2-(2) Ahn, from a mentor of 2030 to influential ‘Politainer’
Ahn has been recognized by public as a mentor of 2030 for a long time. It was because of his successful life as a CEO of Ahnlab and social donator. He was originally a doctor. However, he created a vaccine program against computer viruses during his work. After that he gave up his life as a doctor to focus more on making vaccines, though doctor is one of the best jobs in Korea. He built a computer vaccine company named Ahnlab. He not only contributed a lot to his company but also tried to keep his business principles. Even he did not sold Ahnlab to a huge company in California to protect their officers but shared its stocks with them. Therefore, people in their 20s and 30s recognized …show more content…
There were 10 images framed by media on him: 1) A man of virtue, 2) A total stranger, 3) Trustable or not, 4) A man with snobbish attitude, 5) Ideologist, 6) Leader, 7) Capable or not, 8) A man of populism, 9) Political judge, 10) Mysticism. (Lim, 2012). Although there existed some ideological differences in choosing frames, media of both sides mostly chose 3) Trustable or not, 7) Capable or not, 9) Political judge in common. Taking it to account that candidate’s credibility and capacity are always mentioned in election times, we can realize that discussion on his role as a political judge was …show more content…
Then, why is it too hard for other small parties to be an influential third party, though voters desperately need it? There are many small parties such as Green Party, Justice Party and Labor Party in Korea, but only Justice Party got into National Assembly with 5 seats. (National Assembly, 2015) There are basically 2 reasons. To begin with, they failed to build a strong image. Most of the small parties do not have any strong leadership. Especially in case of Green Party, it emphasizes grassroots democracy starting from rank-and-file members. “Party is an organization to a purpose, so it is important how it is understood by public and rank-and-file members. However, the Green Party did not give such margins in the general election.” (Ha, 2012) Even some parties did wrong image-making strategy. The United Progressive Party is a good example of this. Their color was too red to be misunderstood by public as a supporter of North Korea and finally was dispersed by law. Moreover, they do inevitably have small supporter base. It is mainly because they do not have any regional supporter base. Most of them were created in 2000s, after two major parties stabilized their regional bases. In fact, Labor Party was founded in 1998, taking account of their several name changes. Justice Party and Green Party were created in 2012. They tend to focus on specific issues, while two major parties seem to be catch-all
Ahn has been recognized by public as a mentor of 2030 for a long time. It was because of his successful life as a CEO of Ahnlab and social donator. He was originally a doctor. However, he created a vaccine program against computer viruses during his work. After that he gave up his life as a doctor to focus more on making vaccines, though doctor is one of the best jobs in Korea. He built a computer vaccine company named Ahnlab. He not only contributed a lot to his company but also tried to keep his business principles. Even he did not sold Ahnlab to a huge company in California to protect their officers but shared its stocks with them. Therefore, people in their 20s and 30s recognized …show more content…
There were 10 images framed by media on him: 1) A man of virtue, 2) A total stranger, 3) Trustable or not, 4) A man with snobbish attitude, 5) Ideologist, 6) Leader, 7) Capable or not, 8) A man of populism, 9) Political judge, 10) Mysticism. (Lim, 2012). Although there existed some ideological differences in choosing frames, media of both sides mostly chose 3) Trustable or not, 7) Capable or not, 9) Political judge in common. Taking it to account that candidate’s credibility and capacity are always mentioned in election times, we can realize that discussion on his role as a political judge was …show more content…
Then, why is it too hard for other small parties to be an influential third party, though voters desperately need it? There are many small parties such as Green Party, Justice Party and Labor Party in Korea, but only Justice Party got into National Assembly with 5 seats. (National Assembly, 2015) There are basically 2 reasons. To begin with, they failed to build a strong image. Most of the small parties do not have any strong leadership. Especially in case of Green Party, it emphasizes grassroots democracy starting from rank-and-file members. “Party is an organization to a purpose, so it is important how it is understood by public and rank-and-file members. However, the Green Party did not give such margins in the general election.” (Ha, 2012) Even some parties did wrong image-making strategy. The United Progressive Party is a good example of this. Their color was too red to be misunderstood by public as a supporter of North Korea and finally was dispersed by law. Moreover, they do inevitably have small supporter base. It is mainly because they do not have any regional supporter base. Most of them were created in 2000s, after two major parties stabilized their regional bases. In fact, Labor Party was founded in 1998, taking account of their several name changes. Justice Party and Green Party were created in 2012. They tend to focus on specific issues, while two major parties seem to be catch-all