종교기관에서의 미디어 교육 방향성에 관한 연구 - 기독교 개신교를 중심으로 -

Abstract

With more than 50% of the population being estimated to profess a religion, there exist in total over 80,000 Protestant/Catholic churches, Buddhist/Confucianism temples throughout Korea. They are originally built for the purpose of facilitating respective religious activities. But reflecting contemporary trend of pursuing variety in life, many of these facilities do not merely confine themselves to the religious propagation within denominations but now in various ways grant access to broader purposes, even to the need of the society. In this context, this study attempts to examine the relevance of utilizing religious organizations, especially Christian Protestant churches, as venues for lifelong, social and cultural education. It also tries to discuss the need for media education in Protestant churches and look into the possibility and direction in its realization. To cope more efficiently with rapid movements in contemporary trend and to perform its intrinsic mission more effectively, churches need to carry out media education. And this will also provide an ideal opportunity for the local community to fulfill its need. But considering the fact that the media education is still struggling for a formal position even in the public education sector, it is no wonder that a church may find difficulties in carrying out its own media education. Nevertheless, with good application of the features of public education system and church education field, church media education scheme can establish an example for successful settlement of media education agenda from the public education perspective.