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Countervailing discourses of cultural appreciation versus cultural appropriation are fueling a tension between the ethnic consumer subject, who views the consumption of cultural difference as a valorized identity project, and the responsibilized consumer subject, who is tasked with considering the societal impacts of such consumption. Drawing on an extended qualitative investigation of international K-pop consumers, this study illustrates that this tension spurs consumers to pursue self-authorization—the reflexive reconfiguration of the self in relation to the social world—through which consumers grant themselves permission to continue consuming cultural difference. Four consumer self-authorization strategies are identified: reforming, restraining, recontextualizing, and rationalizing. Each strategy relies upon an amalgam of countervailing moral interpretations about acts of consuming difference, informing ideologies about the power relationships between cultures, and emergent subject positions that situate the consuming self in relation to others whose differences are packaged for consumption. Findings show notable conditions under which each self-authorization strategy is deployed, alongside consumers' capacity to adjust and recombine different strategies as they navigate changing sociocultural and idiographic conditions. Overall, this study advances understanding of how consumers navigate the resurgent politics of marketized cultural diversity in an era of woke capitalism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The K-POP phenomenon created a new variation of language called registers. English registers are found in K-POP news articles including the latest news about K-POP idols and groups. This sociolinguistic study reveals the registers found in K-POP news articles, their word-formation processes, functions, and cultural implications. This research utilized qualitative research employing a descriptive method, specifically, Content Analysis. The source of data is the K-POP news articles purposively taken in September 2021. Results show that Borrowing is the most dominant wordformation process of registers. Registers function as Representational to convey facts and information. The most numbered register is idol. Since K-POP idols and groups are admired by a lot of people worldwide, it cannot be helped but be influenced by the Korean beauty standard. This implies that the visuals of idols played a big part in influencing K-POP fans physically and mentally especially on perceptions of beauty and body image. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Global fans' engagement with K-pop (South Korean pop music) demonstrates how audiences' daily lives and identities are interwoven with transcultural media. This study explores how global K-pop fan cultures have evolved along with the genre's expansion overseas, with particular reference to Peruvian fans in the Global South context. Drawing on Peruvian fans' accounts of the global K-pop fanscapes – the universes experienced and mediated through fan practices, the study addresses the complexities, negotiations, and conflicts in audience engagement with transcultural media. By examining how K-pop fans in a distant locale imaginarily identify with K-pop idols and interact with other global fans and non-fans, the study reveals that local fans may realize their identity in the global fanscapes while being aware of power relations that operate between different audiences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Attraction to the target culture can be a reason to study the language, especially in the case of languages other than English (LOTEs). Recently, the number of Korean language learners has surged alongside the growing popularity of Korean pop culture (K‐pop). However, it is unknown whether the initial attraction to the culture and the first steps in that direction shape foreign language (FL) emotions in the longer term. To fill this gap, this mixed‐methods study examined to what extent the attractiveness of the Korean Culture (K‐culture) predicts foreign language enjoyment (FLE) after controlling for other established learner variables (i.e., the length of FL study, FL proficiency, frequency of FL use outside of class, and attitudes toward the teacher and FL) through sequential regression analysis. The quantitative findings are complemented by the open‐ended responses to the sources of FLE using the American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages 3Ps framework (products, practices, and perspectives) through NVivo. A total of 782 university students studying Korean as FL completed an online survey on the attractiveness of K‐culture and FLE. The results showed that the attitude toward the teacher and attractiveness of K‐culture are the strongest predictors of FLE. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The rise of K-pop cover dancers worldwide reveals how artists creatively adapt and transform this genre to suit local priorities. This ethnographic analysis examines two K-pop cover dancer influencers in Bali to illuminate their curation of authenticities through local events and social media. One dancer generates a version of K-pop in Bali as a cosmopolitan, upper-class elite judge and modern dancer; the other exhibits the flow of K-pop from Bali to Seoul as a diasporic, queerish waacking dancer. This study foregrounds the disjunctive flow of glocalization as K-pop's cultural capital extends beyond Korea for artistic, educational, and entrepreneurial benefits. