Content Analysis of Consumer Safety Problem through the Korean Mass Media

한국 대중매체에 나타난 소비자안전문제의 내용분석-1991년부터 1993년까지의 신문과 소비자전문지를 중심으로-

The purpose of this study is to investigate the consumer safety problems appeared in the Korean mass media-the newspaper(the Kong-A Ilbo and the Chosun Ilbo) and the consumer magazines(the Sobija-Sidae and the Sobija) from 1991 to 1993. I use the content analysis of the articles related with consumer safety through the above mass media. The results are (1) the goods-services areas that are severe in the consumer safety problem are food, environment, medicine, electric appliances, services(restaurant, medical service), and etc. (2) the most important problem areas are Toxic ingredients(remaining agricultural chemicals and heavy metal), Food additionals, Sanitary problem, Hygiene products hazard, Safety accident, Environmental pollution, etc. (3) the goods-service area and the consumer safety problem are different according to the publication year and the mass media type.