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Editorial
Keepthe Silence or You will
be Attacked
ESTABLISHED1954
Publishedmonthlyexcepttheschoolholidaysbyand
A
ldous Huxley, the author of “Brave New World” published in
for students of Hankuk University of Foreign
1932, feared that one day we would be bombarded with so much
Studies, TheArgus, the oldest campus English
informationthatwewouldbereducedtopassivityandegotism.And
newspaperinKorea,pursuesthehigheststandardof
thesedays,itseemsthathewasright.Peoplecannotsaywhattheybelievetobe
campusjournalismandacademism.
rightbecauseoftheirfearofotherpeople’sresponses.
There is a theory known as the “Spiral of Silence Theory.” According to
PresidentandPublisher
Dr.KimIn-chul
this,itispossibleforoneopiniontobecomedominantandsilencepeoplewith
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dissentingorminorityopinionsoutoffearofbeingostracized.Inotherwords,
ExecutiveEditor
Prof.KimIn-chon
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theminorityjustgoesalongwiththemajoritywithoutvoicinganycriticism.
It is notable that the theory can be seen in cyber space, including Social
Editor-in-Chief
KimMin-jeong(H-3)
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NetworkingServices(SNS).Forinstance,wecanfindamongthepublictotally
EditorialConsultants
ChaEon-jo(EIT2-4)
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different views on the same issue following one person’s posted opinion. The
Internet era and the anonymity it offers had the potential to fix the problem
JoHe-rim(ELG-4)
of silence, but it did not. It should have been another public sphere filled with
AssociateEditor
ParkJi-yeon(DIS-3)
heated controversies, but people started to accept others’ statements as truth
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judging by the number of “Likes” and comments posted on SNS sites. As a
JuniorReporters
LeeYu-jin(SS-1)
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result,peoplehavebecomepassiveinaseaofinformation.
Then how can we reduce people’s silence in both reality and the virtual
CopyReaders
Prof.BrandonWalcutt
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world?Fearofisolationisthenumberonereasonpeopleavoidexpressingtheir
Prof.MerrileeBrinegar
ownopinions,sowecanstartbyprovidingpeoplewithminorityopinionswith
variousopportunitiestovoicetheiropinionsandbymakingthemfeelliketheir
Prof.MichaelHeinz
opinionsmatter.
The role of journalism is increasingly more important. Journalism should
make people recognize that they have the right to express non-normative
opinions without the fear of vicious or hateful reprisal from others. Based
on a precise public-opinion poll, this should induce people to broaden their
discussions.
SNS is not an alternative discussion platform anymore. It has created more
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confusion just like Huxley foretold. Still, there is an incalculable amount of
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people can talk, maybe there can just be people with opinions instead of
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Editor-in-Chief

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