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The seventeen UN SDGs address critical global challenges. Among them, Goal 10—reducing inequality—and Goal 16—promoting peace, justice, and strong institutions—serve as foundational pillars in democracies, enabling the achievement of all other goals. Children, youth, and persons with disabilities are among those who stand to benefit most from these goals. Insights from the naturalistic decision-making practices of intentional communities, often framed as Contenders or Deviants in social construction theory, could be instrumental in advancing these objectives. This study examines the decision-making practices of three intentional communities representing youth, disabled persons, and children, each fostering a different version of equitable, peaceful, and justice-oriented governance to build strong institutions. The communities studied include a self-producing Korean popular music (K-pop) group representing youth Contenders, a mental health-supporting annual English conference for individuals on the autistic spectrum, and a Canadian alternative education, self-directed public senior elementary and secondary school—both considered Deviant societies in social construction theory, one focusing on disabled persons and the other on children. The historical method assesses the effectiveness of these communities' preferred practices in achieving Goals 10 and 16. The results offer actionable insights for enhancing equality, peace, and justice while strengthening institutions to realize the full range of UN SDGs in democratic societies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study explores the methods used by micro-celebrity K-pop fanboys to negotiate their masculinity as male K-pop fans on Instagram. K-pop fanboy micro-celebrity is a term used to refer to K-pop fanboys who had transformed into micro-celebrities. The existence of K-pop fanboys wa often associated with non-hetrosexual streotypes and stigmas such as 'sissy' and 'faggot,' which placed them was in an unfair social order. Therefore, K-pop fanboys, especially those who had become micro-celebrities, it felt the necessaries to negotiate their masculinity as male K-pop fans. The netnography method was used by observing of this study the Instagram accounts of K-pop micro-celebrity fanboys to understand the ways and strategies they used in negotiating their masculinity. Based on the results of the study, it was found the finding that the negotiation of masculinity carried out by K-pop micro-celebrity fanboys was done by adjusting themselves to the existing hegemonic masculinity values. This study observation was done through the formation of an 'ideal' body, showing their heterosexual relationships, and displaying various preferred activities other than K-pop. By aligning themselves with the values of masculinity developed in society, K-pop fanboys tried to show that as male K-pop fans, they could express their enthusiasm without having to sacrifice their masculine image. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

"Girl crush" is a relatively new genre in South Korean pop music (hereafter "K-pop"). Unlike the stereotypes of female idols being cute and submissive, idols of the "girl crush" genre usually show provocative "girl power," challenging the patriarchy by incorporating feminist messages in their works. In March 2022, a girl group (G)I-DLE released a song entitled Tomboy, which went viral for its outrageous music video delivering a bold statement about women being independent, fearless, and abandoning toxic heterosexual relationships. This study conducts a social semiotic analysis of Tomboy with a postfeminist lens and comes up with three findings: first, the music video of Tomboy has shown a postfeminist sensibility by exhibiting an entanglement of feminism and antifeminism; second, Tomboy has tackled a queered theme by focusing on women's collective empowerment and sisterhood against patriarchy; third, "girl crush" has revealed the limitations of celebrity feminism, making the relationship between "girl crush's" success and feminism questionable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Drawing on qualitative interviews with K-pop fans in Lima, Peru, this study explores how Latin fans think about and negotiate K-pop industries' citations of Latin pop music tropes. It addresses the ways in which K-pop's practices of citing other cultures are perceived by the audience whose culture is cited. The Peruvian fans in this study suggest that the citations of other cultures observed in K-pop offer versatile entry points for them to easily engage in the cultural genre. For them, K-pop is a novel cultural genre that has become an alternative yet intimate cultural resource, especially compared to hegemonic American pop music. By providing an analysis of Latin K-pop fans' lived experiences through the lens of cultural hybridity and appropriation, this audience study contributes to the field of transcultural media research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tapping into mediatisation as a critical lens to examine how cultural synergy, particularly Korean Wave’s influence, manifests and impacts of everyday cultural practice in Malaysia. Despite a delayed start compared to neighbours, the Korean Wave ignited by the drama “Winter Sonata” in 2002, maintains a remarkable popularity in Malaysia. This study delves deeper than the surface of the Korean Wave, or Hallyu, exploring the intricate interplay between Korean stars, social media, and the phenomenon’s power. This work aims to understand how these elements actively shape and maintain its influence. While there has been a proliferation of research on the Korean Wave, it focuses on K-Pop music and K-Drama. Thus, this research project is designated to highlight elements other than K-Pop and K-Drama in the Korean Wave phenomenon by focusing on non-K-Pop cultural products. By observing open social media accounts and content, as well as events related to South Korean products, this study will use qualitative methods, netnography and participant observation for data collection. The findings are discussed in four key themes: Exploring Platforms and Fan Communities and Their Impact on Everyday Practices; International Brands Using Korean Stars for Product Promotion in Malaysia; the Potential of Selected Qualitative Methods for Understanding Social Phenomena; and the Limitations of These Methods in Research. The study highlights the need to choose relevant theories and research methods to improve the quality and depth of findings, especially when exploring complex subjects such as fandom. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

