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COVID-19 Pandemic, Transparency, and "Polidemic" in the Republic of Korea

Authors
 Cheol Kang  ;  Ilhak Lee 
Citation
 ASIAN BIOETHICS REVIEW, Vol.13(2) : 213-224, 2021-03 
Journal Title
ASIAN BIOETHICS REVIEW
ISSN
 1793-8759 
Issue Date
2021-03
Keywords
COVID-19 ; Polidemic ; Public communication ; Public health ethics ; Republic of Korea
Abstract
This article examines the development of the Republic of Korea's strategy to prevent the spread of COVID-19 with particular focus on ethical issues and the problem of politicization of public communication. Using prominent examples of stakeholders who have acted and expressed themselves in highly contradictory ways on the topic of the pandemic, we provide an analysis of how the public health policy discourse has entered into the realm of politicization and elaborate on the danger that this phenomenon poses in terms of rational debate and appropriate policy measures geared toward the public's safety. Considering the role that the Republic of Korea have had in global media coverage of quarantine policies and epidemic prevention, we believe that our study makes a significant contribution to the literature because it provides a new perspective and insights into the forces at work within and around a prevention strategy that has both been lauded and seen as highly controversial.
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DOI
10.1007/s41649-021-00164-4
Appears in Collections:
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Medical Humanities and Social Sciences (인문사회의학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Lee, Il Hak(이일학) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6531-8752
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/182877
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