The role of the government in cultural industry
some observations from Korea's experience

"Korea - the object of this study - is an example of a typical peripheral country. Throughout its history, Korea has been heavily influenced by outside sources. It has colonial experience under Japanese rule and was influenced politically, economically, and culturally by the U.S. military administration from 1945 to 1948. All public influences left by Japan in Korea or on Korean culture have since been banned. However, the U.S. influence on Korean culture remains strong, especially through American media imports. Nevertheless, Korea began domestic production and broadcasting of their own films and TV dramas in the 1960s. [...] Its cultural industry has steadily grown and now extends its influence to different cultural regions, including the Middle East, Russia, and South America. [...] Firstly, this study reviews several sources that describe the media flow. Secondly it explains Hallyu, or "the Korean Wave", which resulted from the change of the media flow. Then the study describes the development of the Korean broadcasting and film industries as well as the policies issued at each important stage of their development. Finally it analyzes the impact of Hallyu." [Information des Anbieters]