현 사진학계 지형에서 본 사진포털사이트의 필요성에 관한 연구

Abstract

A study on the necessity of photography portal site from the perspective of the current photographic society Due to changes in demographic structure, values of students applying for colleges, social structures, educational policies of the government and so on, there has been a continuing vicious cycle in which the photography-related departments in colleges are on the verge of extinction, thus leading to deteriorating quality of education despite the reduction of student quota. To find an alternative to cope with this problem, this paper examines the current situations of the photography-related departments and exterior environmental factors through relevant literatures, while considering the influences of Internet media through precedent study on websites. In addition, this paper considers the usability of photography portal site by performing a survey of Internet users through questionnaire and interview, and analyzing styles of their Internet use and consciousness. Finally, this paper analyzes the influences that news or broadcasting favorable toward photographers and photographic science have on the degree of preference toward photographs and the competitive rate for photography departments after they are televised. The results from studies of literatures and surveys and interviews reveal that photography portal site can play a good role as a media for publicity or public relations, and that when this photography portal is exposed to the media, the degree of preference toward photographic science is increased leading to positive responses. Therefore, it is judged that photography portal site is required to be utilized in a more positive manner as an efficient media to increase public preference as well as to bring about changes in public awareness on photographic science.