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A Study on Publicness Perception Types using Q Methodology

  • Korean Society and Public Administration
  • Abbr : KSPA
  • 2018, 29(1), pp.1-21
  • Publisher : Seoul Association For Public Administration
  • Research Area : Social Science > Public Administration

Sun Kyung, Kim 1 박정민 1

1충남대학교

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ABSTRACT

It is assumed that publicness can be diversified as a value related to the direction and goal of society and reflects the value of its members. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze the subjective perception of publicness based on this premise and to classify it. To this end, this study applied Q methodology which is used as a useful method to find out cognitive characteristics according to the internal criteria of individuals. As a result of the study, the perception of publicness was divided into five types. Type Ⅰ is open condition-oriented type, Type Ⅱ is critical communication-oriented type, Type Ⅲ is distribution value-oriented type, Type Ⅳ is diversity recognition-oriented type, and Type Ⅴ is instrumental discussion-oriented type. Meanwhile, the consensus among these types was that ‘It is not necessarily worthwhile to be done by an authorized subject’, 'publicness does not necessarily correspond to social consensus', and 'it is not against private'. The results of this study found that there is a wide variety of perceptions about publicness, and it is necessary to focus on the direction of open condition(Type Ⅰ) and critical communication-orientation(Type Ⅱ) with high factor weight. This study is expected to provide the basis of publicness research for the realization of socially oriented values ​​in the future.

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