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Debating Multicultural Korea: Media Discourse on Migrants and Minorities in South Korea.
- Source :
- Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies; May2015, Vol. 41 Issue 6, p985-1013, 29p, 1 Diagram, 5 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Since the early 1990s, South Korea has experienced growing public debate about migrants, minorities and related government policies. Much of this ‘multicultural’ discourse occurs in the internet-based cyber-media, which offer space for various producers, including mainstream media professionals, netizens and resident foreigners. A prevailing discourse of victimhood is associated with small, ideologically homogeneous groups of media producers (mainstream media and nativist websites); in contrast, mixed and nuanced discourses are more common in large and heterogeneous online communities, where users interact with a variety of viewpoints. Moreover, actors who are framed in non-negative terms—as neither xenophobes nor corrupt elites—serve as more effective brokers and bridges across various media. Most foreign-origin netizens are passive consumers of media discourse; but a few, active foreigners communicate effectively with both mainstream media and netizens and help to diversify the prevailing discourse. We find supportive evidence from a content analysis of 15 websites, supplemented with informant interviews and observations. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1369183X
- Volume :
- 41
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 101792034
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2014.1002202