SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Chosun Ilbo, a major conservative newspaper, and TV Chosun, an affiliated cable network, rank near the top of the most distrustful media in Korea, a recent survey has shown. According to the 2019 Media Confidence survey of some 1,000 adult men and women conducted by weekly magazine SisaIN, the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s newspaper industry is growing, thanks to local daily newspapers, daily economics newspapers, and online newspapers. The Korea Press Foundation (KPF) revealed that total sales for the newspaper industry in 2017 came in around 3.7 trillion won (US$3.28 billion), which was a 3.2 percent increase from the previous [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of daily newspapers in South Korea — national and regional combined — totaled 399 as of the end of last year, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and the Korean Association of Newspapers (KAN) Friday. The number represents a gain of 16 from the [...]
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) – According to a study conducted by a team of scientists from the National Cancer Center’s Department of Cancer Control Policy, press releases in South Korea often include exaggerated or inaccurate information regarding cancer, based on an ‘Extended Parallel Process Model’ that focuses on human psychology in communications studies. A research [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Gallup Korea said on April 8 that the media most trusted by Koreans is TV. Based on a survey conducted for three days between March 31 and April 2 on 872 adult men and women, Gallup Korea found that 41 percent of respondents said they prefer the TV [...]