Korean coverage of protests using new media tools
2008/06/11 11:30Telecoms Korea has an interesting article that looks at all the tools that Koreans are using in their protest against the Korean government:
Protesters equipped with laptops and videos cameras have been often witnessed during the rallies over a month. Some of them even donning headsets with microphones to anchor their coverage.
They sometimes work in teams of two to four, allotting each other different tasks; one in charge of gaining footage, the other sending it out via the internet.
What has made the live broadcasting easier is WiBro, a wireless broadband Internet technology being developed by the telecoms industry in Korea, one of the world's most wired nations where more than three-quarters of homes have high-speed Internet access.
The Korea Times looks at sites like OhMyNews which is receiving record traffic for their live video coverage of the protests.
One of the citizen journalists was quoted by Yonhap News about how he got involved in covering the protests:
Amid growing concerns of violence, new trends have emerged on the streets to better connect with the general public. Jang Yo-han, 24, was one of new tech-savvy young Koreans who broadcast the rallies live with a Web cam and a laptop.
"Initially, I was just one of the participants," he said, holding a notebook and sporting an earphone and a microphone.
"Many journalists were there, but they did not report things that I thought were very important. Scenes like police firing water cannons and wielding shields did not make it onto TV," he said, adding that just nine days after his broadcast started at www.afreeca.com, he gets about 2,000 visitors daily.
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