June 2009

Culture and characteristics of cellular phone communication in South Korea

  This study investigates the characteristics of cellular phone communication and analyzes the relatIonship between the Korean culture and the characteristics of cellular phone communication in South Korea.  In order to examine the uses and functions of cellular phone communication, this paper reviews several communication theories such as the uncertainty reduction theory, the uses and gratifications...

Author(s): Jinbong Choi

June 2009

Framing the “Clash of civilization” in Europe: Interaction between political and media frames

  The present study reviews the foci, symbols and interpretations that the European media use to formulate and spread the political message about the “clash of civilizations”. This means observing how this cultural clash is articulated in political discourse and how this is then reflected in the leading European media. To carry out this study, we compared the frames found in several...

Author(s): Teresa La Porte and Mª Luisa Azpiroz