Thesis

North Korea and it's cult of personality in regards to its leaders demonstrates the effects of a media structure belonging to a sole entity/organisation.

In this media project, the media structure of the Democratic People Republic of Korea (N.Korea) will be detailed, examined and contrasted to separate media.

Media structure moulds its content in favor of it's owners, and in the case of a single party state such as N.Korea, the implications are extensive. Content that attempts to deliberately mislead or influence the attitudes of a society effect its audience in many ways, as is seen in North Korea.

The N.Korean governments' success in implementing its national policies is essentially due to the manner in which the media structure is handled, and the media content broadcasted.

Index:

1- North Korean media structure

2- North Koreas restrictions on radio

3- Extreme Media framing in North Korean Television, Movies.

4- How the N Korean media structure dawned the Personality Cult of Kim-Il Sung, and Kim-Jong Il

North Korea Media Ownership Facts

The Workers part of Korea(WPK)are the ruling party in North Korea, and effectively own all media organisations in the state. This causes extreme media bias and framing to stories that are broadcasted or published in the country of North Korea. The following is a list of media organisations belonging under the ownership of the workers party:


Newspapers: All newspapers are state controlled.

Minju Choson (Democratic Korea) – official government newspaper
Rodong Sinmun (Labour Daily)
Joson Inmingun (Korean People's Army Daily)
Rodongja Sinmum (Workers' Newspaper)
The Pyongyang Times (English/French/Spanish)
Choson Chungyang T'ongsin (Korean Central News)
Sajin T'ongsin (Photographic News)
Choson Chungyang Yonbo (Korean Central Yearbook)
Nodong Sinmun (Workers' Daily)
Kulloja (The Worker)


Television: All networks are state controlled and heavily regulated.

- Mansudae Television
- Korean Educational and Cultural Network
- Kaesong Television


Radio: Radio is the most prominent form of media in North Korea, and is also state controlled and owned.>

Broadcasting networks:

Pyongyang Broadcasting Station (Radio Pyongyang)
Korean Central Broadcasting Station ( Joson Jung-ang Pangsong)
Pyongyang FM Broadcasting Station.


Within these networks are:

16 AM stations
14 FM stations
11 shortwave broadcast stations