북한의 선전화와 직관선동: 선전 선동의 내면화 과정 연구

Abstract

The term ‘jikkwan sondong’ means to directly see and experience the objects of agitation propaganda. Because these performances can be seen everywhere at almost every moment in North Korea, it has been called a country of propaganda by some scholars. This research looks at the inner side of the propaganda system through analyzing the creation of propaganda posters by those that create ‘jikkwan sondong’ as a part of internalizing propaganda. This participation of the people in the creation process links them directly with the narrative and the eventual propaganda posters leading to internalization of the message. ‘Immediate agitation turns the people into the main characters of the propaganda posters to achieve the internalization the posters’ messages. It is this nation-wide participation of that is crucial to the internalization of the propaganda. North Korea is not using a system where excellent art work by professional artists arouses the masses and has them understand the content, but instead the leadership has focused on the direct participation of the people in the production of propaganda to internalize its messages.