South Korea: more media & tech trends to watch

The first country to bring us online citizen-journalism via OhMyNews is showing how this new medium is changing the shape of ALL news media.  As James Borton writes in the Asia Times: " The emergence of citizen reporters is succeeding in breaking down the monopoly of information control and ownership by conservative economic media elites. Now mainstream news outlets are even adopting more interactive features in their online versions."  The emergence of OhMyNews has now prompted calls for new media reform legislation, which, according to Borton would include:

Limit the total market share of the three major dailies to 60% and any paper would be barred from holding more than 30% of the entire market; advertising would be limited to no more than 50% of a newspaper

Provide redress for those harmed by inaccurate and damaging media reporting.

Amend the broadcast law to provide for more diversity of views.

I'm not exactly sure what #2 would entail... sounds like lawsuit hell... but #1 and #3 seem to reflect a public demand for greater diversity of views in the national print and TV media - a demand that has been proven and legitimized by the popularity of OhMyNews.

In another interesting development from the world's most connected country, a new study indicates that E-mail is already on its way to extinction among South Korean young people, who consider it to be oh-so- unhip and stone-age....