The Korean Wave and Asian Americans
The ethnic meanings of transnational Korean pop culture in the USA
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7519645 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hyejung Ju (0000-0002-5504-1585, ,), Soo‐bum Lee (0000-0003-0395-4208, ,, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 323-338 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Continuum (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1030-4312 • E-ISSN: 1469-3666 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10304312.2014.986059 |
| OpenAlex | W2126509332 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 29 |
The transnational Korean media and its active streams to the USA have seemingly increased its potency as new ethnic media. Ethnic media can be defined in more than one way; this demands a shift in the definition, meaning, impact and role of ethnic media at the heart of increasing transnational media use by ethnic minorities and immigrants. This study examines how transnational Korean pop culture has been consumed by Asian American youth and in what ways the Korean media are serving them. All 15 undergraduate students at a public university in the Midwest volunteered for interviews and they were all females, identifying themselves as Asian Americans. According to them, the Korean media has been used along with the media from country of origin; however, the Korean content facilitates their ability to reminisce about the pan-ethnic identity as a member of the East Asian community. The mediated connection to the Korean pop culture presents concrete manifestations of not only the nation, but also the coeval territory of East Asia, which has been limited in their imagined community. Participants also prefer to watch Korean romance dramas because romantic heroes and heroines in Korean romance dramas are depicted to be charming in their roles, and for participants these fresh and positive Asian leads produce pseudo-satisfaction, enabling them to feel comfort from their perception of social marginality
Advertising · Aesthetics · Art · Asian culture · China · East Asia · Ethnic community · Ethnic culture · Ethnic group · Identity (music · Immigration · Korean Wave · Literature · Media studies · Political science · Popular culture · Romance · Sociology · Anthropology · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Gender Studies · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
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Chineseness, situatedness, and what the Thai-Chinese see in Chinese dramas
Digital Media-Driven Korean Popular Culture Consumption among First-And-A-Half Generation Korean Immigrant Children
Digital Peripheries
Consuming Representations of Korean TV Dramas among Indonesian Muslim Youth
Diasporic Hallyu
Identity Passing in Intercultural Performance of K-pop Cover Dance
The Korean wave as serious leisure - Hallyu and young adults’ well-being in the United States
Ethnic Selective Exposure
K-pop Fan Perceptions and Negotiation of Alternative Forms of Masculinities
What explains immigrants’ national identity
Many dimensions of Asian American pan‐ethnicity
Cultural proximity and hybridity
Diasporic youth culture of K-pop
Between universes
Korean TV drama viewership on Netflix
Netflix’s effects on the Korean Wave
Young Migrant Vietnamese in the Czech Republic Reflect Diasporic Contexts in Their Identification of Cultural Proximity with Korean Media
Performance, Fantasy, or Narrative
Keepin' It Real
Constructing the “new ethnicities”
Modernity at large
Korea as the Wave of a Future
Understanding Ethnic Media
The Korean Wave
Critical response
Identity Construction of the Chinese Diaspora, Ethnic Media Use, Community Formation, and the Possibility of Social Activism
Korean American Youth and Transnational Flows of Popular Culture across the Pacific
Global Migration, Ethnic Media and Ethnic Identity
Engaging with Korean dramas
The Korean Wave
Recentering Globalization
Globalization, or the logic of cultural hybridization
The Cultural Logic of Media Convergence
Desperately Seeking East Asia Amidst the Popularity of South Korean Pop Culture in Asia
Transnationalism, Cosmopolitanism and Glocalization
Intersectionality and mediated cultural production in a globalized post-colonial world
| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,33 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |