The purpose of this study was to examine the state of children's book reviews in periodical magazines and their characteristics in terms of content, as book reviews in periodical magazines are used as a means to select good children's books.
The foll...
The purpose of this study was to examine the state of children's book reviews in periodical magazines and their characteristics in terms of content, as book reviews in periodical magazines are used as a means to select good children's books.
The following research questions were posed:
1. What is the state of book reviews on children's books in the periodical magazines?
2. What are the characteristics of the book reviews on children's books in the periodical magazines in terms of content?
2-1. What are the informative characteristics of the book reviews?
2-2. What are the critical characteristics of the book reviews?
The findings of the study on Research Question 1 were as follows:
First, there were great disparities in the each issue mean number of children's books that were reviewed in the eleven magazines. That ranged from a high of 11 to a low of 1.
Second, the occupations of the people who reviewed the books the most were professor and teacher.
Third, as for publishing companies of the books reviewed, the books published by large publishing companies such as Woongjin, Changbi and Sakyejul were often introduced.
Fourth, the rate of domestic books(74.8%) was far larger than that of translated books(25.2%).
The findings of the study on Research Question 2 were as follows:
First, nothing provided perfect information on bibliography among the book reviews that analyzed content, and all the book reviews contained information on the names of book, author and publishing company.
Second, there were no differences among the book reviews according to the type of books, and the magazines were different from one another in information on items reviewed.
Based on the findings of the study, the following conclusion was reached:
First, a professional magazine for book review on children's book is required. Second, the selection criteria of books to be reviewed must be mentioned in principle. Third, the preparation of a book review index system is necessary to grasp the state of book reviews on children's books.