Transformation of South Korean Government Digital Communications

Abstract

This study investigates the process of digital communication transformation following the specific policies of each South Korean administration. During the last twenty-five years, various political issues have arisen within Korean digital society, and each South Korean government has had to cope with those issues. However, the attitudes of the various political parties in South Korea toward the social issues resulting from digital communication have been very different.These attitudes can be generally divided into either mobilizational or controlling in relation to digital communication, which this paper will refer to as either “progressive” or “conservative.” Although digital communication technology has continuously evolved alongside political transformation, the development of South Korean democracy has varied depending on the strategies and approaches of different administrations