From BTS to Squid Game, Hallyu 3.0 signifies a new global milestone as the Korean wave continues to forge ahead. Given the substantial influence of the media in shaping public perceptions of societal issues, this study conducts a comparative textual analysis of news discourses from the BBC, CNN, and KBS, focusing on their representations of K-pop. The findings indicate that K-pop is characterized as a 'commodity' strategically produced by the Korean government to boost exports and stimulate the tourism industry. Moreover, the Western news outlets tended to position K-pop as a news anchor, predominantly associating it with controversial socio-political topics in a negative light. Additionally, they frequently linked contentious societal issues with K-pop stars while portraying K-pop fans as 'the Other.' In contrast, KBS primarily directs attention to the unexpected phenomenon of K-pop's global popularity, accentuating a sense of nationalistic pride in K-pop artists. This article further discusses the ways in which news media represents K-pop, grounding its analysis in principles derived from Orientalist theory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Much scholarship on the labor of Korean popular music (K-pop) fans has focused on the work they do to produce popularity of their favorite groups, such as campaigns to chart a new release. The focus of this article is how fans have become producers of items and services consumed by other fans, not just cheerleaders or consumers. In tandem with K-pop’s success, an entire secondary industry that is dependent on K-pop’s popularity, while also amplifying it, has emerged. The K-pop industry is now supporting and supported by a multitude of people, some of whom seek the lime-light and others who eschew it, who may be earning money through various K-pop-dependent activities—secondary yet autonomous industries. These participants support K-pop fandom, and may even become secondary stars. I conducted in-person and online interviews with producers and consumers of goods and services related to K-pop. These industries have become an integral part of K-pop today, introducing and enabling personal encounters with K-pop and Korea. As the young entrepreneurs of the K-pop adjacent industries pour energy into not just consumption but also creative endeavors, they make K-pop highly interactive. First, these industries have created a bridge—an area of interaction, exchange, and education between Korean musical stars and their non-Korean fans. Second, the industries have emerged as an economically significant aspect of the K-pop ecosystem. Third, this K-pop adjacent industry demonstrates a future area of tension over ownership of culture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article aims to analyze the way in which members of the K-pop (South Korean pop) group Bangtan Sonyeondan, also known as BTS, build their presence on Instagram, enabling different forms of projection and identification by among your fans. Initially, the relationships between art, culture and technology are discussed based on Communication Theories (Adorno & Horkheimer, 2020; Morin, 1997; Kellner; 2001; Williams, 2011). Next, the focus is on cyberculture and the role of social networks in reconfiguring relationships between idols and their fans (Recuero, Zago & Soares, 2019; Pinheiro, 2009; Andrade, 2020). Finally, a Content Analysis (Bardin, 2011) of the profile of the group BTS, a phenomenon of the Korean wave (Mazur, 2020), is carried out in order to analyze how, through posts, they seek to activate this dual nature of myths modern: identification and projection, glamorization and proximity to the everyday universe, with a constant presence on social networks as a strategy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

One option for improving store appeal is leveraging the power of in-store music. This study explored the relationship between in-store music and stores' brand equity, with a particular focus on the mediating effect of customer satisfaction. We administered a paper-based survey to a sample of 268 customers of four Korean apparel stores situated in the northeast region of China, where Korean music was utilized to attract customers. Data analysis was conducted using structural equation modeling. The findings revealed a positive and direct association between a favorable perception of in-store music and stores' brand equity. Moreover, customer satisfaction played a significant mediating role in this relationship. These findings, which shed light on how in-store music can enhance customer satisfaction and promote stores' brand equity, will be particularly useful for retailers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

