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Abstract

This research aims to reveal Korean’s perspectives on plastic surgery practices through a corpus-based text analysis of Korean online newspapers. The research used quantitative and qualitative methods to observe keywords, significant collocates, and semantic preference. The data used were 106 opinion articles about plastic surgery in Chosun Ilbo and Donga Ilbo (2010–2019). Keyword analysis shows that the most frequently used keywords are seonghyeong (189 times) and seonghyeongsusul (116 times). Analysis of significant collocates and semantic preferences revealed that plastic surgery was frequently discussed in relation to body parts, people (collocate yeoseong (women), junggukin (Chinese), hwanja (patient), gwangganggek (tourist)), country (collocate jungguk (China), hangguk (Korea)), intensity (gwadohan (excessive)), and effect (phihae (loss)), and others. Plastic surgery clinics are frequently addressed in terms of location (collocate Gangnam, Seoul), intensity (collocate daehyong (big scale)), and others. Based on the findings of this study, plastic surgery is primarily performed on local women and international patients, particularly Chinese tourists. Plastic surgery is also perceived as having a negative impact, being overdone, and causing numerous difficulties. Plastic surgery performed on foreign patients is considered as beneficial to Korean economic progress, but it should not be performed on Koreans.

Bahasa Abstract

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengungkap pandangan masyarakat Korea terhadap praktik bedah plastik melalui analisis teks berbasis korpus pada surat kabar online Korea. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kuantitatif dan kualitatif untuk mengamati kata kunci, kolokat signifikan, dan preferensi semantik. Data yang digunakan adalah 106 artikel opini tentang bedah plastik dari Chosun Ilbo dan Donga Ilbo (2010–2019). Analisis kata kunci menunjukkan bahwa kata yang paling sering digunakan adalah seonghyeong (189 kali) dan seonghyeongsusul (116 kali). Analisis kolokat signifikan dan preferensi semantik mengungkapkan bahwa bedah plastik sering dibahas dalam kaitannya dengan bagian tubuh, orang (kolokat yeoseong (wanita), junggukin (orang Cina), hwanja (pasien), gwangganggek (turis)), negara (kolokat jungguk(Cina), hangguk (Korea)), intensitas (gwadohan (berlebihan)), dan efek (phihae (kerugian)), serta lainnya. Klinik bedah plastik sering dibahas dalam hal lokasi (kolokat Gangnam, Seoul), intensitas (kolokat daehyong (skala besar)), dan lainnya. Berdasarkan temuan penelitian ini, bedah plastik terutama dilakukan pada wanita lokal dan pasien internasional, terutama turis Cina. Bedah plastik juga dipandang memiliki dampak negatif, dianggap berlebihan, dan menyebabkan berbagai kesulitan. Bedah plastik yang dilakukan pada pasien asing dianggap bermanfaat bagi kemajuan ekonomi Korea, tetapi seharusnya tidak dilakukan pada warga Korea.

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