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

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3. 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

4. Why Nuclear Weapons?

5. 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
N.K. has completed SIX nuclear weapons tests

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7. 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