Propaganda with purpose: uncovering patterns in North Korean Nuclear Coverage, 1997-2012

Rich, Timothy S.

doi:10.1093/irap/lcu011

Cited by 12 publications

(3 citation statements)

References 31 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Park et al [7], for instance, divided North Korea's New Year's messages by year to investigate annual changes in the direction of North Korea's policy by classifying similarities among the subjects that were extracted from keywords. Rich [13,14] analyzed the attitude of the six-party talks and U.S. foreign policy on the North Korean denuclearization issue in an English version of news reports released by the Korean Central News Agency. Whang et al [15] compared patterns in the reports using a method of supervised learning, and examined military offenses to predict when North Korea would launch a small-scale military provocation.…”

Section: Text Mining Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

The North Korean Economy: Sustainable or Muddling-Through?

Kim

Sohn²,

Choi³

2020

Sustainability

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Confronting the continuing economic sanctions, the flood disaster, and the COVID 19, North Korea is now in a critical phase whether the North Korean economy will shift to a sustainable economy or, as it has done in the past three decades, barely manage to maintain at a survival level. To explore the question, this study investigates North Korea’s economic policy changes by extracting the keywords from the North Korean economic journal Economic Research, which is a representative state published document. We use a text mining approach to overcome limitations, such as the lack of objectivity and accuracy of the classification of topics in manual text analysis for North Korean studies. Contrary to the conventional assumption that the North Korean economic policies are driven by dogmatic Juche (self-reliance) ideology, we find that the strategy of economic policies differs depending on the leader and political and economic circumstances at the time. In particular, since Kim Jong-un assumed office in 2011, the topics have diversified, and now cover a wide range of subjects on capitalism. Nevertheless, without North Korea’s decisive reform measures and international cooperation, it will be hard to observe that the North Korean economy can go beyond ‘muddling-through’ for sustainable development.

show abstract

Section: Text Mining Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

The North Korean Economy: Sustainable or Muddling-Through?

Kim

Sohn²,

Choi³

2020

Sustainability

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…See studies of the content effects of SMBs in Walker and Orttung[93], Belousov[6], Rich[69] among others 2. See the few exceptions in Stockmann[78], Stockmann[83], Mickiewicz[54] 3.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

What Drives Chinese Internet Users to Watch State-Media Broadcasts? An Audience Analysis

Shao

2021

J OF CHIN POLIT SCI

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This study investigates the audience of state-media broadcasts (SMBs) among Chinese Internet users-a missing link for understanding political communications in the high-choice media environment of modern countries. Using a "least likely case" strategy and a nationwide online survey, we created an audience profile of contemporary viewers among Chinese Internet users of Xinwen Lianbo (XWLB), the primary SMB program in China. We further examined the motivations driving viewers to watch the program, finding that external factors, such as media inequality, historical inertia, and family bundling, do not greatly alter people's watching behaviors. Instead, internal motivations, such as the pursuit of authentic information and psychological gratification, significantly increase the frequency with which viewers watch XWLB. These effects remain robust even after controlling for potential model biases and political desirability. Keywords State Media • Active Audience • Political Communication • Xinwen Lianbo • ChinaState-media broadcasts (SMBs), i.e., public news programs produced by government-owned media companies, play an indispensable role in government-to-citizen communications in modern countries. SMBs are the mouthpiece of the government and the primary platform for rulers to exhibit their achievements and promote the * Zijie Shao

show abstract

“…What explains the American public’s support for military conflict with North Korea? North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, as well as how the regime frames rhetoric around its nuclear program for foreign observers, is well documented (Rich 2014). American responses appear to only reinforce North Korean bellicosity.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Casualties and Public Support for Military Conflict with North Korea

Rich

2018

APSC

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

What explains the American public’s support for military conflict with North Korea? Despite increased rhetoric, few analyses address American public opinion or whether priming the public to consider casualties influences their perceptions. The results of an experimental survey design suggest that mentioning the human cost—even without explicit references to American casualties—reduces support for American military action against North Korea but not broader perceptions of North Korea.

show abstract

Propaganda with purpose: uncovering patterns in North Korean Nuclear Coverage, 1997-2012

Cited by 12 publications

References 31 publications

The North Korean Economy: Sustainable or Muddling-Through?

The North Korean Economy: Sustainable or Muddling-Through?

What Drives Chinese Internet Users to Watch State-Media Broadcasts? An Audience Analysis

Casualties and Public Support for Military Conflict with North Korea

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About