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Obituaries are not only mere a reporting system informing anyone’s death, but also the symbolic system that is both reflecting and constructing the power relationships in society. Based on the argumentation, we conducted content analysis of obituaries of a Korean newspaper, Joongang Ilbo, called 〈Li...

Obituaries are not only mere a reporting system informing anyone’s death, but also the symbolic system that is both reflecting and constructing the power relationships in society. Based on the argumentation, we conducted content analysis of obituaries of a Korean newspaper, Joongang Ilbo, called 〈Life and Memory〉. In particular, we have observed distributions of the departed’s gender, social value, and social status appeared in obituaries. The results show that obituaries are inclined to report the death of male and power elite who had particular jobs, birthplaces, and top-notch colleges more frequently. Also obituaries are found to lean toward to more focus on the individual achievement than contribution to society of the deceased. The findings indicate that obituary is a product manufactured by power relationships in a given society rather be limited to the pure reporting of anyone’s death to general public. The implications are discussed and directions for future research are suggested.

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