Polarized Politics in South Korea - Political Culture and Democracy in Partisan Newspapers

This book uses South Korean newspaper articles from 24 years and quantitative text analysis to show how extreme political polarization is increasing in ideological language more than in ideological policy. The author highlights the difference and explains how to see through the emptiness of ideological labels.

List of contents

List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface: First-Hand Comparative Experiences as a German Korean
Acknowledgments
1. The Puzzle of Weak Yet Extreme Ideology
2. Background Theory of Extremely Polarized Topics
3. Methodology
4. Framing Democracy
5. Framing Unification
6. Framing Welfare
7. Conclusion
Glossary
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

By Oul Han

Summary

This book uses South Korean newspaper articles from 24 years and quantitative text analysis to show how extreme political polarization is increasing in ideological language more than in ideological policy. The author highlights the difference and explains how to see through the emptiness of ideological labels.

Product details

• Authors: Oul Han
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9781793635914
• ISBN: 978-1-79363-591-4
• No. of pages: 186
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Media Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Media & Internet, Political structures: democracy, South Korea, Political structures / systems: democracy