JOURNAL OF MASS COMMUNICATION STUDIES
Online ISSN : 2432-0838
Print ISSN : 1341-1306
ISSN-L : 1341-1306
The Japanese Colonial Government of Korea and Its Propaganda Policy, 1920-1945.
Soone PARK
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1996 Volume 49 Pages 143-160,230

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After the Korean Movement for Independence arose in 1919, the Japanese Colonial Goverment of Korea set up the Korean Information Committee in 1920 and began propaganda for the purpose of alleviating the Korean people's antipathy toward Japanese colonial rule and criticism by Japanese of the colonial policy in Korea. The Korea Information Committee was the model for the Cabinet Information Committee in Japan, which was set up in 1936, in regard to the type of committee system and the composition of the secretariat. Both the committees were under the jurisdiction of the cabinet secretary. The Japanese Colonial Government issued a pamphlet called "Tsuho", which was the Korean version of the "Shuho", a national policy pamphlet published in Japan. Just like the "Shuho", the "Tsuho" aimed at mobilizing the Korean people for war. But the latter was different from the former in the way it used visuals.
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