scholarly journals “The Cane of Love:” Social and Cultural Reform of Corporal Punishment in South Korea

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seney Higginbotham
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Change ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Corporal Punishment ◽  
School Children ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Cultural Reform ◽  
The Public ◽  
Rapid Social Change

With the public release of a very controversial video of a middle school teacher beating a student, much attention has been put on South Korea domestically as well as internationally to establish and reform policies regarding corporal punishment in schools. Since corporal punishment has been practiced in the classroom for centuries, it has been a hard fought battle of rapid social change and conservation of culture between those who wish to protect established cultural norms that accept corporal punishment in the classroom versus progressive ideas that strive to protect the integrity and human rights of school children.

scholarly journals North Koreans’ Public Narratives and Conditional Inclusion in South Korea (In Press)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Hough ◽  
Markus Bell
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Korean Peninsula ◽  
Social Benefits ◽  
Korean Society ◽  
The Public ◽  
South Korean ◽  
The North ◽  
North And South

This article draws on the public testimonies of North Koreans living in South Korea (t’albungmin) and analyzes the role that these narratives play in South Korean society as mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion. North and South Korea technically remain at war, with South Korea claiming sovereignty over the entire Korean peninsula. While t’albungmin are eligible for South Korean citizenship, they describe feeling excluded from full social membership. Although some t’albungmin seek anonymity, this paper considers those who gain social status by speaking publicly about their lives and denouncing the North Korean regime. In so doing, they distance themselves from North Korea and align themselves with the “good” discourse of human rights. However, their actions reinforce a logic of exclusion, implying that t’albungmin who prefer anonymity are “sympathizers,” and consequently restricting their access to social benefits and resources. This case of conditional inclusion illuminates tensions that arise when a sovereignty claim entails the incorporation of people from an enemy state. It also highlights the carefully delineated boundaries of publicly acceptable behavior within which “suspect” citizens must remain as a condition for positive recognition.

Health and Human Rights: Old Wine in New Bottles?

2002 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 522-532 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald M. Oppenheimer ◽  
Ronald Bayer ◽  
James Colgrove
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
At Risk ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Health And Human Rights ◽  
The Public ◽  
Racial And Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Aids Epidemic ◽  
The Face

It is one of the remarkable and significant consequence of the AIDS epidemic that out of the context of enormous suffering and death there emerged a forceful set of ideas linking the domains of health and human rights. At first, the effort centered on the observation that protecting individuals from discrimination and unwarranted intrusions on liberty were, contrary to previous epidemics, crucial to protecting the public health and interrupting the spread of HIV But in fairly short order, the scope of the health and human rights perspective expanded dramatically to focus on the ways in which the most fundamental social arrangements rendered individuals and communities vulnerable to HIV Racial and ethnic minorities, those who were marginalized, and women were at risk because of their subordinate status. In the face of such an understanding, nothing short of social change could be adequate to the challenge posed by the AIDS epidemic.

Public relations in South Korea

2001 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yungwook Kim ◽  
Linda Childers Hon
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Business Systems ◽  
Public Relations Practitioners ◽  
The Public ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Manager Role

The purpose of this study is to examine how and why existing public relations theories, developed largely in the United States, work or do not work to the public relations function in South Korea with the consideration of differences in cultural and business systems. Qualitative interviews with CEOs and public relations executives in Korea revealed difficulties in applying Western models of public relations and cultural norms for communication to the Korean situation. Also most Korean public relations practitioners perform technical duties, yet they understand the function and importance of the manager role. Current trends suggest that Korean companies increasingly understand the value of public relations in this pluralistic and integrated society.

Language and revolution: Formulae of the Cultural Revolution

1990 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ji Feng Yuan ◽  
Koenraad Kuiper ◽  
Shu Shaogu
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Cultural Revolution ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Formulaic Language ◽  
The Public ◽  
Social Facts ◽  
Chinese Cultural Revolution

