• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.13
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• pp.13-27
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• 2008

This paper is studios about a new role model of 'Korea Comics Museum' which will be extended Into 'Korea Institute for the MANWHA & Moving Image Content's planning. Scanning all activities of 'Korea Comics Musium' until now, I'd like to suggest how to promote the comic industry by a Comic Museum's practical contribution. It needs conditions for doing its intrinsic activities, faithfully, most, than a value of Bucheon's city brand or superiority in industrial aspects. And also it is Important that establishing collection policy for spreading excellence of Korean comics, internationally and setting structure for mating network among the museums in abroad and institutions related comic industry. Finally comic museum has to equip a new working structure, furthermore, perform exhibition planning and cultivating system of artists and for this, it needs its own independent organization.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.11 no.12
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• pp.709-723
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• 2013

This study aims to diagnose the present condition of the Digital comics industry, including the "webtoon", which is receiving attention as the new Korean wave (Hallyu) cultural content, and explore ways to vitalize these contents. Considering the fact that the distribution rate of smart devices in Korea is the highest in the world as of June 2013, and that comics as contents have been known to show the easiest and fastest adaptation to changes in the media, the Digital comics industry is certainly an area with high expected growth, but its actual size of the industry shows a very low growth rate compared to other digital contents. This study analyzes the present condition of the Digital comics industry through theoretical and precedent study, and deducts 7 major factors that inhibit the growth of Digital comics industry by summing up the industry structure through making surveys of major businesses in the industry. Further, problems and possible solutions of the digital comics industry are discussed through in-depth interviews with total 10 digital comics industry experts. Building a ecosystem based charged service, realizing a total management system, government support and improvements on restrictions are discussed as solutions to a sustained growth of the Digital comics industry.

• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.12
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• pp.1-12
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• 2007

The long-term stagnation in the country involving missing it is starting from the late 1990s accumulated on the common vision. The government has, since 2002, cartoon comics industry nurture long-term industrial development of five-year plan, 346.7. During that period of unprecedented material support to the government's sweeping received. Upcoming in 2008 is the second long-term development plan will be effective. The temperature inside and outside the government, however, various tax and go to feel quite differently. The first plan is merely a period of enforced projects listed are only fit for Panathinaikos has endorsed this general trend, yirugo diagnosis. But fundamentally, the exact diagnosis is necessary for the long-term stagnation. Children's Learning Results cartoon wepmanhwawa not thrive households. Comics readers about the consumption pattern is changing. Therefore, long-term plan for the development of cartoon industry only a few government budget plan is not the government write 73 gala, companies and the private sector are coming together to plan and worry that the plan should be a comprehensive and bevels. In addition, through the selection and concentration to increase efficiency. You will probably need to strengthen the capabilities of our private organizations, it is a priority. Furthermore, the government's financial and policy support for the lobbying power also lead to an increase in betting. It features a think tank to study the policy framework for the establishment and promotion assume the ultimate proposal includes a cartoon film cozy confines of the legislation that parallels activities in the various proposals.

• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.16
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• pp.67-78
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• 2009

To celebrate the Centennial Anniversary of korean comics, the various and meaningful programs are organized. But then, it is apprehended that these programs don't deal with the present and urgent problems. In particular, in the fast-changing media environment, in the changing of promotion-organizations, it's very important that the recherche on relevant laws and institutes around comics to defend and to explore an ecosystem of the comics culture and the comics industry. This study insist to point out the limits of Cultural industry-related laws and Cultural promotion-organizations at present for the concrete policy of comics culture and comics industry. Treating and analysing specially 'Culture Industry Promotion Basic Law', 'Publication Promotion Law' and 'Legal Deposit', this article suggest to enact Comics Promotional Law to aide the filed of korea comics.

• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.10
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• pp.91-106
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• 2006

The article concerns the cultural diversity as a policy value for the cultural industry policy in Korea. in the evolution of the cultural industry policy since the end of the 1990s, the primary values of the public policy has focused on the establishment of the cultural identity and the improvement of the competitiveness of the cultural industries. It Is likely that cultural diversify has been considered as a defensive value against the cultural globalization. Meanwhile, as the UNESCO indicates, the improvement of the cultural diversify should be established as a key policy value in terms of the cultural rights, cultural welfare and social inclusion. In this respect, the article analyzes the policy values of the cultural industry policy in terms of the cultural diversity. In addition, the policy alternatives for the improvement of the cultural diversity will be recommended. In particular, the article studies the case on the comic industry policy.

• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.45
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• pp.147-175
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• 2016

This thesis aims to research ways for the regional balanced development of cartoon creation & production environment being centered in metropolitan area in Korean cartoon industry which has rapidly changed since 2013. As a cartoon can not only be produced with relative lower production cost comparing to those of other cultural contents industries, but also can be produced only if the minimal requirements for cartoon production is prepared, so the cartoon is a field that the decentralization can be accomplished very easily. Currently, most cartoon-relevant companies and cartoon promotion institutions are located in Seoul an Bucheon, etc. However, cartoon artists live nationwide, and even cartoon artists producing their works abroad are reached to a significant number. In some regions like Daejeon, Busan, Suncheon and Gyeongbuk (Gyeongsangbuk-do), there have been appeared full-scale movement to construct regional cartoon creation & production centers since 2015. This thesis aimed to investigate each region's movement to construct cartoon creation & production center with oversea cases, and to check how such movement could be balanced and harmonized with each region's unique features. First of all, this thesis analyzed the status quo of government's policy nurturing the cartoon industry. Korean government's cartoon-promotion policy around the axis of the Cartoon Industry's Mid.Long-Term Development Plan has been developed around the Korea Creative Content Agency and the Korea Manwha(cartoon) Contents Agency in Bucheon, but as the webtoon industry has rapidly grown up, the necessity for building a cartoon promotion institution in each region has been raised since 2015. With the establishment of 4th Cartoon Industry Mid.Long-Term Development Plan to be executed from 2019, it seems that full-scaled support framework for cartoon regional balanced development should be occupied. For the case of foreign countries, cartoon promotion institutions and relevant events have been developed around regions from early times like San-Diego, USA(Comicon), Angouleme, France(National Image Center), Kyoto (Cartoon Museum), Sakaiminato(Misuki Sigeru Road), Japan gave a lot of implications. In the section of conclusion, this study aimed to suggest the importance of and necessity for establishing a cartoon creation & production center in each region appropriately for the region's identity and characteristics with specific plans. Based on that, this thesis aimed to suggest a vision for cartoon & webtoon industry that regional creation & production system can be settled almost only in the cultural contents industry.

• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.16
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• pp.1-20
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• 2009

This paper explores the research trends in the area of the comics studies in Korea. In this article, the 664 academic articles are examined in terms of the characteristics of the researchers, the field of comics studies, the research theme and the research methodology. This study is on the basis of the recognition that there have been no consensus on what the core essence of comics studies is. As a result, there are a few articles on the academic identity of the comics studies. The comics studies have not consider the distinctive characteristics of the Korean comics significantly. In Korea, over 50% of the academic articles on the comics have been published by comics scholarships in the field of pedagogy and human sciences. Since the 1990's, comics studies have started to consider the value of the comics positively. The comics text studies also have increased since the 1990's in Korea. The comics studies on the comics policy and comics industries have been increased since 2000. The rise of comics studies is concomitant with the increased awareness of comics in Korea. The article concludes that the comics studies need to become an independent academic discipline in the future. The interdisciplinary studies on the comics is necessary to study the diverse aspects of the comics. In addition, the infrastructure for the comics studies should be established in order to improve the comics studies.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.222-229
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• 2007

Cartoon contents is strong not original work through only story but culture penetration and high added value of idea had infinite value as entertainment goods. Also, it can extend by emotional contents of Mobile base by communication role as sensible symbol that satisfy various emotion and appetite of expressed opinion is available. This paper wished to take a view of present condition of cartoon industry and development direction through comprehension of cartoon contents business, and to propose goods development way of cartoon contents by the alternative to extend cartoon contents business area.

• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.11
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• pp.1-10
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• 2007

The trend of making film from the comic source, which is a prototype of so-called media mix, is indeed a different phenomenon from the traditional ones from novel or play sources. Historically comics are recently adapted to film although they have narratives and continuity of images. It is due to the lack of social conception of comics genre and extension of imagination that is a characteristics of the comics. However, it is conspicuous that comics has been a source of film along with the development of technology of visual image reproduction and the trend of enlarging reproduction of popular media image. Since comics can provide narratives and he visual sense for film making, these trend will be continued and more vivid.

• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.3
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• pp.432-456
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• 1999