Korean Wave Popular Culture in Asia
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Korean Wave Popular Culture in Asia
Rapid technological development and the higher growth processes in the late century have led to resulted into faster growth of the global media culture. The quick expansion of the Korean media culture has led to the exportation of its reach culture hence the creation of worldwide attention and popularity. The culture is an official national policy and is being supported by both the government and the entrepreneurs. The Korean culture is well known even to the non-Korean countries leading to the Korean wave. The Korean wave mostly the K-pop which is common among the digital youths of the United States has been studied to show the advancement of the Korean wave in the Western countries most precisely the United States. The use of reversed media ethnography approach examines the various aspects of the Korean Wave through the media transition in the United States(kuwahara, 2014).
The work will provide an in-depth exploration of the Korean sift power ecology by studying the unforeseen discoveries through conceptualizing, the recurring patterns in the media soft power. The study explores how the Korean Wave has been received by the American audience without imperialism while reconfiguring the global recognition of identities. The work will also look at the hybrid nature of the transnational media culture with respect to the Korean Wave on the Soft media power. The work looks at the background of the pop culture and the soft power of the Korean pop culture. How the public receives the Korean pop culture and the real life media experiences with the Jung’s XXXX.
XXX soft XXXXX XX XXX Korean XXX culture refers XX the strengths of Korea in XXXXXXXXXXXXX relations XXXX add XX XXX county’s XXXXXXX XXX military basing XX the XXXXXXX, values, XXXXX XXX XXXXXX XXXXXXX support. South Korea has XXXX the rise XX XXXXXXXXX XXX popular XXXXXXX since the turn XX XXX XXst XXXXXXX. This has been XXXXXXX XXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX whish XXX XXXXXX XXX burgeoning XXXXX of the XXXXXXX’s XXXXXXX.
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The XXXXXX XXXX XXX XXXXXXXXXX XXX soft media XXXXXXX XXX the term Hallyu XX currently commonly being used in reference XX XXX popular Korean entertainment and culture across the world. XXX XXXX XXX led XX XXXXXXXX boost in XXXXX with XX.3 US $ XXXXX in XXXX. XXX Korean Wave is mainly exported XXXXXXX the culture XX pop, dramas, XXXXX, XXXXXXXXXXXXXX, XXX XX movies. XXX XXXXXXXXX of XXX XXXXXX wave XXX seen XXX expansion XX the XXXXXXXXXXX culture, XXXX, language leading to XXXXXXXXXXX with XXX X-XXX providing support to the Korean XXXXXXXXXX and XXXXXXXXXXXXX. XXX XXX culture XX XXX XXXXXX wave has XXXX XXXXXX out XX the young digital XXXXXXXXXX(Kim, 2013).
Through the soft XXXXX, XXX behaviour’s XX XXXXXXXXXXX XXX be XXXXXXXXXX XX obtain the XXXXXXXX of what one XXXXX XXXXXXX attraction XXXXXXX XX XXXXXXXX. XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX popularity, an attention XX created XXXXXXX XX the influence XX XXX co-XXXXXXXXX power XXXX influences the shaping of XXXX others want XXXXXXX XXX soft XXXXX XXXXXXXXX. XXX popular culture XX XXX XXXXXX Wave carries XXXXXXXXXX XXX messages in XXX pop XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX which in turn shapes people’s XXXXX through their identities XXXX the XXXXXXX.
Through the development of XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX and XXXXXX video XXXXXXXXX, XXX Korean XXXX has XXXX successful XXXXXXXX the XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX to XXXX overseas audience. XXXXXXX steaming XXXXXXXX, XXX Korean XXXXXX XXXX been widely XXXXXXXXX mostly with subtitles in XXXXXXXXX languages. The XXXXX has XXXXXXX XXXX Korean XXXXXX with most having great impacts XX other countries XXXX the attentions XXXXXX for XXX XXXXXXXX XXXX, the XXXXXX XXX XXX cultures employed. XXX XXXXXX media XXX facilitated the XXXXXXXXX, distribution and the increased consumption XX XXX different forms of the Korean entertainment. XX specificity, the k-XXX has been a XXX XXXXXXXXXXX in the world popularity dating back to the early XXXXX. The Korean XXXX XXX XXX XXXXXXX XX the XXXXXXXXXXXX cultures in XXX XXXXX XXXXXXXX, XXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX, the XXXX industry XXX XX XXXXX affects the XXXXX’s behavioural aspects. Having been XXXXXX to be more than just a XXX culture, XXX XXXXXX XXXX phenomenon has XXXXXXXXXX into XXX world politics and XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX.
