Hojin Song
Biographic Data
| ID | 4266332 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hojin Song |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hojin |
| FAMILY NAME | Song |
| SIGNATURE | SONG H |
| AFFILIATIONS | California State University, Monterey Bay |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6569-2242 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
(De-)Stigmatizing Teen Moms
This paper examines the portrayal of teen mothers in the South Korean reality TV show Teenage Parents , and the accompanying online discourses, as well as their relationship with welfare policies. Drawing on frameworks of intensive mothering, postfeminist neoliberal subjectivity, and the concept of after neoliberalism, the analysis reveals a contradictory understanding of teen mothers, with the show intending to de-stigmatize teenage parenthood b…
Eating alone as psychological self-care
TV dramas that focus on food and eating reflect the popular trend of single culture, with a rising number of single-person households among the younger generation in South Korea. Analyzing Let’s Eat (tvN), the South Korean food drama series that specifically focus on eating scenes, this paper uses the framework of survivalism and the popular discourse of healing to examine how eating alone as a social and cultural phenomenon represents the psycho…
Mothers’ baking blogs
Blogging among young, tech-savvy mothers has been a popular media outlet for discussing domestic activities since the early 2000s in South Korea. In “mommy blogs,” young mothers negotiate ideal motherhood through the meanings of the sacrificial mother and postfeminist, neoliberal values. Using the frameworks of sacrifice and self-enterprise in a neoliberal sense, I argue that mothers commodify the home space for their neoliberal aspirations while…
The Making of Microcelebrity
This article follows a recent thread of work on microcelebrity on social media and examines live streaming broadcasting jockeys (BJs) on AfreecaTV and their self-branding strategies in the South Korean context. As the nature of media platform influences self-branding tactics of microcelebrity, this article focuses on analyzing the text of popular live streaming and the chats among the viewers and BJs. Using the framework of authenticity, I argue …
The Making of Microcelebrity
This article follows a recent thread of work on microcelebrity on social media and examines live streaming broadcasting jockeys (BJs) on AfreecaTV and their self-branding strategies in the South Korean context. As the nature of media platform influences self-branding tactics of microcelebrity, this article focuses on analyzing the text of popular live streaming and the chats among the viewers and BJs. Using the framework of authenticity, I argue …
Mothers’ baking blogs
Blogging among young, tech-savvy mothers has been a popular media outlet for discussing domestic activities since the early 2000s in South Korea. In “mommy blogs,” young mothers negotiate ideal motherhood through the meanings of the sacrificial mother and postfeminist, neoliberal values. Using the frameworks of sacrifice and self-enterprise in a neoliberal sense, I argue that mothers commodify the home space for their neoliberal aspirations while…
Eating alone as psychological self-care
TV dramas that focus on food and eating reflect the popular trend of single culture, with a rising number of single-person households among the younger generation in South Korea. Analyzing Let’s Eat (tvN), the South Korean food drama series that specifically focus on eating scenes, this paper uses the framework of survivalism and the popular discourse of healing to examine how eating alone as a social and cultural phenomenon represents the psycho…
The Making of Microcelebrity
This article follows a recent thread of work on microcelebrity on social media and examines live streaming broadcasting jockeys (BJs) on AfreecaTV and their self-branding strategies in the South Korean context. As the nature of media platform influences self-branding tactics of microcelebrity, this article focuses on analyzing the text of popular live streaming and the chats among the viewers and BJs. Using the framework of authenticity, I argue …
Mothers’ baking blogs
Blogging among young, tech-savvy mothers has been a popular media outlet for discussing domestic activities since the early 2000s in South Korea. In “mommy blogs,” young mothers negotiate ideal motherhood through the meanings of the sacrificial mother and postfeminist, neoliberal values. Using the frameworks of sacrifice and self-enterprise in a neoliberal sense, I argue that mothers commodify the home space for their neoliberal aspirations while…
Eating alone as psychological self-care
TV dramas that focus on food and eating reflect the popular trend of single culture, with a rising number of single-person households among the younger generation in South Korea. Analyzing Let’s Eat (tvN), the South Korean food drama series that specifically focus on eating scenes, this paper uses the framework of survivalism and the popular discourse of healing to examine how eating alone as a social and cultural phenomenon represents the psycho…
(De-)Stigmatizing Teen Moms
This paper examines the portrayal of teen mothers in the South Korean reality TV show Teenage Parents , and the accompanying online discourses, as well as their relationship with welfare policies. Drawing on frameworks of intensive mothering, postfeminist neoliberal subjectivity, and the concept of after neoliberalism, the analysis reveals a contradictory understanding of teen mothers, with the show intending to de-stigmatize teenage parenthood b…
Gender, Feminism, and Media (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Neoliberalism (international relations (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Media studies (2 works)