Construcción de Espacios de Afinidad de los Fans del Pop Coreano (K-pop) en Cali

The degree work Construction of Affinity Spaces of the fans of Korean Pop (K-pop) in Cali examines the processes of incorporating foreign cultural products, such as K-pop in local culture and the organization of fan communities. Theoretically it is based on the notions of Affinity Spaces (Gee, 2005) and Participatory Culture (Jenkins, 2015). The methodology is qualitative, episodic interviews were applied to fans of the Super Junior group and an analysis of the videos and lyrics of the group. From the data, it is possible to point out that in the configuration of the affinity spaces multiple processes, organizations and social actors participate, among which are the cultural production systems or Korean cultural industries, media ecosystems or social networks and participatory and interactive dynamics of the fans, aspects that favor the circulation and incorporation of Korean cultural products in the analyzed fan club. This work was carried out within the framework of the Media Interactions seedbed of the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali.