英文摘要 |
Due to Taiwan’s marginalization, the distorted impression many countries have of it, and hopes to enhance mutual understanding between Taiwan and the rest of the world, this article aims to explore and compare impressions of Taiwan as expressed by Korea’s high school social studies textbooks and the Chosunilbo daily newspaper. The findings of the study can help us better understand and reflect on Taiwan’s dialectical impression between subjective status and othering from a Korean perspective, as well as any bias toward Taiwan and propose recommendations to facilitate cross-cultural understanding and reflective dialogue. The findings are as follows: 1. In terms of subjects, the textbooks and media both focus on the development of democracy and political issues. The difference is that textbooks focus on historical events and the media on industry. 2. In terms of discourse analysis, the position of textbooks tends to be relatively free of values, but the media shows a comparatively negative position. 3. The qualitative analysis shows a fragmented and specific-dimensioned impression of Taiwan. This paper recommends recognizing the importance of reflective progress process of our country and cross-cultural understanding, the necessity of national branding in image management, conducting cross-cultural combination of textbooks, studying the experience of Korea’s textbook bureau, and implementing textbook reviews. |