In December 7th 2007, a ship crashed out on the sea and released tons of oil on the west coast of South Korea. According to the experts, at least about 10 years was going to take for the environment to recover from the oil spill. However, after only 7 months being passed since the oil spill, the current state of Taeahn is getting much better. A program called “7 Months of Miracle, Revived Sea” on KBS has interviewed the people living on the Taeahn coast as well as examining the environmental issues around the coast.
As all know, oil is not a beneficial substance for most of the living organisms. Right after the oil spill, when the sea was covered black on the surface, most of the oceanic lives, including fishes, crabs, snails, etc., died out due to the suffocation. Birds were another victims of the oil spill because they suddenly lost food resources and lost ability to fly due to the oil stuck on their feathers and wings. According to this program, about 1 million 200 thousand of volunteers came every day to clean up the oil spill in order to revive the sea. Thanks to all of the volunteers, the environment was recovering from the oil spill. The oil on the surface was now totally gone and even some marine organisms were starting to emerge. Even though they are not big as they once have been, small crabs and snails were growing on the coast.
However, the volunteers still couldn’t get rid of the stereotypes established on people’s minds. According to the people living on Taeahn coast, the income has cut down to 1/10 compared to the last year. Even though summer is supposed to be their best time of the year, only their anxieties are growing larger.
The author’s intention of this program was probably to inform the audience about the current state of Taeahn Coast and the citizen’s feelings. Hopefully, more people would visit Taeahn Coast after watching this program. However, even though many people will watch the program since it's on KBS, which is one of the most famous and popular broadcasting stations in Korea, the impact of this program on people will be limited. The program may make the audience to sympathize the citizens on the Taeahn coast, but may not make them to visit the Taeahn coast. The program focused mostly on how the citizens are struggling from the oil spill, not on the scientific proofs of how much the coast has recovered. Assuming this focus of the program, the intention was to simply inform the audience and make them sympathize the citizens.
URL:http://www.kbs.co.kr/1tv/sisa/3days/vod/1540222_22093.html
As all know, oil is not a beneficial substance for most of the living organisms. Right after the oil spill, when the sea was covered black on the surface, most of the oceanic lives, including fishes, crabs, snails, etc., died out due to the suffocation. Birds were another victims of the oil spill because they suddenly lost food resources and lost ability to fly due to the oil stuck on their feathers and wings. According to this program, about 1 million 200 thousand of volunteers came every day to clean up the oil spill in order to revive the sea. Thanks to all of the volunteers, the environment was recovering from the oil spill. The oil on the surface was now totally gone and even some marine organisms were starting to emerge. Even though they are not big as they once have been, small crabs and snails were growing on the coast.
However, the volunteers still couldn’t get rid of the stereotypes established on people’s minds. According to the people living on Taeahn coast, the income has cut down to 1/10 compared to the last year. Even though summer is supposed to be their best time of the year, only their anxieties are growing larger.
The author’s intention of this program was probably to inform the audience about the current state of Taeahn Coast and the citizen’s feelings. Hopefully, more people would visit Taeahn Coast after watching this program. However, even though many people will watch the program since it's on KBS, which is one of the most famous and popular broadcasting stations in Korea, the impact of this program on people will be limited. The program may make the audience to sympathize the citizens on the Taeahn coast, but may not make them to visit the Taeahn coast. The program focused mostly on how the citizens are struggling from the oil spill, not on the scientific proofs of how much the coast has recovered. Assuming this focus of the program, the intention was to simply inform the audience and make them sympathize the citizens.
URL:http://www.kbs.co.kr/1tv/sisa/3days/vod/1540222_22093.html
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