송병권
2019-11-26T01:18:06Z
2019-11-26T01:18:06Z
2017-06
JOURNAL OF EAST ASIAN STUDIES, v. 17, no. 2, page. 145-166
1598-2408
2234-6643
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-east-asian-studies/article/media-exposure-and-regime-support-under-competitive-authoritarianism-evidence-from-south-korea/5DC41D5BAD06D83F3450564DB6BC7EB9
https://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/114377
This study explores whether and how exposure to mass media affects regime support in competitive authoritarian regimes. Using geographical and temporal variation in newspaper circulation and radio signal strength in South Korea under Park Chung Hee's competitive authoritarian rule (1961-1972), we find that greater exposure to media was correlated with more opposition to the authoritarian incumbent, but only when the government's control of the media was weaker. When state control of the media was stronger, the correlation between media exposure and regime support disappeared. Through a content analysis of newspaper articles, we also demonstrate that the regime's tighter media control is indeed associated with pro-regime bias in news coverage. These findings from the South Korean case suggest that the liberalizing effect of mass media in competitive authoritarian regimes is conditional on the extent of government control over the media.
en_US
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
competitive authoritarianism
media control
radio
newspaper
Korea
Park Chung Hee
MEDIA EXPOSURE AND REGIME SUPPORT UNDER COMPETITIVE AUTHORITARIANISM: EVIDENCE FROM SOUTH KOREA
Article
2
17
10.1017/jea.2016.41
145-166
JOURNAL OF EAST ASIAN STUDIES
Cho, Joan E.
Lee, Jae Seung
Song, B. K.
2017015036
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COLLEGE OF POLICY SCIENCE[S]
DEPARTMENT OF POLICY STUDIES
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