日韓関係悪化をめぐる両国メディアの論調― 2019年日韓主要新聞の社説を中心に ―

초록

.In 2019, Japan-ROK relations were called the “worst in history” due to normalization of diplomatic relations. The current study investigated how the relation between Japan and Korea had been perceived in both the societies by analyzing the editorials in daily major newspapers of both the countries. By considering the “frame” of the media’s perception that it can profoundly impact public opinion, we observed what commonalities and differences exist between Japanese and Korean media, and what issues have been overlooked in both the media. From the results of our survey, we confirmed that media from both the countries recognized the two governments as having a frame of perception that instigates public sentiment. We also found that all the Japanese newspapers in this survey, including the liberal Asahi Shimbun criticized the incumbent Moon Jae-in administration, while the Korean newspapers criticized either the Japanese government or the Korean government depending on the political alignment of the media. In addition, media in both the countries value the recognition frame of explaining the strained Japan-Korea ties in terms of security and economic interests. However, because of this recognition frame, we haven’t focused on the historical perception of the colonial era directly as a factor of deteriorating Japan-ROK relations, despite the fact that the issue of forced Korean labors did lead to deterioration of the Japan-ROK relations during the conflict.

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