This thesis explores national and international news reporting of a major controversial news story – the sinking of South Korean corvette, Cheonan in March 2010. The thesis draws upon a comparative analysis of major news coverage pertaining to the incident with a sample of US/UK and South Korean media (AP, CNN, The New York Times, BBC, The Guardian, Yonhap,The Hankyoreh Shinmun, The DongA Ilbo). In addition 18 semi-structured interviews with foreign correspondents and Korean journalists were conducted in order to explore news gathering practices concerning the incident and to investigate factors that influence news production. There has been a growing debate that a paradigm shift in journalism theory is necessary in the post-Cold War era. This study examines how a new paradigm shift might be applicable in the case of North Korea. This study also addresses international news flow and explores the propaganda model by Herman and Chomsky (2002) in light of media influence in foreign policy. Specifically, this study attempts to investigate the applicability of some filters in the propaganda model in the context of the North and South Korea’s conflict coverage, concentrating on the use of news sources and the impact of new media on journalism practices. This is contextualised by addressing journalistic challenges of covering South and North Korean conflicts. Key findings are that the dominant news frames identified were conflict frames in international news media and human interest frame in national news respectively. The primary factor that influenced journalism practices at a national and an international level include a journalist’s ideology - one of the most significant factors in news framing. Moreover, a routinized journalism practice, and inaccessibility to North Korea that entailed limited news sources also influenced the ways in which news relating to the Cheonan incident was reported. Some filters of the propaganda model, which are routinized news sources relying on officials and ideological convergence such as anti-communism were operationalised in the case of the Cheonan. The international news agencies also played a pivotal role as primary definer and seemed to influence national and international mainstream media. Correspondents perceived that the Korean news media’s ideological cleavage hampered Korean social integration. On a global scale, South Korea’s security is under the influence of geopolitical power control with peripheral countries. Given the impact of newsmaking on society and policy making, this study highlights that investigative journalism practices based on gathering ‘facts’ and the personal ethics of journalists themselves are indispensable.

O processo de abertura da economia brasileira, intensificando nos anos 90, e a relativa estabilidade monetária conquistada com o Plano Real (1994), propiciaram reestruturações em grande parte do tecido industrial brasileiro e, conseqüentemente, em seus padrões de produtividade e competitividade. A cadeia automotiva instalada no Brasil é uma referência neste contexto. Este trabalho tem como objetivo analisar os efeitos da política industrial implementada pelo estado sobre o processo de reestruturação produtiva da cadeia automotiva nacional, a partir do conhecimento disponível sobre esse processo, ocorrido durante o período que se inicia nos anos 90 (com a intensificação da abertura econômica) e segue até o final do ano de 2003. O presente trabalho analisa quais foram os instrumentos de política industrial utilizados pelo estado ao longo do período e se tais instrumentos geraram ganhos ou perdas no que se refere ao aumento da eficiência e eficácia econômica e produtiva na cadeia automotiva nacional. / The opening process of brazilian economy, intensified in 1990\'s, and the monetary stability achieved with the Plano Real (1994), originated a new framing in a large part of brazilian industrial body and, consequently in their pattern of productivity and competitive ways. The automotive chain installed in Brazil is a reference in this context. This work deals with the analysis of the effects of industrial policy put in practice by the state in the process of creation of a new framing in the brazilian automotive chain, using the knowledge available about this process, occurred from the beginning of 90\'s until the last days of 2003. This work analysis the tools of industrial policy used by the brazilian government throughout this period and if these tools generated gain or damage about the increase of economic and productive efficiency and efficacy of the automotive chain in Brazil.

O processo de abertura da economia brasileira, intensificando nos anos 90, e a relativa estabilidade monetária conquistada com o Plano Real (1994), propiciaram reestruturações em grande parte do tecido industrial brasileiro e, conseqüentemente, em seus padrões de produtividade e competitividade. A cadeia automotiva instalada no Brasil é uma referência neste contexto. Este trabalho tem como objetivo analisar os efeitos da política industrial implementada pelo estado sobre o processo de reestruturação produtiva da cadeia automotiva nacional, a partir do conhecimento disponível sobre esse processo, ocorrido durante o período que se inicia nos anos 90 (com a intensificação da abertura econômica) e segue até o final do ano de 2003. O presente trabalho analisa quais foram os instrumentos de política industrial utilizados pelo estado ao longo do período e se tais instrumentos geraram ganhos ou perdas no que se refere ao aumento da eficiência e eficácia econômica e produtiva na cadeia automotiva nacional. / The opening process of brazilian economy, intensified in 1990\'s, and the monetary stability achieved with the Plano Real (1994), originated a new framing in a large part of brazilian industrial body and, consequently in their pattern of productivity and competitive ways. The automotive chain installed in Brazil is a reference in this context. This work deals with the analysis of the effects of industrial policy put in practice by the state in the process of creation of a new framing in the brazilian automotive chain, using the knowledge available about this process, occurred from the beginning of 90\'s until the last days of 2003. This work analysis the tools of industrial policy used by the brazilian government throughout this period and if these tools generated gain or damage about the increase of economic and productive efficiency and efficacy of the automotive chain in Brazil.