신문 사설에 보도된 아동학대에 대한 담론 분석-조선일보, 중앙일보, 동아일보를 중심으로

Abstract

The aim of the study is to investigate the discourse process and its characteristics on child abuse issues on the newspaper editorials. In order to conduct this study, we performed the analysis on 94 newspaper editorials published by the three major newspapers in Korea which are Chosun Ilbo, Joong-Ang Ilbo and Dong-A Ilbo. The study used Foucault’s theory of discourse analysis as a theoretical framework. The results are as follows. First, child-abuse related topics in the newspaper editorials were involved with political and institutional interests, parental education, social interest, social services, recognition improvement, and communication. Second, the objects of child abuse were politicians, social service workers, ordinary people, parents, teachers, and the court employees. Third, the main subjects of child abuse in the newspaper editorials were the media, unknown draftsmen, a whole educational community, editors, medical communities, legal circles, directors of child institution, a political world, parents and a religious world. Finally, child abuse-related discourses were the requirement of social concern, recognition improvement through communication and trust, activating and obliging parental education, strengthening and reorganizing comprehensive social services, reviewing free childcare policies, complementing and supporting the institutional system from the government. The results of this study can be used as a basis for preventing child abuse in the future and looking for new directions for practicing the related policies.