This study aims to empirically analyze how South Korean`s attitude toward North Korea or North Korean policy orientation, and the South-South conflicts could be influenced by North Korean Images. Boulding defines images as subjective Knowledge (1956, ...
This study aims to empirically analyze how South Korean`s attitude toward North Korea or North Korean policy orientation, and the South-South conflicts could be influenced by North Korean Images. Boulding defines images as subjective Knowledge (1956, 5~6). Images as subjective knowledge are formed and constructed through past experiences. but that does not mean that images are unchangeable. Rather, Boulding states that images and society influence each other in continuous interactions. Hermann, who inherits Boulding`s image theory, tries to categorize international Image by quantitatively measuring them. Based on Hermann`s image theory, this study analyzes various types of North Korean images on South Korean citizens` mind.