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- 1. DIGITAL MEDIA REGULATION AND SELF REGULATION OF DIGITAL MEDIA NORTH KOREA Shruti Mehrotra 1937189
- 2. Key takeaways: NORTH KOREA Things to discuss: Totalitarian Government Digital influence in North Korea Current state of affairs in North Korea Words from outside experts Key findings Examples from North Korea Conditions of citizens
- 3. In most totalitarian governments like North Korea, the censorship of social media by the government is a key instrument in oppressing and subjugating the citizens. What happens offline This exemplifies the slippery slope of letting the government gain control and ownership of the platform of social media as the government can just filter out information that they do not want people to receive. What happens online TOTALITARIANTOTALITARIANTOTALITARIAN GOVERNMENTGOVERNMENTGOVERNMENT NORTH KOREA
- 4. The types of Digital Media the North-Korean Goverment has control over Social media channels Automated customer service Seamless ecommerce platform Analytic tools and reporting NORTH KOREA
- 5. The Current State North Korea has most strictly controlled media of the world. Article 67 of North Korean Constitution provides the freedom of speech and press but the government prohibits the exercise of these rights in practice. Media is just a tools of propaganda used by the government in North Korea. The government only allows speech that supports it and the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea. Only news that favours the regime is permitted. Unfavourable news content that covers political and economic problems in the country or criticism from abroad is not allowed. Domestic media and the population itself are not allowed to carry or read stories by foreign media and can be punished for doing so. In 2013’s report, RWB classified North Korea’s Media as 178th according to freedom out of 179 countries in the ranking only above Eritrea. NORTH KOREA
- 6. Journalists who do not follow the strict laws face punishment in the form of hard labour or imprisonment, even for the smallest typing error. Restrictions are also placed on the foreign journalists, though many are not allowed. All the information gathered by newspapers and magazines is disseminated by main news agency KCNA (Korean Central News Agency). The media effectively paints the country in a positive light, describing itself “Paradise on Earth” North Korea keeps a closed-door policy North Korea as the world’s worst Internet Black Hole NORTH KOREA
- 7. North Korea has been long considered as “the world’s most closed, impenetrable[society], with a totally controlled press, [and] sharp restrictions on travel in and out of thecountry”(Cumings 1990:53) Under dictatorship, the public are in considerable need of reliable information.
- 8. Words from Outside No Facebook, no Twitter and no foreign sources mention North Korea. North Korea was named the most oppressed country in an electronic article that was published in the U.S. , but no one in North Korea is going to see it. North Korea has customized internet with their their own sites. They use an internet service similar to Mozilla Firefox, but citizens are not allowed to accesses just anything. Every website is monitored by the government and is produced by the government. “Citizens are essentially starved of any information other than government propaganda” says Dave Lee a technology reporter for BBC news. Censorship NORTH KOREA
- 9. According to Yoon (2001) almost all news TV channels and radio news are propaganda. Its contents are mostly news the leader Kim Jong-un as well as news about the badness of other countries, especially South Korea and the United States (U.S). Even some cartoon series for children also display negative propaganda about U.S. Propoganda Oriented Words from Outside NORTH KOREA
- 10. Strict Control The press is deemed to be the mouthpiece of the ruler with three main roles: collective propagandist, collective agitator, and collective organizer. Press Freedom Index ranks North Korea is the second least free media environment in the world Regulation The North Korean government owns and strictly controls all communications media Promotes Party policy The first priority is publicizing the greatness of Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-il, and Kim Jong-un. Then they must show the superiority of North Korean socialism and denounce imperialism. Affiliations Affiliated organizations, and state- operated radio and television play a large role in ideological education Radio policies They fix all legal radio sets so only government approved channels are played. It is illegal for North Koreans to listen to anything other than state-run radio, and violations could lead to severe punishment Key Examples of Digital Media Regulation by KWP NORTH KOREA
- 11. Media Regulation Infrastructure of North Korea
- 12. State media as a political mobilization tool The mass media in North Korea serves as a “vehicle for political socialization” which aims to promote the party’s policy than play the role of the fourth estate of the press in countries with higher level of freedom. There is absolutely no scope for self regulation. The “official” media landscape contains only state-owned media NORTH KOREA