Abstract
Objectives This study examined the trends of media articles on lifelong education during the 4th Master Plan for Lifelong Education Promotion to find out what kind of discourse domestic lifelong education actually forms in the field. To this end.
 Methods To this end, 232 articles were collected and analyzed using Big Kines, a news big data analysis system. Textom was used for data analysis, and text mining and topic modeling were performed.
 Results As a result of topic modeling analysis, a total of five topics were derived: ‘Lifelong education in universities’, ‘Community lifelong education for the Disabled’, ‘To prepare for middle-aged retirement and expand opportunities to supplement the educational background of old age, ‘Innovation in the way of lifelong education’, and ‘Systematic management of lifelong education’.
 Conclusions when analyzing media articles and looking at the contents of articles excluded from the study, lifelong education or lifelong learning tended to be simply used as a good modifier for policies or projects. Recognizing lifelong education as a positive image is a good phenomenon, but reckless misuse should be wary in order for the nature and value of lifelong education to spread correctly in the future. It also suggested the necessity of lifelong education policies and projects for young people in the future.
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