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      South Korean Media Industry in the 1990s and the Economic Crisis

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      Keywords: Chaebol, Economic Crisis, Imf, Korea, Media Industry, National Development
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            Abstract

            This paper examines the changes in the Korean media industry with reference to the Korean economic crisis in the 1990s as Korean big business, or chaebol, previously unconcerned with the media industry, expanded into that sector.Given the conventional close relationship between the state and big business in Korean economic development, this new business strategy had implications for state policy.

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            Journal ID (publisher-id): cpro20
            Journal ID (archive): CPRO
            Title: Prometheus
            Subtitle: Critical Studies in Innovation
            Publisher: Pluto Journals
            ISSN (Print): 0810-9028
            ISSN (Electronic): 1470-1030
            Publication date (Print): December 2002
            Volume: 20
            Issue: 4
            Pages: 337-350
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            Publisher ID: 10032470 Coden ID: Prometheus, Vol. 20, No. 4, December 2002, pp. 337-350
            DOI: 10.1080/0810902021000023336
            SO-VID: bf5701fa-5192-4087-9f7d-bbeefe43265d
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            Subject: Original Articles

            ScienceOpen disciplines: Computer science,Arts,Social & Behavioral Sciences,Law,History,Economics
            Keywords: Chaebol,Economic Crisis,Media Industry,Imf,Korea,National Development

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