[New Release] Chain of Light · Media Controversy in the OTT Era

This is the first poetry collection by poet Jeon Su-o, who won the New Poet Award in the poetry category of 'Literary Thought' in 2018.

Jeon Su-o's perspective on the world resembles the senses of a bird. He previously worked as an installation artist. At that time, he said, "My works were birds that flew in an unexpected direction, transcending a world ruined both materially and spiritually." Birds possess a sense that precisely captures small beings scattered everywhere, from tiny cracks to vast lands. With such a bird's sense, the poet looks into the virtual worlds recreated by human imagination and the ruins of reality. Observing virtual worlds meticulously imitated from the universe, nature, and even humans as their designers, he raises questions about the ruins of reality that are spreading beyond control. Like chatbots that create their own answers (Hello, Loren) and plants in games that question the order of the world (Gardening Game), the poet discovers and shows us that the creatures created by humans already possess souls.

Although it is difficult for any human to escape anthropocentric thinking, Jeon Su-o's poetic imagination, where virtual and real worlds intermingle, lightly transcends such cognitive limits and confronts us with places and beings we have not perceived. Literary critic So Yujeong commented that while humans recklessly chase the bright light of civilization and turn the world into ruins, there were beings who were the first to be crushed and forgotten, and Jeon Su-o's poetry is the 'backyard of the world' where these beings gather and live.

Chain of Light | Written by Jeon Su-o | Minumsa | 152 pages | 12,000 KRW

As online video services (OTT) such as Netflix, Disney Plus, and TVING gain attention as new content platforms, the media market is rapidly changing. Amid the turbulent flow of the media market, we examine the past and present of the Korean media market and explore the future direction of the content media industry.

The author joined Korea Telecom (now KT) in 1992 and served as CEO of KT Linkus. After KT merged with KTF in June 2009, he was in charge of wired products. At that time, the Internet TV (IPTV) business was beginning to take off, and the author directly experienced the upheaval of the media market. He emphasizes that in the media competition of the OTT era, the resource of 'human attention' is becoming increasingly scarce, and victory ultimately belongs to those who best satisfy customer desires. From the perspective of a telecommunications operator, the book helps readers broadly understand the interrelations and interactions among various media in the content media market.

Media Competition in the OTT Era | Written by Kim Dong-sik | Hanul Academy | 328 pages | 29,000 KRW

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