In recent decades, Korean communication and media have substantially grown to become some of the most significant segments of Korean society. Since the early 1990s, Korea has experienced several distinctive changes in its politics, economy, and technology, which are directly related to the development of local media and culture. Korea has greatly developed several cutting-edge technologies, such as smartphones, video games, and mobile instant messengers to become the most networked society throughout the world. As the Korean Wave exemplifies, the once small and peripheral Korea has also created several unique local popular cultures, including television programs, movies, and popular music, known as K-pop, and these products have penetrated many parts of the world. As Korean media and popular culture have rapidly grown, the number of media scholars and topics covering these areas in academic discourses has increased. These scholars' interests have expanded from traditional media, such as Korean journalism and cinema, to several new cutting-edge areas, like digital technologies, health communication, and LGBT-related issues. In celebrating the Korean American Communication Association's fortieth anniversary in 2018, this book documents and historicizes the growth of growing scholarship in the realm of Korean media and communication.
Foreword, Peng Hwa Ang Introduction: Review and Future Prospect of Korean Communication Research, Dal Yong Jin and Nojin Kwak Part I: Institutionalization of Korean Communication Chapter 1: Communication Theory: Recounting Forty Years of Communication Research: A Scholarly Mosaic of the Korean American Communication Association, Jeong-Nam Kim, Yu Won Oh, and Narae Kim Chapter 2: Communication Law in Korea: A Topic for Global Research, Kyu Ho Youm, Yoonmo Sang, and Ahran Park Chapter 3: Political Economy of the Korean Media Industry, Shin Dong Kim Part II: Communication Systems Chapter 4: Political Communication of Korea in the ICT Era: Triadic Interactions among Government, Media, and the Public, Seok Kang, Yeojin Kim, and Chang Sup Park Chapter 5: Korean Journalism: From Partners of Political Power to Adversarial Agents of Social Change, Hun Shik Kim Chapter 6: Communication and Technology, Namkee Park Part III: Public Communication Chapter 7: A Survey of Health Communication Scholarship on Korea: Breadth, Depth, and Trends of Published Research, Hye-ryeon Lee, Hye-Jin Paek, and Minsun Shim Chapter 8: A Review of Korea-Related Advertising Research, Yongick Jeong and Yeuseung Kim Chapter 9: The Development and Trends of Public Relations Research, Theory, and Practice in Korea, Jae-Hwa Shin Part IV: Digital Media Chapter 10: Digital Media and Culture in Korea, Kyong Yoon Chapter 11: Game Studies in the Age of Digital Korea, Dal Yong Jin Chapter 12: Urban Communication and Community Studies: Korean Communication Scholars' Perspectives, Yong-Chan Kim Chapter 13: Visual Communication: Photojournalism and Beyond, Yung Soo Kim Part V: Cultural Studies Chapter 14: Intercultural Communication: Challenges of Studying "Korean" Culture and Communication in Globalizing World, Min-Sun Kim Chapter 15: Sports Communication, Younghan Cho and Ji-Hyun Ahn Chapter 16: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Studies, Ji Hoon Park Chapter 17: Hallyu: Korean Wave Media Culture in a Digital Age, Youna Kim Chapter 18: From National to Transnational: A Historiography of Korean Cinema, Hye Seung Chung