XXXXXXXXX of the Korean Culture from XXX general XXXXXX
The XXXXXXX includes XXX X-pop, k-XXXXX, k-XXXXX, k-XXXXXXXXX and XXX XXXXXX foods XXXXX are all XXXXXXXXXX XXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXX creating XXX uniqueness XX the Korean XXXX in the United States. The XXXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXX XX XXX Korean politics, policies XXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX primarily from XXXXXX of reception XXXX XXX fans locality. The XXXXXXXXX XXXXXX look for XXX XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXXX XXX even XXX straight XXXXXXX decisions XXXXXXX by XXX X-XXXX. XXX fans XXXX it XXXXXXXXXXX to XXXXXX XX them due to their XXXXXXXXX and XXX XXX to XXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXX so called ‘’ too feminine’’ Asian guys being XXXXXXXXXX. The locality of the American XXXXXXXX XXX XXXX XXX been met XX XXX XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX of the Korean XXXX making the fans to XXXXXXXXXXXX negotiate XXXXX cultural XXXXXXXXXX(XXXX XXXX Chua, 2008)
XXX XXXXXXX people in XXX United XXXXXX mostly XXXX XX k-pop XXXX in the XX XXXX XXXXXXXXXXX polycentric societies of the X-Pop XXXXXX. The American XXXX XXXXXXXXX with Korean culture XXXX XXXXXXXX and XXXXXXXXXXX XXX XXXXXXX multicultural XXXXXXX cultural infringements. XXX XXXXXX culture has Christianity XX XXX XXXXXXX religion which XXXXX them staying away from XXX XXX move XXXXXXX peace. XXX Korean Wave XXXXXXXXX breaking XXXXXXXXXXX mostly XXXXXXX XXX Asians and XX XXXXXXXX. The Korean Wave XXXXX XXXXXXX XXXX indicating that it is not XXXX the XXXXX people in XXX XXXX. The Korean waves XXXXXX XXXXXXXX XX XXXX XXXXXXXXXXX the XXXXXXX normally have XXXXXXX XXX-Koreans. XXX Wave XXXX XXXXXX that diversity is created in XXXXX(Jung, 2017).
XXXX’s idea with explanations and XXXXXXXX
Jung idea explains XXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX in XXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX that exist XXXXXXX countries XXX XXXXXXXXXXX XX technologies XXXX signalising the XXXXXX XX the XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX. The XXXX relies on not using the hard power in building up XXX culture and XXXXX XXX XXXX power to permeate XX our lives, XXXXX XXXXXXXX XXX international relationships. XXX Korean XXX culture breaks XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX XX the unique XXXX XXXXX that achieves the legitimacy XXXX aids XXXXXXXXXX competitive XXXXXXXXX.
XXX XXXX’s idea breaks the denomination of XXX western culture through digital XXXXXXXXXXXXX that XXXXXXXXX XXX global XXXXX through XXX XXXXXXXX XXX the XXXXXX XXXXX. The globalizations ensure that XXX XXXXXXXX XXXXX up their own national XXXXXXXXXX and increasing human interaction. The XXXXXX soft power XXX gained XXXXXXXXXXXXXX XX culture, XXXXX sincerity XX values and XXX legitimacy of their XXXXXXXX. The XXXXXX XXXX XXXXX ensures a culture XX XXXXXXXX hybrid, skilfulness in XXXXXXXX XX XXXXXXX cultural XXXXXXXX that XXXXXXX global and regional of XXXXXXXXXXX technology. XXX XXX XX XXXX power has XXXXXXXXXX the XXXXX political relations by enhancing XXXXXXXXXX policies for XXXXXXX XXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX corporation promotions.
The Korean has XXXX strongly built XXXXX and XXX XXXXX XX XXXXX culture that ensures XXXXXXXXXXX XXX XXXXXXXXX and solidarity that XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX. XXX culture promotes XXXXXXXXXXXX that ensures XXXXXXXX of XXXXXX environment. XXX XXXXXX XXX XX the expansion of XXX X-XXX, K-XXXXX, K-dramas, languages XXX XXX XXXXXX food that gained XXXXX acceptance XXXXXXX XX XXXXX spread. XXX ‘Girls’ XXXXXXXXXX, Fx, BTS, as an XXXXXXX, XX XXX X-XXX has XXX a song that XX XXXXXXX a XXXXX with positive XXXXXXXXX XXXX in XXXXX XXX XXXXX counties. This has XXXXXXXX XXXXX XXXX to imitate celebrities XXXXXXXX codes XXX styles making people XX XXXXXX to XXXXX and XXXXX the Korea XXXXXXXX. The XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX and economy XXXX XXXX driven by the globalization XX XXX XXX effects.
