Submission Title
Understanding Gambling Discourse in Modern Period of South Korea: Content Analysis on Newspaper Articles from 1896 to 1920
Session Title
Session 1-2-E: Media Relations
Presentation Type
Event
Location
Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada
Start Date
28-5-2019 11:00 AM
End Date
28-5-2019 12:25 PM
Disciplines
Asian History | Asian Studies | Journalism Studies | Korean Studies | Quantitative, Qualitative, Comparative, and Historical Methodologies | Social History
Abstract
ABSTRACT
In South Korea, the government-owned gambling industry has thrived from the first implementation of Olympic Support Lottery in 1947 to the latest sanctioned Bull Fighting in 2011. Before the development of contemporary gaming business, it has been estimated that 6,400 types of traditional games existed. From the late 1800s to early 1900s, gambling was prevalent among citizens with those private games. According to the content analysis of newspaper articles, collected via National Library of Korea database, the first newspaper article on gambling was published in 1896. Gambling activity was outlawed in the period of Great Korean Empire and Japanese colonization. Nevertheless, there were not only Koreans but also Chinese who gambled at their home or at illicit gambling venues, and it was reported as a severe social problem. Gamblers were often described as criminals and received moral opprobrium. When gamblers were detected by the police, they were fined or inflicted corporal punishment. Sometimes national policy or attitudes towards gambling of other countries were published as articles. This presentation will address the main issues and perspectives on gambling in modern period of South Korea via content analysis on newspaper articles from 1896 to 1920.
Implication
The research outcomes will provide: 1) interesting yet unknown information about gambling in modern Korea including the types of gambling, the way and the degree of punishment, etc., 2) useful evidence to understand characteristics of gambling discourse at the macro-level, which was widespread before contemporary responsible gambling discourse in Korea.
Keywords
gambling discourse, history of gambling, newpaper, crime, immoral, punishment
Funding Sources
No funding was provided for this research.
Competing Interests
The authors have no competing interests to disclose.
Understanding Gambling Discourse in Modern Period of South Korea: Content Analysis on Newspaper Articles from 1896 to 1920
Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada
ABSTRACT
In South Korea, the government-owned gambling industry has thrived from the first implementation of Olympic Support Lottery in 1947 to the latest sanctioned Bull Fighting in 2011. Before the development of contemporary gaming business, it has been estimated that 6,400 types of traditional games existed. From the late 1800s to early 1900s, gambling was prevalent among citizens with those private games. According to the content analysis of newspaper articles, collected via National Library of Korea database, the first newspaper article on gambling was published in 1896. Gambling activity was outlawed in the period of Great Korean Empire and Japanese colonization. Nevertheless, there were not only Koreans but also Chinese who gambled at their home or at illicit gambling venues, and it was reported as a severe social problem. Gamblers were often described as criminals and received moral opprobrium. When gamblers were detected by the police, they were fined or inflicted corporal punishment. Sometimes national policy or attitudes towards gambling of other countries were published as articles. This presentation will address the main issues and perspectives on gambling in modern period of South Korea via content analysis on newspaper articles from 1896 to 1920.
Implication
The research outcomes will provide: 1) interesting yet unknown information about gambling in modern Korea including the types of gambling, the way and the degree of punishment, etc., 2) useful evidence to understand characteristics of gambling discourse at the macro-level, which was widespread before contemporary responsible gambling discourse in Korea.