K-pop fans in Indonesia use social media extensively to interact and form connections. The platforms of X (previously Twitter) and Instagram are used to create a community of speech that is characterized by multilingualism. This research focuses on how K-pop fans communicate by using a mix of colloquial Indonesian, local languages such as Javanese and Sundanese, and foreign languages such as Korean and English. Our study collected tweets, posts, and comments that were created by popular K-pop fans from 2021 to 2023. These primary data were then transcribed, coded, and analysed thematically. The result of the study demonstrates that Indonesia's K-pop community performs translanguaging as they swiftly transition between several linguistic codes. It was also found that in the digital space, K-pop culture has intersected with the fans' religious and cultural identities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents critical interpretations of the Sophytos inscription in comparison with the K-pop song 'Sugar Rush Ride' within the context of the cultural politics of sugar production in modern colonialism. It posits that both pieces individually engage with discreet episodes concerning Homeric islands in the Odyssey : Odysseus' lying about his Cretan background in book 14 and the lotus-eating story in book 9. Meanwhile, both refer to the Phaeacian episode in book 8. In doing so, this article not only underscores the significance of this Homeric epic as a rich mine from which people across different time periods and geographic areas (such as Kandahar and Korea) draw inspiration, but also contributes to a re-evaluation of the epistemic foundation of research on Hellenistic Central Asia and its legacy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Korean popular music (K-pop) has expanded its cultural reach among Western audiences over the past 20 years (Lie, 2015), and groups like BTS and BLACKPINK have achieved unprecedented global success recently (McIntyre, 2022). As K-pop evolves into a global cultural export, scholars have paid more attention to the code-mixing of English within its lyrics (Yeo, 2018; Ahn, 2021). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

"BTS on the Road" by Seok-Kyeong Hong is a book that explores the success of the Korean band BTS and its impact on the global phenomenon of Hallyu, or Korean wave. The author, a professor of communication at Seoul National University, conducted extensive research and interviews to understand how BTS transcended the boundaries of K-pop and resonated with people worldwide. The book delves into various aspects of BTS's success, including their hybridity as a product of Korean media culture, their transmediality in constructing a singular world through different stories, and the values they project through their music. It also examines the band's influence on race and gender, challenging traditional notions of masculinity and offering a new racial imagination. While the book lacks a critical perspective, it serves as an engaging and informative resource for students studying Hallyu and pop culture. [Extracted from the article]

Across languages, demonstratives grammaticalize into various grammatical and discourse-pragmatic markers. Using corpora of natural conversation and scripted drama conversation, and employing the theoretical frameworks of grammaticalization and (inter)subjectification, this study demonstrates that the Korean demonstrative construct i-ke ya '(it) is this' has developed into an affective stance marker, a development not yet discussed elsewhere in the literature. As a stance marker, the form can encode (a) an emphasizing stance and (b) a boasting stance. The study shows that the development of i-ke ya is an instance of subjectification and of intersubjectification, as the functions of i-ke ya changed from exophoric (pointing to a physical object), to discourse deictic (pointing to a referent in a discourse), and then to expressive (encoding the speaker's stance). The analysis of its shifting functions indicates that i-ke ya obtained its affective meanings due to its frequent use in negative and disaffiliated contexts. Frequency information and a prosodic analysis further testify to the emergence of the new affective meanings of i-ke ya. The study contributes to recent research that investigates various emotive functions of demonstratives beyond accounts based on physical proximity. • Korean proximal demonstrative expresses higher focus than other demonstratives. • Korean proximal i-ke ya became affective stance marker, via (inter)subjectification. • Korean proximal demonstrative construct 'this is' denotes an emphasizing stance. • Korean proximal demonstrative construct denotes a boasting and reassuring stance. • Korean demonstrative underwent grammaticalization and (inter)subjectification. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

People in the early stages of their careers often face a trade-off between cultivating a closed network that helps them secure the resources they need to survive or developing an open network that can help them succeed. Actors who overcome this trade-off transition from a closed network to an open network; those who fail to do so can be caught in a survival trap that jeopardizes their chances of having a successful career. We identify the factors that enable and constrain network transitions and test our theory on a sample of Korean pop (K-pop) freelance songwriters before they have attained their first commercial hit. These songwriters initially rely on a closed network of collaborators and transition toward an open network by working with fellow songwriters who are not connected to those collaborators. This network transition occurs faster among songwriters who eventually attain their first hit than among those who remain unsuccessful. Songwriters are more likely to collaborate with new distant colleagues when they have a reference group of commercially successful peers and when they have created stylistically similar songs in the past that have failed to become hits. However, most of their new distant colleagues also lack a hit, revealing a status barrier that constrains the network transition of early-career songwriters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Communication research establishes that when confronted with information contradicting their beliefs, people tend to 'backlash' by doubling down on their prior. Can international popular culture be the context of backlash? This paper analyzes two