The use of X-XXX XXX led XX international XXXXXXXXX XXX XXXXXXXXXXX XX XXX XXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXX XX par XXXX the XXXXXXX XXXXX. XXXXX like the ‘’XXXXXXX Style’’ XXX the moon XXXXXXXXX XXX son XXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX the XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX. XXX South XXXXXX- Chinese boy XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXX multiple languages XXX XX hence XXXXXXXX the king XX k-XXX.
The XXXXXX Wave differently exerts XXXX XXXXX internationally in comparison XX the XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX. XXX popular XXXXXXX of the XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XX found to be less XXXXXXXXXXX to XXX beholders XX XXXXX XXXX’t XXXXXXX or colonised XXX XXXXXXXXX. XXX wave XXXXXX mediates XXX XXXX in Asia XXX XXXX in the XXXX. XXX XXXX XXXXXX together XXXXXXXXX with XXXXXXX racial, ethnic, cultural backgrounds together through XXX XXXXXXXX XX XXXXXX XXXXXXXX in proximity. The Americans XXXX XXX XXXXXX XXXX culture more attractive and XXXXXXXXXXX through XXXXX experience. XXX soft XXXXXXX skilfully hybridises XXX XXXXXX media XXXXXXXX that XXXXXXX provocative of some nostalgic XXXXXXXXXX among XXX Americans. This makes XXX XXXXXXXXX also to rediscover their own identities and cultures.
XXX XXXXXXXXXXXX with the XXXXXX popular culture XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX reinforcement and XXXXXXXXX of XXXXXXXXX through XXXXXXXXXXXXXX that go XXXXXX XXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX. XXXX interactions XXXXXX XXXXXXXX culture reception. XXXX makes XXX Korean XXXXXXX culture in Korea and other XXXXXXXXXXX. The XXXXXXXX XXXX are XXXX in XXX XXXXXX XXX XXXXXXX ensure incorporation XX soft power XXXXX effects XXX felt XXXXXXX making XXX culture XX XX accepted widely(XXXX, XXXX).
The XXXXXX popular culture XXX created an XXXXXX social XXXXX platform that XXXXXXX XXXXXX to XXXXX similarities in XXXXXXXXX and XXXXXX together for XXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXX them XXX the XXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX. X XXXXXX XXXX Group XXXX most members living in Texas XX created for XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX. This XXXXX XXXX XXXX XXX registered XXXXXXX and XXXXXXXXXXX in activities that are XXXXXXX the Korean XXXXXXX XXXXXXX.
XXX XXXX culture XXXXXX fluidity of XXXXXXXXXXXXX hybridization XX the culture. The transnational media XXXXXXXXX hybridize XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXX through XXXXXXXXXXXXX XX local sentiments which XXXXXX creations of new forms. XXX k-XXX XXXXXXXXXX XXX always given clean XXXX XX new technologies XXXX include the XXXXXXX XXXX forms XXXXXXXXXXXXX success for the k-pop. XXX X-pop XX pealing XX XXX Americans through the exemplification XX a world of XXX XXXXXXXX XX XXXXX packages. The XXX of XXXXXX images, better XXXXXXX, attractive appearances, better XXXXXXXXXXXX, properly planned mechanize and humbleness XXXXX XXX k-pop XXXXXXXXXXX.
XXX XXXXXX XXXXXXX culture XXXXXXXX emotional proximity. The XXXXXX XXXX is exerting soft XXXXX in XXX international market differently XXX is less threatening XXX XXX users. The wave positions itself XX a XXXXXXXX in XXXXXXXXXXXXX cultural transformations, mediating XXXX in XXXX and XXX XXXX. XXX Korean Wave forms a XXX facet for ethnocentric XXXXXXXXXXX. It XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX in the worries XXXXXXXXX three actors that collaborate together: XXX state, the XXXXXX and XXX markets. The XXXXXXXX identities of XXXXX are XXXX XXXXXXXX, negotiable, shared and articulated XX XXX XXXX XXXXXXXXXXX participants XXX this XXXXX XXXXX a XXXXXX XX democracy that contrasts to the XXXXXXXXXXX’ freedom in XXX XXXXXX XXXXXX. XXXXXX soft power goes hand in XXXX XXXX the availability XX hard XXXXX.
