Abstract
In this study, the major tendencies of divorce as represented in articles of Korea's major daily newspapers from the 1940's to the 1990's were explored. The method used for this study was content analysis, and 1,741 articles related to divorce were selected for analysis from the Chosun and Donga. The main categories and subcategories were classified as attitude toward divorce(negative, accepting, neutral), present condition of divorce(statistics, survey, analysis), cause of divorce(marital conflict, conflict with family, health-related troubles, financial troubles, and others), and information offered about divorce(related-laws, prevention and adaptation, and others). The major findings of this study were as follows. 1) The most frequently found category was information offered about divorce, and the following categories were featured in the newspapers in the order of cause of divorce, present condition of divorce, and attitude toward divorce. 2) The major discussions of divorce as represented in articles of Korea's daily newspapers from the 1940's to 1990's have been reflecting the changes of related laws, policy and legislation in our society. 3) The content analysis of newspaper articles on divorce indicated that concepts of marriage, divorce and family in our society have been diversified.
