Hands On/Hands Off: The Korean State and the Market Liberalization of the Communication Industry (Da
	Quantity in Basket:none Code: 978-1-61289-031-9 Price:$26.50 Title: Hands On/Hands Off Sub-title: The Korean State and the Market Liberalization of the Communication Industry Author(s): Dal Yong Jin Publish Date: June 2011 Pages: 226 Format: Paper
	Quantity:
This book is a contemporary political economic analysis of the various dimensions in the rapid growth of the Korean communication industry, including broadcasting, film, telecommunications, and information technology. As the first comprehensive attempt to analyze the rapid growth and change in the Korean communication systems, this book makes sense of those transitions by looking at global trends and how Korea has developed its communication systems. The book examines several dimensions of change that merit analysis in the global context. It is to engage the complex relationship between communication and neoliberal globalization by exploring it in a transnational yet contextually grounded framework. It maps out the nature of the relationships among domestic players such as the Korean government, domestic capitals, and international players, such as the U.S. government, international agencies, and transnational corporations in the process of the transformation of the Korean communication industry. It eventually discusses how the changing Korean communication systems have increasingly become a part of a global communication system which is itself changing so rapidly. Contents: INTRODUCTION. Cultural Politics in the Neoliberal Globalization Era. Political Economy of the Korean Communication System. Organization of the Volume. NEOLIBERAL GLOBALIZATION AND KOREAN POLITICS. Formation of the Korean Economic Mode. Adoption of Neoliberal Economic Policies Since the 1980s. CONTEMPORARY KOREA ’S ECONOMIC POLICY. The 1997 Economic Crisis: Causes and Effects on the Korean Economy. New Economic Model: Information Technology and Consumerism. KOREAN COMMUNICATION INDUSTRIES UNDER THE MILITARY REGIME. History of the Military Regimes. Introduction of the Television Broadcasting System. Development of the Communication Industry between 1960s and 1970s. The Communications Industry in the 1980s. REORGANIZATION OF THE KOREA MEDIA INDUSTRY. Transformation of the Media Industry. Transformation of the Broadcasting Industry. Trans-nationalization of the Media Industry. Rise of the Satellite Broadcasting System. Reshaping Audiovisual Product Flow. Transformation of the Advertising Industry. CULTURAL POLITICS IN KOREA’S CONTEMPORARY FILM INDUSTRY. The Korean Film Industry under Authoritarian Regime. The Kim Young Sam Government and Segyehwa Policy, 1993-1998. Motion Picture Promotion Law (1995) and Beyond. Transnationalization of the Korean Film Industry. Blockbuster-ization of Korean Movies and Cultural Identity. RESTRUCTURING THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY. Reorganization of the Telecommunications Industry. PRIVATIZATION OF KOREAN TELECOM. Stakeholders in the Korean Telecom Privatization. Privatization of Korea Telecom. Impact of Privatization on the Three-Way Competition Policy TRANSITION IN INTERNET AND BROADBAND SERVICES. Rapid Growth in the Internet Market. Transition to Broadband Services. Competition Among Telecommunications Companies. Cultural Characteristics Contributing to the Development of Broadband Service. Broadband Services on the Information Economy. Transnationalization of the Broadband Service Industry. CONCLUSION. Discussion: Rethinking Shifting Korea’s Political Economy. Author Index. Subject Index.