85 percent of the respondents support the abolition of portal entertainment news comments. (image: Korea Bizwire)
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Statistics show that majority of adults believe that it is necessary to abolish news comments for entertainment news on Internet portals.
Yang Jeong-ae, a senior researcher at the Korea Press Foundation, conducted an online survey of 1,000 adults on their opinion of the abolition of search terms in real time.
The survey was conducted in line with the recent suicides of young entertainers such as Sulli and Goo Ha-ra, who had been targeted by malicious comments for a long time.
The results showed that 85 percent of the respondents support the abolition of portal entertainment news comments. In terms of gender, 90 percent of women supported the measure, compared to 80.2 percent of men.
Besides the entertainment news comments, 55.5 percent of the respondents said it was necessary to delete other comment sections on Internet portals including politics, incidents and accidents.
In addition, 98.1 percent of the respondents judged that malicious comments were behind the recent celebrity suicides.
Some 46.7 percent of the respondents said that real time search terms should be abolished, but they were somewhat different by age.
While 40.6 percent of those in their 20s opposed the abolishment of real time search terms, 35.4 percent voted for abolition.
However, for those in their 30s, 52.7 percent voted for abolition and 28.5 percent opposed any move to eliminate real time search terms.
“The reason for the existence of comments and real time search terms should be found not only by means of making money for Internet portals, but also by contributing to healthy communication and information consumption,” Yang said.
Yang further added that “the current comments and real time search terms are generating more side effects and harmful effects, let alone their true functions.”
D. M. Park (dmpark@koreabizwire.com)
