Nuclear North Korea & Media Hun Shik Kim Department of Journalism College of Media, Communication and Information

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What Makes Good International News Characteristics of News Values Gans (1979)—U.S. actions abroad, major wars, disasters, great loss of lives, foreign dictators, etc. Chang & Lee (1992)—Threats to U.S. & world peace, U.S. involvement, reader interest, timeliness Larson (1984)—American lives at stake Hess (1996)—Conflict, violence Rosenblum (1979, 1989)—Coup, earthquakes

Why Nuclear Weapons?

North Korea’s Nuclear Diplomacy? 2016-Present 2016 Claimed successful atomic & hydrogen bomb testing 2017 Threatened nuclear strike on the “heart of the U.S.” 2017 Threatened nuclear attack on U.S. territory of Guam 2006-2017 N.K. has completed SIX nuclear weapons tests

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North Korea’s Nuclear Threat U.S. media The greatest immediate threat to national security Demand tougher U.N. sanctions on North Korea Cite military action as one of the solutions “U.S. invasion of North Korea would be “very bloody, very quickly” Chinese & Russian media Urge U.S. to lessen tensions & negotiate w/ North Korea Question U.S. demands for tougher sanctions on North Korea Criticize U.S. for threatening North Korea w/ military action