북한 및 미국 관련 남남갈등의 변화추세 : 조선일보 및 한겨레신문 사설 분석을 중심으로

Abstract

This study measured the attitudes of the Chosun Ilbo and the Hankyoreh toward North Korea, South Koreas North Korea Policies, the United States, and South Koreas US policies during 1990~2009. The following are found. First, each attitude toward North Korea is very constant for the twenty years. The Chosun Ilbo has shown constantly negative attitudes toward North Korea while the Hankyoreh has done constantly positive ones. On the other hand, their difference in attitudes toward the United States tends to decrease. The Chosun Ilbo and the Hankyoreh are not distinguished by the tone of press comments on the United States, but by the press comments on North Korea. Second, policies toward North Korea and the United States are related to the South-South conflict. Polarization on policies toward North Korea was found in the Kim Dae-jung government while polarization on policies toward the United States was shown in the Lee Myung-bak government. Polarization is related to structural balance, which means that a group feels friendly toward an enemy of its foe while it feels negatively toward a friend of its foe. Each of the Chosun Ilbo and the Hankyoreh, however, showed often the same attitudes that the other press did toward North Korea or the United States. One of the presses did not always comment positively on North Korea when the other press editorialized negatively on North Korea. The same was found on the United States. Two rival groups in South Korea have some common attitudes toward North Korea or the United States as well as some incompatible ones.