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Contents
ABSTRACT 9
I. Introduction 11
1.1. Problem Statement and Purpose of Study 11
II. Theoretical Framework 17
2.1. Understanding of International News 17
2.1.1. Relationship between international news and national interest 17
2.1.2. Developed country-centered biased value reporting 23
2.2. Media's Reality Recognition and News Frame 27
2.2.1. Reality construction of news 27
2.2.2. Research on news reporting and news frames 29
III. Research Questions and Methodology 36
3.1. Research Questions 36
3.2. Methodology 40
3.2.1. Research subject and period 40
3.2.2. Data collection 43
3.2.3. Frame extraction from news articles 44
IV. Research Results 51
4.1. Korean and U.S. Government Policies toward North Korea 51
4.1.1. Roh Moo-hyun administration policies toward North Korea 51
4.1.2. Lee Myung-bak administration policies toward North Korea 54
4.1.3. Park Geun-hye administration policies toward North Korea 57
4.1.4. Bush administration policies toward North Korea 60
4.1.5. Obama administration policies toward North Korea 64
4.2. News Frames from Korean and U.S. Dailies on North Korea's Nuclear Tests 67
4.2.1. Define problems of North Korea's nuclear tests 67
4.2.2. Identify causes of North Korea's nuclear tests 72
4.2.3. Make moral judgement on North Korea's regime and leader 77
4.2.4. Suggest remedies for North Korea's nuclear test issue 79
4.3. Differences between News Frames on North Korea's Nuclear Tests by Country 85
4.3.1. Differences between news frames by country according to definition of problems 86
4.3.2. Differences between news frames by country according to causal interpretation 88
4.3.3. Differences between news frames by country according to moral judgement 89
4.3.4. Differences between news frames by country according to endorsement of remedies 91
4.4. Differences between News Frames on North Korea's Nuclear Tests by Country/Media 93
4.4.1. Differences between news frames by country/media according to definition of problems 93
4.4.2. Differences between news frames by country/media according to causal interpretation 95
4.4.3. Differences between news frames by country/media according to moral judgement 97
4.4.4. Differences between news frames by country/media according to endorsement of remedies 100
4.5. Differences between News Frames on North Korea's Nuclear Tests by Government 102
4.5.1. Differences between news frames by government according to definition of problems 102
4.5.2. Differences between news frames by government according to causal interpretation 104
4.5.3. Differences between news frames by government according to moral judgement 106
4.5.4. Differences between news frames by government according to endorsement of remedies 108
V. Conclusion 111
5.1. Discussion and Implications 111
5.2. Recommendations 120
References 123
ABSTRACT IN KOREAN (국문초록) 129
Table 1. Determinants of international news reporting 21
Table 2. Analysis subject and period 42
Table 3. Administrations and nuclear test used for the analysis 42
Table 4. Sub-frames of news coverage on North Korea's nuclear tests according to... 46
Table 5. Citations for deriving the 'definition of problems' frame 47
Table 6. Citations for deriving the 'causal interpretation' frame 48
Table 7. Citations for deriving the 'moral judgement' frame 49
Table 8. Citations for deriving the 'endorsement of remedies' frame 50
Table 9. Differences between news frames by country according to definition of problems 87
Table 10. Differences between news frames by country according to causal... 89
Table 11. Differences between news frames by country according to moral judgement 90
Table 12. Differences between news frames by country according to endorsement of... 92
Table 13. Differences between news frames by country/media according to definition of... 95
Table 14. Differences between news frames by country/media according to causal... 97
Table 15. Differences between news frames by country/media according to moral... 99
Table 16. Differences between news frames by country/media according to endorsement... 101
Table 17. Differences between news frames by government according to definition of... 103
Table 18. Differences between news frames by government according to causal... 106
Table 19. Differences between news frames by government according to moral... 108
Table 20. Differences between news frames by government according to endorsement of... 110