Millennial North Korea : forbidden media and living creatively with surveillance / Suk-Young Kim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kim, Suk-Young, 1970- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Social aspects--Korea (North).

Mass media.

Cell phones--Social aspects--Korea (North).

Cell phones.

Information technology--Social aspects--Korea (North).

Information technology.

Generation Y--Korea (North).

Generation Y.

Electronic surveillance--Social aspects--Korea (North).

Electronic surveillance.

Mass media policy--Korea (North).

Mass media policy.

Physical Description:

xv, 243 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"North Korea may be known as the world's most secluded society, but it too has witnessed the rapid rise of new media technologies in the new millennium, including the introduction of a 3G cell phone network in 2008. In 2009, there were only 70,000 cell phones in North Korea. That number has grown tremendously in just over a decade, with over 7 million registered as of 2022. This expansion took place amid extreme economic hardship, and the ensuing possibilities of destabilization. Against this social and political backdrop, 'Millennial North Korea' traces how the rapidly expanding media networks in North Korea impact their millennial generation, especially their perspective on the outside world. Suk-Young Kim argues that millennials in North Korea play a crucial role in exposing the increasing tension between the state and its people, between risktakers who dare to transgress strict social rules and compliant citizens accustomed to the state's centralized governance, and between thriving entrepreneurs and those left out of the growing market economy. Combining a close reading of North Korean state media with original interviews with defectors, Kim explores how the tensions between millennial North Korea and North Korean millennials leads to a more nuanced understanding of a fractured and fragmented society that has been frequently perceived as an unchanging, monolithic entity"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : into the new millennium

The millennium comes to North Korea

The rise of North Korean millennials

This story is ours

Visions and sounds to change lives

Conclusion : millennial media.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-231) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Kim, Suk-Young, 1970- Millennial North Korea

ISBN:

9781503614918

1503614913

9781503640870

1503640876

OCLC:

1426287152