ABSTRACTFrom the hypothesis that routine formulae code cultural norms, it follows that social change will reveal itself in the formulaic inventory of a language. We test this prediction by looking at some of the changes to formulaic speech which took place in postrevolutionary China, particularly during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. We first examine some generally used politeness formulae, comparing them with prerevolutionary equivalents. We then examine the Public Criticism Meeting as a revolutionary ritual and show that its structure and formulaic language arose directly out of revolutionary imperatives. We attribute the changes in the formulaic inventory of Chinese directly to the need to code new social facts, although old social norms can also be discerned in the new formulae, thus showing that social changes are built on a previous social order. (Oral formulaic performance, routine formulae, situational constraints, Cultural Revolution)

scholarly journals ”The Framing of Gay Candidate for Human Right Commissioner in the Religious-Based Indonesian Online Portals”

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dina Listiorini ◽  
Billy Sarwono ◽  
M. Irwan Hidayana
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Online News ◽  
National Commission ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
The Political ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Gay Identity ◽  
Human Right ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Media

The representation of homosexuality in Indonesian media tends to be discriminative and negative, with stigma, prejudice, and stereotypes. It occurs not only in the mainstream but also in the cyber media such as online news-portals. The discriminating views against homosexuals have even penetrated into the political sphere. In 2012, when Dede Oetomo, an activist of LGBTIQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, and Queer) proposed as a candidate for the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) commissioner, various reactions arose from people as he was exposed by the media. The controversy of Dede Oetomo’s candidacy occurs and spread widely, especially amongst online media portals. The public resistance to Dede Oetomo is mostly due to his gay identity. This paper studies how Dede Oetomo’s candidacy as the Human Right Commissioner is portrayed in the Indonesian online portals, based on Robert Entman’s framing model. The results show the online media portals’ framing of homosexual issues is still influenced by the majority religion (Islam) and the local cultural norms. The portals also differ from one another concerning the way they depict the issue although showing similar resentment towards homosexuality.

A Search for Solutions

Worldview ◽  
1958 ◽  
Vol 1 (12) ◽  
pp. 8-9
Author(s):  
Arthur Moore
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Change ◽  
World Order ◽  
Churches Of Christ ◽  
Nuclear Space ◽  
National Council ◽  
Power Struggle ◽  
Rapid Social Change ◽  
Space Age ◽  
Cleveland Ohio

The far-from-new observation that conferences look remarkably different from the inside and from the outside was strongly reinforced in the minds of delegates to the Fifth World Order Study Conference held in Cleveland, Ohio, November 18-21, under the sponsorship of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. The six hundred delegates, consultants, and observers spent four days arguing a variety of subjects bearing such resounding names as “The Power Struggle and Security in a Nuclear-Space Age,” “Changing Conditions of Human Rights,” and “Overseas Areas of Rapid Social Change.“

scholarly journals Gender-based violence ignites the re-emergence of public opinion on the exercise of judicial authority

De Jure ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nomthandazo Ntlama
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
The Public ◽  
Judicial Authority ◽  
The Law ◽  
Gender Based

South Africa is highly celebrated for its commitment to the promotion of human rights. This has also fostered "rights consciousness" among the citizenry which has become of essence for the advancement of the rights of women who had long been in the "legal cold". However, the significance of the "rights concepts" is marred by the extreme levels of gender-based violence against women. The effect of crimes suffered by women raises questions about South Africa's post-apartheid system of governance and the promotion of the rule of law, which is founded on human rights. With South Africa's history, it is assumed that law has the potential to transform societies in ensuring the fulfilment of rights as envisaged in many national, regional and international instruments. Against this background, this paper focuses on the recent shocking wave of the extreme levels of gender-based violence against women experienced in South Africa with the resultant consequence of the agitation of the public on the independence of the judiciary. Whilst it acknowledges the limitations of the law and the challenges faced by women, it argues against public opinion that seem to wither the democratic character of the state relating to the functioning of the judiciary. It also argues that public opinion waters down the assumption about the capacity of the law in generating social change. In addition, the confidence in the judiciary cannot be replaced by invidious philosophies that appear to compromise the independence of the judiciary as envisaged in the doctrine of separation of powers. The argument advanced herein is limited to the rationality of the calls by further raising a question whether safeguarding independence and impartiality of the judiciary should be outweighed by public outrage on gender-based violence. It also does not profess to provide an expert analysis of the interrelationship between law and social change because of the complexities that exists between these areas. Overall, the paper acknowledges and shares the concerns by the public on the elimination of gender-based violence; however, it refuses the indirect consequence of public opinion on the trampling of judicial authority.

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