K-pop Subreddits (r/WeHateKpop and r/Cringetopia) populated by non-fans. A particular focus is given to their attitudinal changes upon being exposed to news stories about South Korea. I argue that a heavy dose of positive news stories about South Korea triggers non-fans as they associate K-pop with the country. This exposure leads to backlash, resulting in increased engagement with the posts critical of K-pop in the two Subreddits. I present a series of econometric evidence strongly supportive of this argument. The paper is a rare large-N study on the non-fans of K-pop. It offers implications for cultural economics, demonstrating how seemingly irrelevant news stories can have profound effects on individuals' engagement with foreign cultures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Through a series of in-depth interviews, this article investigates how fans of color negotiate incidents of cultural appropriation in K-pop. Respondents employed various coping mechanisms to navigate the impact of such offenses while simultaneously grappling with the dissonance arising from negotiating alienating rhetoric and their own cultural identities. Criticism of cultural appropriation incidents was met with severe backlash, particularly exacerbating the marginalization faced by Native American fans who encountered underrepresentation and limited support. Drawing attention to the paradoxical interplay of globalization and ethnic nationalism in Korea, this research unveils a troubling cycle in which incidents of cultural appropriation in K-pop silence and render fans of color invisible within hostile environments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The high consumer interest in K-Pop has made South Korean skincare brands compete to use idols as brand ambassadors on social media. Increasing brand awareness for new brands starting their business in other countries is needed and K-Pop idols are considered capable. The research objective was to measure the influence of K-Pop Idol brand ambassadors on brand awareness by using Stray Kids boyband and Nacific skincare as case studies. Quantitative methods were used by distributing questionnaires to 100 South Korean skincare users in Indonesia. The results showed that the effect was only 11.9%, which was caused by various factors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examines the factors that influence the popularity of Korean TV drama (K-drama), which has recently become popular worldwide through global over-the-top (OTT) platforms. Economic and cultural factors are generally used to explain international media flows, but these factors are insufficient to clarify the global popularity of K-dramas. Many scholars have tried to link the recent popularity of K-dramas with Korean pop (K-pop). In particular, the fandom of K-pop represented by BTS was considered one of the main factors influencing the popularity of K-drama; however, few empirical studies investigate this perspective by analysing viewing data on global OTT platforms. Thus, we collected the daily Top 10 dramas dataset from Netflix in 80 countries between January 1 and 4 November 2021 provided by Flixpatrol. This study examines this data to investigate the geographical distribution of the popularity and flow of K-dramas between countries. Furthermore, this study finds that the higher the K-pop fandom, the higher the popularity of K-dramas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

K-pop products generally avoid cultural particularity, but they speak to specific neoliberal aspirations of middle-class urban audiences in Asia, even if such dreams are a distant reality in working-class regions in Thailand. This paper features the popular "Deksorkrao" YouTube channel, produced by a group of K-pop fans in Thailand's northeast. We provide a discourse analysis of their home-made cover of Blackpink's "Pink Venom" that incorporates symbols particular to agricultural life. We argue that this form of creative participatory engagement is a uniquely authentic expression that speaks to a familiar discourse in Thai life, but uses K-pop as its vehicle. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As the patriotism interweaves with emotional attachment produced by cross-cultural communications, K-pop fans influenced by network nationalism will fall into the predicament of role conflict and adopt multiple coping strategies, hence providing new ideas for revealing the results of overlapped fields of politics and entertainment. Analysis of fans' behaviors in a series of nationalistic events establishes that these fans attempting to form an emotional community across the border are caught in a dilemma of identity choice with various role expectations. The consequences of the choice are related to some factors such as patriotic cognition, fans' immersion, fans' expectations, patriots' expectations, and risk perception, leading to four attitude tendencies including spontaneous patriotism, compromise patriotism, gentle star-worship, and resistance star-worship. This study argues that precautions should be taken against the tendency that network nationalism transforms into narrow nationalism and that we need to understand the political potential of fandom as a cultural community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

