한국사회의 갈등과 언론의 역할: 한미 FTA 보도 기사를 중심으로

초록

People's demand and support toward government policy is generally depended upon a massage, delivered by mass communication. This paper traced the reason why the issue of Korea and the U.S. Free Trade Agreement(hereafter, FTA) became an ideological confrontation in Korea society. Without informing the contents and effects of FTA, Roh government only concentrated on announcing the importance and necessity of FTA. Through the process of negotiation, a conservative and liberal symbolism were mobilized by an editorial articles of major daily newspapers divided into two categories respectively. Consequently, people were only affected by an approval and disapproval, tempted by ideological tendency without acknowledging a real content of FTA. Korea and the U.S. FTA finally settled down under Roh's regime. However, the gap between social conflict has not been diminished because Lee government continuously publicizes the importances of FTA without providing corresponding or alternative policy. Discussing effects of FTA in professional way is crucial for easing social conflict and guiding people from uncertain area of conservative and liberal symbolism to practical domain. Should we escape from dichotomy of two ideologies? This paper tried to diagnose to this complication of Korea society.

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