Not just reading the romance online

Adolescent girls’ reading Korean Manhwa

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ID19144192
AutoresChin Ee Loh (0000-0002-2997-9326, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, autor correspondente), Nur Fitri Shazwini Binte Rosli (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Maya Ziqing Krishnan (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Ano2024
Volume31
Fascículo2
Páginas117-129
Data de publicação2024-02-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoChanging English (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1358-684X • E-ISSN: 1469-3585
EditoraRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1358684x.2024.2305431
OpenAlexW4391448693
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas22

Portable mobile technologies and high-speed access to the internet has led to the development of new online-first reading materials such as Korean Manhwa or webtoons, designed for quick consumption on mobile devices. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 11 adolescent girls aged 14 to 15 years old, this study examines why and how adolescents read Manhwa, especially romances. Findings show that these girls read for entertainment and to escape from reality. Strong visual aesthetics, relatable characters and engaging storylines, driven by technological infrastructures encouraging continual engagement, support these adolescents' immersion in online storyworlds. Their engagement with these texts allowed the girls as readers to discover self as reader and person, negotiating multifaceted aspects of their working, moral and romantic lives as they envision present and future possibilities

Art · Linguistics · Literature · Psychoanalysis · Romance · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Media, Gender, and Advertising · Philosophy · Psychology

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