K-Pop is currently getting attention from various parts of the world, including Indonesia. Behind the success of K-Pop idols there are fans/fans who get in touch to support the idols they love. They will also voluntarily defend the idol they like, thereby causing feelings between fans and hurling hatred at each other. This event is commonly referred to as Fanwar on social media. Social media, especially Tiktok, is used as a place for K-Pop fans to do Fanwar. This study aims to find out which factors cause fanwar on Tiktok. This study uses a qualitative approach with a Grounded Theory approach to Coding Manual Analysis. Data were collected through interviews with 7 K-Pop fans who had seen or been involved in a fan war on TikTok. Based on the manual coding analysis conducted in this study, there were 2 themes and 8 categories. The theme obtained is that there is self-control with 5 categories, namely age, fanatic, emotion, mindset, and protect. The results of the analysis, it was found that the highest frequency of themes was in the self-control themes and the highest category was in the self-control themes, the fanatic category. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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New narratives can emerge and arrive when categories and concepts can be radically reimagined. This essay is a collection of notes that play with the concept of object relations, considering the presence of non-object relations, which may appear in the form of vibration and/or sound. As a way of offering the reader examples and possibilities for non-object relations, these notes draw on theories of classical Chinese medicine, the concept of the fade-out in music, and the performance style of Pansori, a traditional form of Korean music. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The popularity of Korean dramas and pop music, known as Hallyu or the Korean Wave, has positively impacted South Korea's tourism and cultural exports. Nevertheless, studies about Korean foreign direct investment (FDI) associated with the Hallyu phenomenon are still scarce. Thus, this study attempts to investigate Korean FDI that flows to Indonesia under such a phenomenon. Data was collected through documents and relevant video reviews which was then followed by a key informant interview. The findings showed that the rising trend of Korean pop music in Indonesia has gradually stimulated Korean investors to invest in industries promoting the transmitted Hallyu culture, such as broadcasting, TV and video production, sound recording and music publishing. Despite the amount of investment remaining lower than in the heavy and manufacturing industries, the study indicates an increase in Korean FDI in Indonesia's content industries due to the high demand for Korean cultural content and the country's ongoing bilateral commitment to South Korea. This study adds to our understanding of how global familiarity with a cultural phenomenon may affect FDI inflows to the country from which that phenomenon originates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article tries to define the K-pop consumers community as a subculture, in both the international and the Spanish level. In base of that, it will be argued that the dance cover prosumption practice contributes this subculture's space appropriation. To analyze this process, Edward Soja's "spatial trialectic", and David Harvey's "communalization" concepts will be used. It will be also explored the processes of negotiation between K-pop subculture and economic corporations, such as Fnac, both sides in search of a mutually beneficial symbiosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a dossier on subcultures, countercultures, and music scenes in Spain, highlighting the lack of academic research in Spanish and the need to dignify and enhance these studies. The dossier consists of five texts that address topics such as subcultural studies, alternative communication, and the relationship between lesbian activism and the punk scene. It also analyzes the emergence of queer punk bands in the 21st century and the establishment of South Korean pop music in Spain as a challenging subculture. The importance of future research on urban music is emphasized. [Extracted from the article]

This study is aimed to determine the impact of the Product Design, Digital Marketing and Buying Interest on the album of the boygroup TXT among K-pop Fans. The population in this Research is K-pop fans generation millennials and z. The sample in this study used convenience sampling and found 117 respondents. The primary data collection method in this study uses a questionnaire in the form of a google form. The data analysis technique in this study uses PLS (Partial Least Square). The result of this study indicates that the variable of Design Product and Digital Marketing has a positive and significant influence on Interest Buying. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In 2018, American developer Riot Games introduced their new musical venture - K-pop virtual band K/DA - through a live augmented reality performance opening the League of Legends World Championship Finals. The band's first single - POP/STARS - quickly became a hit even outside of gaming circles, leading the developers to stage a follow-up in 2020, when the band released a full EP titled ALL OUT. This article examines the evolution of the virtual band and its members as virtual characters, personas, and performers, at the intersection of discourses surrounding popular music, videogames, and hallyu. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses two books related to Korean studies. The first book, "The Oxford Handbook of South Korean Politics," provides a comprehensive examination of various aspects of South Korean politics, including historical overview, political institutions, civil society, culture, media, public policy, and foreign affairs. However, it lacks a discussion of South Korean prosecutorial power, which plays a significant role in the country's politics. The second book, "Korea: A New History of South and North," offers a general history of both North and South Korea, focusing on the post-Korean War era. It provides an introduction to the political, economic, social, and diplomatic evolution of both states. Both books serve as valuable resources for scholars, policymakers, and students interested in Korean political development. [Extracted from the article]