Wrestling with or Embracing Digitization in the Music Industry

The Contrasting Business Strategies of J-pop and K-pop

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7529682
AutoresJimmyn Parc (0000-0002-4836-460X, Seoul National University, autor de correspondencia), Nobuko Kawashima (Doshisha University)
Año2018
Número30/31
Fecha de publicación2018-08-22
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaKritika Kultura (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1656-152X • E-ISSN: 2094-6937
EditorialAteneo de Manila University (PUBLISHER • PH)
DOI10.13185/kk2018.03003
OpenAlexW2793377684
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas10

Digitization has significantly changed the process for producing and consuming music: from analogue to digital, albums to songs, possess to access, audio to visual, and end products to promotional products. In this globalized digital era, actively embracing digitization would likely help enhance the competitiveness of the music industry. The rise of K-pop and the decline of J-pop clearly demonstrate the different results from whether to embrace or wrestle with digitization. The Korean music industry recognized changes brought on by digitization earlier and was more active in responding with effective strategies. By contrast, the Japanese music industry did not immediately respond to these changes but stuck to its rent-seeking behavior in order to take advantage of its larger market size and “sophisticated” copyright regime. The implications from this paper is that business activities are the core element for creating and enhancing competitiveness of the music industries

Advertising · Art · Audio signal · Business · Digital audio · Digitization · Music industry · Order (exchange · Telecommunications · Visual arts · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Engineering · Marketing