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    STUDIA PHILOLOGIA - Issue no. 1 / 2013  
         
  Article:   STRATEGIC PROPAGANDA THROUGH NORTH KOREAN FILMS: A NEW APPROACH.

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  Abstract:  Strategic Propaganda through North Korean Films: A New Approach. Propaganda can be regarded as one of the communicational forms with the public in North Korea. Its function is considered as simple message-transmission toward the public because it has a simple visible image or sometimes it has a ludicrous image. In almost all parts of North Korea, various forms of propaganda can be found easily. Especially, the film has the important feature of mass-communications in North Korea and it is considered as the main propaganda-instigation tool of the Workers’ Party of Korea for stimulating and altering effectively the stream of consciousness for the masses. Unfortunately, until now most of the existing researches about North Korean films have covered just simple overviews and appreciations for films. In general, seeing a film is not a simple visual act, but a social act to interpret the meaning of socially prescribed aspects that are depicted in the film. And making film is not a simple act of art, but a social act to convey the selected message of film-producer. If we were to eliminate a superficial approach to North Korean films, we would lose an opportunity to observe a special social function of North Korean films. Considering that all films have been made as a national undertaking in North Korea, the films may be regarded as a shortcut to understand a mysterious country, North Korea.

Keywords: Film, Propaganda, ‘On the Art of the Cinema’, Juche Idea

 
         
     
         
         
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