The making of a social movement: citizen journalism in South Korea

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

This article investigates the emergence of innovations in the social movement sector by exploring citizen journalism in South Korea. The findings show that the innovation resulted from brokerage activities among journalists, labour and unification activists, and progressive intellectuals. Despite different cultural visions and interests, these groups succeeded in building coalitions and constituted a sociocultural milieu that promoted reciprocal learning by allowing actors to realize new ideas and to exchange experiences. The empirical part of the study is based on a social network analysis of social movement groups and alternative media organizations active in South Korea between 1995 and 2002.

Object Details

• ISSN: 1461-7064
• Extent: Seite(n): 637-660
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Current Sociology, 57(5)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Politikwissenschaft ; Publizistische Medien, Journalismus,Verlagswesen ; Kommunikatorforschung, Journalismus ; politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur ; soziale Bewegung ; Intellektueller ; Innovation ; Innovationsforschung ; Journalist ; Medien ; soziokulturelle Entwicklung ; Bürgerbewegung ; Journalismus ; Online-Medien ; politische Willensbildung ; Südkorea ; Vernetzung ; Partizipation ; Demokratisierung ; Internet ; empirisch ; empirisch-qualitativ

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Kern, Thomas ; Nam, Sang-hui
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (when): 2009

Further information

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0011392109337649
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-368825
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST