의미연결망분석과 감정분석을 통해 본 한국 언론의 중국 보도와 반중 감정 — 코로나 19 사태 전후를 중심으로

Abstract

This study analyzed the perspectives of Chinese reports in the Korean media. The analysis methods used in this paper are semantic network analysis and opinion mining analysis. As of January 1, 2020, in Big Kinds, this article has collected articles from the two years before and two years after that. The scope was targeted to the Chosun Ilbo, the representative of the conservative media, and the Hankyoreh, the representative of the progressive media. In order to see whether anti-Chinese sentiment has changed in Korea before and after COVID19, the analysis standard was set to January 1, 2020. As a result, it was found that both media reported on China in a much more negative direction after COVID19 than before. The Chosun Ilbo’s reports on China before Corona19 mostly focused on politics and economy, but the reports after Corona19 had a lot of negative articles stating that the origin of Corona was China. In the case of the Hankyoreh, before Corona19, there were many articles about inter-Korean talks and North Korea-US talks, and after Corona, various topics were reported, including articles related to Corona. However, while the total number of articles decreased, the number of negative reports increased. But the Hankyoreh did not clearly show the intention to use the Corona19 incident to hate China, and was very careful in calling Corona19 the Wuhan virus or the Wuhan pneumonia. The Hankyoreh’s indifference to China has increased in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. The amount of articles has decreased, and the direction of articles has changed.