개항 이후 서남바닷길의 성쇠와 대중매체 속 목포의 이미지

Abstract

Mokpo portraying as an influential port in mass media was in the pop song “Tears of Mokpo”(1935) and “Mokpo is a port”(1942) at the opening time of port and in high-teen movies(1970s) and the film <Mokpo is a port>(2004) after liberation. This is the period of prosperity and decline of Mokpo respectively, and is deeply related with the rise and fall of Seonam sea route. The pop song “Tears of Mokpo” and “Mokpo is a port” represents Mokpo during the period when Mokpo prospered the most due to the opened Seonam sea route, and spoke for the sadness and the emotions of our people who lost our country. Meanwhile, since Mokpo was an exploited port, there were the sufferings and pain of our people behind its prosperity, and it was very sad and mournful. Due to the severance of relations with Japan and China, reduced trade with the inland and Dadohae, as well as political and economic alienation, Mokpo entered a period of recession. It revealed itself again through high-teen movies in the 1970s and the film “Mokpo is a port” in 2004, but it could not change during the time of modernization and development and formed its image as a port of stagnant city, where caricatured gangs roamed around and violence, cruse and fraud was rampant. This is a severe problem because such images are constantly escalated and reproduced through comedy corners ‘Mokpo is a port’ and the pop song 《Fight Desperately》, etc. It is not a simple issue for a certain region to be known through mass media and raise its status. Frequent exposure to mass media in a distorted image rather causes negative results, and thus it is necessary to find ways on how to use the image properly.