Themes of North Korea's Unification Messages, A Study on Pattern Shifts, 1948-68

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to delineate some basic thematic patterns in North Korea's official propaganda messages regarding unification and to describe the chronological shifts of those patterns across a period of twenty- one years, 1948-1968. A sample of forty-nine official messages pertaining to unification sent to South Korea by North Korean decision makers were analyzed through thematic content analysis according to a prepared coding scheme of thirty-six theme categories. To measure the pattern shifts, a new index called the relative deviation (RD) index was designed. A total of ten factor patterns were delineated and examined.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0759707

Entities

People

  • Sang-woo Rhee

Organizations

  • University of HawaiĘ»i System

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economic Development
  • Factor Analysis
  • Governments
  • International Trade
  • National Governments
  • National Politics
  • New York
  • North Korea
  • Political Science
  • Political Systems
  • Public Policy
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Universities

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