1st Edition
Locating North Korea in Communication Research
Introduction:
Media Dynamics in North Korea: A Historical Overview and Post-pandemic Perspectives
Soomin Seo, Seungahn Nah, Dal Yong Jin, and Yong-Chan Kim
Section 1: News Media and North Korea
1. It Takes Two Wackos to Make History: The U.S. News Media’s Construction of the North Korea-United States Summits
Siho Nam
2. China-North Korea Relations in Media and Communication: Shifting Narratives: China’s Emerging Dominance in North Korea Media Coverage
Seong-Hyon Lee
3. Making News about North Korea: Changes in Journalistic Norms and Approaches Since 2000
Soomin Seo
Section 2: Digital Media, Visions, and Images
4. Mobile Phone Use and the "Trust" Network of Market Activity in North Korea
Sunkyung Choi
5. Seoul in Pyongyang and Pyongyang in Seoul: The Mediated Cities in a Divided Land
Yong-Chan Kim and Piao Wenling
6. Of Macs and Nikes: Desire and Authenticity in North Korea’s Child YouTuber Clips
Soomin Seo and Ye Ju Ki
Section 3: North Korea, Popular Culture, and People
7. Views of North Korean Resettlers on Media and Media Literacy Education: A Ten-Year Comparison of Resettlers’ Experiences and Perspectives
Jiwon Yoon
8. The New Visions of Shin Sang-ok in North Korean Cinema
Gabor Sebo
9. Paths under the Bright Star: The Path to Awakening and the Transformation of North Korean Cinema in the Mid-1960s
Xiaoqian Song
Biography
Seungahn Nah (PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison) is Professor of political communication and journalism, holding the Dianne Snedaker Chair in Media Trust at the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications. He is also the Research Director of the Consortium on Trust in Media and Technology (CTMT), part of UF AI Initiatives. His scholarship examines digital communication, including AI, media credibility, citizen journalism, public deliberation, and civic engagement.
Soomin Seo (PhD, Columbia University) is Associate Professor in the Department of Journalism at Sogang University, Seoul, Korea. She writes about news institutions and global journalistic practices. A former journalist who worked in Asia and Africa, Seo studied public policy at Harvard. She has published in journals such as New Media & Society, Journalism, Journalism Studies, and the International Journal of Communication.
Yong-Chan Kim (PhD, University of Southern California) is Professor in the Department of Communication at Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. His research focuses on new media technology, urban communication, and risk society. His recent books include Post-Mass Media, Risk, Society, and Media, The Candlelight Movement, Democracy, and Communication in Korea, and The Communication Ecology of 21st Century Urban Communities.
Dal Yong Jin is a Distinguished Professor at Simon Fraser University. Jin’s major research and teaching interests are digital platforms and digital games, globalization and media, transnational cultural studies, and the political economy of media and culture. Jin was inducted as an International Communication Association (ICA) fellow. He is the founding book series editor of Routledge Research in Digital Media and Culture in Asia.