The XXXXXXXX XX the Korean XXXX in XXXXXX XXXXXX
The XXXXXX Wave XXX XXX largest by XXXX in XXX world as put by XXXXXXXX XXXX XX XXXXXX. XXX XXXXXX XXXX was not political XXX XXX XXXXXXXXXXXX XXX XXXXXXXXX, this XXXXX XXXXXXX in its XXXXXX. XXX services offered XX XXX Korean Wave XXX XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXX XX XXX global XXXXXXXX (239). Though XXX XXXXXX XXXX XX XXXX XX XXXXXXX, XXXXXXX, XXXXXX XXX politics of XXXXX, XXX international XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX it in XXXXX own XXXXXXXX. These XXXXXXXXX XXX XX sourced through XXX social media and foreign XXXXXXXX. XXX media XXXX not XXXXXXXXX XXX popularity XX XXXXXX XXXX overseas due to XXXXXXXXXX in cultures XXX audience complexity. The XXXXXXXXXX of XXX products will not XX fully controlled or XXXXXXXXX by XXXXX producers XXX policy makers as XXXX communications XXXX XXXXX own meanings.
The XXXXXXXX XXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XX interpret, transform, reproduce XXX XXXXX XXX hybrid XXXXXX Wave in XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX that makes it transnational and global and XXXXXX not in the forms XXX XXXXXXX XXX se. Explaining XX XXXXX Americans why one likes XXX XXXXXX Wave XX frustrating in XXXXXXXXX cultures. The XXXXXXXXX XXXXXX have expressions XX curiosity, XXXXXXXX XXX being XXXXXXXX XXXXXXX in XXXXX XXXXXXXXX. They XXXXXX have to reflect XX why XXXX XXX XXXXXXXXX XX XXX k-XXX XXXX is not XXXXXXX and XXX XXXX XXXX XXX ‘’too XXXXXXXX’’ Asian guys attractive. At this point the XXXXXX Korean XXXX will XXXX the locality XX XXX American audience and XXXX lead to XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX of XXXXXXXX identities.
The XXX of XXXXXX Wave makes the XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXX XXXX to be able XX XXXXXXXXXXX the globalization XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX XX XXX dynamics in XXX formation XX XXXXXXXX and XXXXXXX XX XXXXX XXXXXX. XXXX will XXXXXX dismissal of XXX power of inequalities in XXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX settings. XXX XXXXXXX culture will XX addressing XXX social, cultural XXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX that look into XXX micro XXX macro effect XX XXXXXXXXX in the XXXXXX XXXXXX. XXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX this XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXX of XXXXXXX will XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXX XX the complexity in the web of XXX media culture. Close interactions XXXX XXX XXXX XXX XXXXXXXX through ethnographic approach of XXXXXXXXXXXXX will XXXX to XXXXXXXXXXXXX as XXXX as XXXXXXXX of comparisons(XXXX, 2006).
Conclusion
XXX X-pop XXXXXX in the United States has traits of being used by XXX XXXXXXXXXXX, XXXXX-ethnic and XXXXXXXXXXXXX communities. XXX X-XXX in the US XX XXXXXX used by the XXXXXXXX XXX like the soft XXXX. The fans of X-XXX in the United XXXXXX are XXXXX of XXX polycentric nature of XXX communities XXX those who XXXXXXXX XXXX XXX Korean XXXX XXX XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX or XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX and XXXXXXXXXXX diversity XXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX through XXX beyond XXXXXXXXXX transgressions. The XXXXXX wave is XXXXXXXXX breaking XXX XXXXXXXXXX of XXX XXXXXX XXX XXX XX XXX XXXX XXXXXXX knowledge XX the XXXXXX in XXXXXXXX of the XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX between them and XXX XXXXXXXXX in the US. The XXXXXX Wave XXXXX XXXXXXX wave XXXX it’s XXX only XXX white XXXXXX living in the XXXX XXX XXXX XXXXXX breaking XXX XXXXXXXXXX XX XXX XXXXXXX towards the XXX-XXXXXXX hence XXXXXXXX diversity in Korea(Jung, 2017).
XXXXXXX XXX XXXXXX Wave, XXX XXXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX the hybrid XXXXX XX a culture that XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX of cultural identity. It has enabled enhancement XX XXX XXXXXXXXXX XX the XXXXXXX XXXXXX culture XXXXXXX XXX Korean XXXXXXXXX. The XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX the homogeneity of XXX XXXXXX republic is XXXXXXXX and XXX socio-political impacts XX XXX XXXXXXXXXXXX in the global XXXXXXXX. The XXXXXX XXXX XXX promoted the interactions between the Koreans XXX XXX XXXXXXXX XXX XXXX in XXX XXXXXX States XXXXXXX the XXX XX soft power. It XXX XXXXXXX XXX XXXXX-XXXX in XXXX, culture, XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXX XXX nonthreatening XXXXXXXXXXXX(XXXX, XXXX).
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