The purpose of this study was to determined the newspaper's role,
reporting rule, competition, control and thought by the ideological for
modernization and enlighting national interest during in the late nineteenth century Korea, or the last years o...
The purpose of this study was to determined the newspaper's role,
reporting rule, competition, control and thought by the ideological for
modernization and enlighting national interest during in the late nineteenth century Korea, or the last years of the Choson Dynasty.
In this study, I tried, in the first stage to described the defines of
word meaning for GaeHwa(new wave of reform and western modernization) of the contents of editorial accounts on newspapers in the Gae-Hwa era. In the second stage was to descrided the contents of journalism
views on newspapers as projected newspaper's role, aims, functions, editorial activity, reporter's role, rule, social ethics, competition between
with another newspapers and ideolgical orientation for modernization.
For this study, therefore, the investigator has devided into three steps.
The first step, represented by Hansong Sunbo and Hansong Joobo, published every 10 days, a weekly, featured a bulletin-like reporting function of newspapers; the second step, a wester press-like enlightement
function, represented by the two dailies-the Tongnip Shinmun(The Independent) and Maeil Shinmun; and the third step, a resistance function, represented by such dailies as the Hwangsong Shinmun and Daekuk
Shinmun.
As the result of this study, this investigater found in the significant
contribution of these newspapers to Korean journalism history, theoies
and press ideology.
(1) the first step did an important role for enlighting and national interest with impact to the king and governmental officials.
(2) the second step contributed to making common people to radical re form through the newspapers and relationship of more or less equal partnership was evident in the relationship between Korean and Chinese etc. which committed themselves to the reistance against traditional domination of Orient.
(3) the third step fulfilled its function as the spiritual supporter of people in the votex of that period was contributed to Korean national interests and recovery of Korean sovereignty, through couraageous and sharp critism against Korean government's incompetence and foreign nations exploitation. In general, the editorial tone of these newspapers was much more moderate than that of the second step. If not so radical and conspicuos as the Tongnip, Maeil Shinmun in
its editorial crusades, the paper had clear and firm objectives of its own.