중국 인터넷 문화산업정책의 변천과정 연구

Abstract

The Internet culture industry policies have various names. As the name "Internet culture industry" suggests, the Internet culture industry in China has made growth along with the advancement of Internet technologies. It was on February 18, 1994 when China enacted its first Internet act, which created an opportunity for the Internet culture industry to develop as an industry. In China, the central government takes the initiative in the concepts and policies of the Internet culture industry all based on the "content industry." The definitions of the Internet culture industry are not unified with very complex patterns of their names across the globe, including in China. There are, however, several elements essential to the definition of the Internet culture industry: the first term is digital information; the second one is cultural content; the third one is digital technology; the fourth one is the fusion of cultural content and digital technology; and the final one is the distribution of content elements in a new form based on the fusion of cultural content and digital technology throughout the Internet. The Internet culture industry is defined as the total combination of these elements. The changing process of the Internet culture industry policies in China has gone through three periods: the first one is the period of early development (1994~2004); the second one is the period of intensive development (2005~2012); and the third one is the period of mobile Internet and Internet Plus(+)(2013~2018).