신고리 5･6호기 공론화 과정의 사회적 이슈 분석: 토픽모델링을 활용한 언론보도 분석

초록

Recently, the participation of citizens through public consultation at the level of local government as well as the central government has been spreading. Despite the high interest in public consultation, only a few studies have examined how social issues and discussions on the policy issues are changed through the public consultation. This study analyzed changes in the topics of social discussions in the process of public consultation using topic-modeling analysis of newspaper articles related to Shin-Gori nuclear plant. For this, it analyzed newspaper articles reported before, during, and after the public consultation, respectively. Before public consultation, it was found that the process of selecting agenda, composition of the committee, and the process were identified as primary topics. During the public consultation, deliberation, neutrality, and fairness were drawn as major topic. Finally, In the post public consultation phase, the acceptance of decisions and the nature of public consultation were derived as the main topics. Drawing on these findings, this study suggested important implications for the improvement of public consultation.

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