Cultural Policy in the Korean Wave: An Analysis of Cultural Diplomacy Embedded in Presidential Speeches
TAE YOUNG KIM & DAL YONG JIN
This article examines the changes and developments of the Korean government’s
attitude to the Korean Wave, connecting with the notion of cultural diplomacy. It
investigates presidential speeches and statements as well as other governmental
documents between 1998 and 2014 because they represent and establish guidelines
applying to cultural policies. By analyzing presidential statements with the notion of
cultural diplomacy, it explores the government’s reinterpretation of this transnational,
hybrid cultural content into national products, thereby appropriating them as tools of
improving national images. Throughout the research, this article connects presidents’
viewpoints with their subsequent cultural policies, thereby finding fundamental
perspectives framing cultural policies vis-à-vis the Korean Wave
attitude to the Korean Wave, connecting with the notion of cultural diplomacy. It
investigates presidential speeches and statements as well as other governmental
documents between 1998 and 2014 because they represent and establish guidelines
applying to cultural policies. By analyzing presidential statements with the notion of
cultural diplomacy, it explores the government’s reinterpretation of this transnational,
hybrid cultural content into national products, thereby appropriating them as tools of
improving national images. Throughout the research, this article connects presidents’
viewpoints with their subsequent cultural policies, thereby finding fundamental
perspectives framing cultural policies vis-à-vis the Korean Wave
Kateqoriyalar:
İl:
2016
Nəşriyyat:
Simon Fraser University
Dil:
english
Səhifələr:
21
ISBN:
55145534
Seriyalar:
International Journal of Publication
Fayl:
PDF, 364 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2016