Media Imperialism Waned? The Cultural Politics of Korean Wave in East Asia.

Pointing out some limitations of current media studies scholarship on globalization in terms of its inadequacies in understanding the forms and practices of cultural globalization at the intra-regional level, this paper undertakes to construct a theoretical framework through which to examine the global-local nexus within East Asian regional context. By taking up the case of Korean Wave, an increasing popularity of Korean media and popular culture in East Asia and beyond, it discusses both theoretical and policy implications of this Korean-version of hegemonic, expansionistic media regionalization in hampering cultural diversity in the region. Ultimately, the main goal of this paper is to take a critical yet context-specific look at the juncture where politics, economy, history, culture, and the media come together in fashioning the conditions, processes, and outcomes of cultural globalization in East Asia. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]