The goal of this paper is to find the relationship between the readers in early modern era and the modern media. There were lots of readers in Chosun when the modern readers were brought into existence. Since people who were commoners by birth grew up, they had become the readers of novels. However, they were not to be able to read novels themselves, but to be able to listen and understand by professional readers. The readers in Chosun had been revealed themselves before the modern media turned up.
The newspaper, 〈Manse-bo〉 was very public media. It had published a public attraction, serial novels that was very popular. The newspaper, 〈Manse-bo〉 was where the modern readers were showed. The modern media, for example, newspaper, magazine, and so on, had strategy to lead readers of modern newspapers into temptation. Novels were associated with the policy of the newspaper, 〈Manse-bo〉. The readers had started to read novels in the newspaper, and they had been talking about novels in the newspaper. “Reading readers” had turned “writing reader”.
By the way 〈Pyunpyungidam; such as 〈readers’ storytelling〉〉 was used to bring newspaper-readers over to 〈Korea daily news〉. At the first place, 〈Pyunpyungidam〉 was where readers summarized old stories and contributed them to the newpaper 〈Korea daily news〉. By the way, since Feb 19th in 1908, they had advertised 〈Pyunpyungidam〉 extensively. Namely all of contributors as readers must write in their names and addresses. They had warned several times if readers had contributed same stories, they would not have publish their stories. It was very important point. It was very first time when a modern concept, copyright was appeared in Chosun.
At the first time, Modern readers were to imitate the text in the newspaper. The next, they were to talk novels each other. Thereafter they wrote the text again, added to story and wrote the new story. In conclusion, “listening readers” turned to be “reading readers”, and “reading readers” turned to be “writing reader”. It is the modern readers that appeared at modern era, Chosun. Therefore 〈Manse-bo〉 was a very important place where modern readers could have a new birth in Chosun.
Therefore Lee In-jik’s novels, Tears on Blood and the Sound of Ghost were very first the serial story in a newspaper. At the same time they were very first popular novels. It is very important to describe the mass culture and the popular novels in modern Literature.