John Lie, What is the K in K-pop? South Korean Popular Music, the Culture Industry, and National Identity
This article focuses on the source of K-pop’s commercial success and the meaning of that success for South Korean society and culture.
It links Korean…
Cho Hae-Joang, Reading the ‘Korean Wave’ as a Sign of Global Shift
This article uses discourse analysis of newspaper and magazine articles during 2001 as well as fieldwork to reveal how the Korean Wave allowed Koreans…