The Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Minister: Kim, Jong-Min) recently published White Paper of the Cultural Media Industry in 2006, which analyzed the changes and current conditions with the environment of the Korean media industry, including newspapers, broadcasting, publishing, and new media, and examined results of major projects and policy performance in cultural media in 2006.
The White Paper of the Cultural Media Industry in 2006 is the second publication since the ministry launched the Cultural Media Promotion Agency (previously, the Cultural Media Bureau) to systematically nurture and promote the media industry. Aside from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, other participants in the production of the white paper were the Korea Press Foundation, Korea Broadcasting Institute, various agencies including Korea Publishing Marketing Research Institute, and Media Management & Marketing Institute.
The White Paper describes from all angles the Korean media industry's current conditions and projections. The industry's paradigm is in a transition due to the advent of various new forms of media, the fusion of media including that of broadcasting and communication, the emergence of Web 2.0, and the transition toward the global market system, as well as the content and performance results of Korea's media policy.
In detail, White Paper contains the changes and current conditions of the media industry environment, and the vision of media policy, the main content of media policy, the current conditions and forecast of the media industry by each field, major issues in the 2006 media industry, and directions in the 2007 media policy.
Of particular note is that the White Paper contains an introduction to one-person media, UCC and other new forms of media and related socio-cultural phenomena, which have become key subjects of discourse in the media industry in 2006. In the White Paper, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism shows that it will proactively promote the discovery of new media contents and the advancement of the distribution structure for content service, and establish and offer efficient media policy in cooperation with other related government agencies and departments.
The Source : Koreacontent News Team
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