[KS] THURSDAY October 29, The 94th Yonsei-Korea Foundation Korean Studies Forum (Hyuk-Rae Kim, Yonsei University)

[Yonsei-KF Korean Studies Forum]

REMINDER: The 94th Yonsei-Korea Foundation Korean Studies Forum will
be held this week THURSDAY

Title: "Deregulation of Television Broadcasting"
Speaker: Dr. Ki-Sung Kwak, Senior Lecturer in Media Studies
Date: Thursday, October 29
Time: 6 pm
Location: Room 702, New Millennium Hall, Yonsei University

ABSTRACT   This paper examines the way in which new media technologies
have compelled policy-makers to adapt regulatory frameworks in order
to accommodate technological change and to restructure television
broadcasting in Korea. It is primarily concerned with how the state
and television broadcasters – old and new – have responded to emerging
new media technologies. Based on the examination of the context in
which new broadcast media (cable, satellite, DMB, and IPTV) have been
introduced and developed in Korea, this paper provides an overall
background which explains the way in which the Korean state has
restructured television broadcasting and its regulation. It also
argues that the long-held perceptions and principles of television
broadcasting held by the state has significantly altered under the Lee
Government (2008-). Unlike the previous governments’ media policies
that have valued the public responsibility of television broadcasting,
the current government’s push for new media-related laws (broadcast
law and newspaper law) weighs more emphasis on market economy.

BIO    Dr Kwak is senior lecturer in media studies and Chair of
Department of Korean Studies, University of Sydney. His main research
interests are mass media in Asia, international communication,
comparative media, and media policy & implementation. Dr Kwak’s
research has been published in journals such as Gazette: International
Journal for
Communication Studies, Television and New Media, Media International
Australia, Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture, Asia
Pacific Media Educator. He is currently working on a book entitled
‘Media and Democratic Transition in South Korea’ (forthcoming,
Routledge, UK).

No RSVP required. For directions, please refer to
http://gsis.yonsei.ac.kr/html/content.asp?code=001007.

Questions? Contact kimhall at yonsei.ac.kr or at 010-4800-4895

We hope to see you this Thursday.

Sincerely,

Hyuk-Rae Kim
hyukrae at yonsei.ac.kr
Professor of Korean Studies
Graduate School of International Studies
Yonsei University