Practice of Propaganda on Korean Peninsula (1945-1960)

• Authors: Olexii Zhyvora
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The topic of propaganda, which was thought to be a part of the Cold War past, was recently revived by modern and rather successful application in Georgian, Syrian and Ukrainian conflicts. In this regard Korean Peninsula is a perfect example of prolonged use of mutual practice of indoctrination to study its origins. This article discuses the evolution of propaganda use by both Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and Republic of Korea (1945-1960) in cultural, economic and political dimensions. Qualitative text analysis and case study in conjunction with theoretical framework of A. E. Cassirer, S. Langer, E. Barneys and W. Lippmann are used to establish techniques used, and to explain its overall success.

Keywords

EN

Korea; ROK; DPRK; Propaganda; Indoctrination; Korean War

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: International Journal of Area Studies
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 5-23

Dates

published

2016-05-01

online

2016-05-28

Contributors

author

Olexii Zhyvora

• Vytautas Magnus University

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/ijas-2016-0001