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The media policy debate over punitive damages for media reports : A discourse network analysis
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담론네트워크 분석을 통해 살펴본 언론보도에 대한 징벌적 손해배상 정책 논쟁

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Eun Cheol Choi (서울대학교) Sugmin Youn (서울대학교)
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Korean Society For Journalism And Communication Studies Korean Journal of Journalism & Communication Studies Vol.66 No.2 KCI Excellent Accredited Journal
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2022.4
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5 - 69 (65page)
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10.20879/kjjcs.2022.66.2.001

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Introducing punitive damages for media reports has in recent years become a media policy agenda that extends beyond the scope of legal debate. Prominent policy actors such as members of the National Assembly, administrative agencies, media companies, and civic groups participated in the policy debate and expressed their policy beliefs. The core policy values, such as relief from media damage and freedom of expression, collided. This study aimed to analyze the structure of the media policy debate over punitive damages for media reports in the early 2020s. Discourse network analysis was applied to determine the structure of the policy debate and its evolution over time. This study collected remarks on punitive damages for media reports and conducted content analysis to form two-mode network data that connect policy actors and beliefs. Next, the policy debate was divided into three periods, and network analysis techniques were employed to the discourse networks from each period to examine advocacy coalition, central actors and beliefs. The results are as follows: First, the polarization of the discourse network was remarkable. Although the size and composition of the coalitions changed, the conflict between the coalitions continued. Rather than converging to either side, they maintained an out-of-equilibrium state. Second, policy actors expressed their policy beliefs in a variety of ways. Lawmakers belonging to the ruling party and administrative agencies promoted punishment compensation policies, while opposition lawmakers, media industries, and experts tended to oppose these policies. Third, convergence of opinion occurred in a local manner. Discussions and seminars were consistently held, in which policy actors with differing opinions participated. As a result, media organizations, which consistently express opposing beliefs throughout the first and second phases, expressed their conditional acceptance of punitive damages in the third phase. The ruling party accepted the conditions and proposed a revision of the bill. However, after then, the ruling party had attempted to forcefully push the bill without sufficient deliberation, facing much opposition and criticism. Through research on the topography of the policy debate, this paper confirmed that the attempt to reform the media without gaining sufficient consensus only resulted in backlash from stakeholders and could not draw out any meaningful agreements. This implies that in order to solve the media problem, journalistic norms and practices must be elaborated in order to articulate what it means to regulate ‘fake news’. The discourse network analysis was suitable for grasping the dynamics of the policy debate over awarding punitive damages for media reports. To examine media policy debates, it is necessary to apply the framework to other policy issues as well.

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1. 문제의 제기
2. 기존 문헌 검토
3. 연구문제 및 연구방법
4. 연구결과
5. 논의
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