant thematic groups are also identified related to lexical associations such as innovation, digital economy and public policies linked to entrepreneurship. Research limitations/implications It is important to emphasise that this study has identified and explored relationships between words, but not their evolution. Furthermore, conclusions cannot be drawn concerning whether there are differences in how each newspaper has dealt with entrepreneurship because of the way the corpus was constructed. Originality/value The study provides empirical evidence that helps to identify the way media approaches entrepreneurship. The authors carried out the analysis on the media contents and not on the perception of the public on the phenomenon.

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“…In recent years, though, researchers have detected changing patterns in the global media's treatment of North Korea, including an increasing focus on soft news. Seo (2018) finds that such coverage is more common than previously realized, even in outlets that do not share the Associated Press' physical presence in Pyongyang. Within journalism studies, there is an increasing realization of the need to pay attention to a wider variety of stories including travel, food, music, and fashion, away from traditional journalism's privileging of the political realm (Zelizer, 2011).…”

Section: International Reporting and Enemy Imagesmentioning

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The ‘Kim Jong-un Effect’ and the mainstreaming of North Korea coverage in UK Media

Seo

Choi

Choi³

2022

European Journal of Communication

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This article uses qualitative and quantitative methods to analyse the entire corpus of news articles published about North Korea by six major UK national newspapers from 2000 to 2020. It offers insights on how North Korea evolved from a relatively obscure subject to a mainstay in the world news section, particularly for the tabloids. Coverage grew exponentially, led by not only stories about nuclear development and missile programmes, but also by soft news items like football, and tourism. Notably, the tone of coverage shifted after Kim Jong-un came to power in 2011, leading to an explosion of stories focussed on the young leader and his family. Structural topic modelling reveals 12 key topic areas among elite and tabloid media. While elite media coverage spanned a wider range of subjects, tabloid media largely focussed on three topics: missiles, the Kim family, and football. Each theme was highly compatible with the traditions of tabloid coverage, supplying eye-catching images (missiles and Kim’s eccentric appearance), a ‘royal family’ of sorts, and sports (North Koreans’ feats during World Cup). Furthermore, qualitative analysis demonstrates that while tabloidization and sensationalistic reporting on the Kim family largely drove the increase in coverage, such stories also added colour and depth previously lacking in reportage on the enemy regime, thereby making the portrayal of North Korea more multidimensional.

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Covering the hermit regime: A comparison of North Korea coverage at the Associated Press and NK News

Cited by 9 publications

References 33 publications

North Korea’s emerging martial arts tourism: a Taekwon-Do case study

North Korea’s emerging martial arts tourism: a Taekwon-Do case study

Entrepreneurship in the digital press: a semantic analysis

The ‘Kim Jong-un Effect’ and the mainstreaming of North Korea coverage in UK Media

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