사적 관계의 공론화와 미디어의 사사화: TV 예능프로그램의 장르 변화와 사회 변화

초록

Reality shows become a popular genre on TV whereas popularity of fiction programs declines. There are numerous reasons in genre changes on media; from the perspective of political economy, reality program has benefits due to economic budget of production and trendy to popular demands particularly facing economic crisis throughout the world; additionally, from cultural perspective, people look for entertainment in reality and daily lives rather than grand scaled plan and narratives in the post-modern era. This research goes one step further and look into rising reality shows on TV in the context of social changes in the 21st century. This study will start the discussion of changes in media using Habermas’s theory of public sphere and its application to media studies. Moreover, sociological theory of Beck who adheres to individualization as a force of the second modernization in the 21st century will be applied to explain destruction and reconstruction of family relations. As case studies, Korean TV programs, including talk shows and entertainment programs which portray father’s childcare will be examined. These programs demonstrate changing role of fathers in Korean family and at the same time privatization of family relations in the context of social reconstruction in the second modernization period.

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