Western Culture in Korean Wave

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fariha Azalea ◽  
Adib Rifqi Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Western Culture ◽  
Culture Industry ◽  
Music Video ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Cultural Elements ◽  
Korean Wave ◽  
Original Culture

Korean Wave is a product of the culture industry comes from South Korea. The emergence of popular culture is also one of the effects of the occurrence of the phenomenon of globalization in a culture consumed globally and at domination by the Western culture. This research seeks to elaborate the elements of American culture are assumed to be found in the products of the Korean wave. This analysis method using semiotics Roland Barthes to know the visual signs that lead to the western cultural context in the music video of 2NE1 which is idol girlband Korea. The focus in this study is the costumes, hairstyles, and setting the symbols shown 2NE1 personnel in the music video. The results showed that Western cultural elements that exist in the music video is more dominate than any element of the culture of Korea. The concept of the music video, how to dress, settings and appearance of existing personnel in the music video appearance more like Westerners. 2NE1 music video in personnel described as a strong, courageous woman but still accentuates the side of beauty. The appearance of the displayed setting personnel and fickle and leads to the western cultural elements. Western cultural elements have dominated and diimitasi as well as produced back in the form of a Korean Wave her through one of the music video for 2NE1. The presence of Korean Wave popular culture as a redirect on the cultural industries that showcase not only the work, but the visual aspects and meanings that play an important role in the Korean Wave. The use of elements of western in the Korean wave is done in order to be accepted by the international community. Overall music video 2NE1 adopt and represent the elements of western in his meaning shows that 2NE1 is a representation of the culture of western that getting away from the original culture of South Korea.

Performed intermediality and beyond in the BTS music video ‘Idol’: K-Pop idol identities in contemporary Hallyu

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yeogeun Yonsue Kim
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Music Video ◽  
Third Way ◽  
South Korean ◽  
The Third ◽  
Korean Wave ◽  
Media Practices

The recent music video ‘Idol’ (published 24 August 2018) by South Korean boy band BTS exhibits extensively Korean elements, compared to previous visual presentations of BTS music. This may be because the song ‘Idol’ attempts to explicitly delineate BTS’s identity not only as a musician in general but also as a K-Pop artist, in particular, in the context of Hallyu (the Korean Wave). The music video ‘Idol’ is an effort to visually deal with these twofold difficulties that BTS confronts as a boy band, branded also as an idol group from South Korea. To this end, throughout the music video, intermediality ‐ the interconnectedness of various media practices ‐ is extensively performed to open up the third way to communicate what is yet to be difficult to convey otherwise: BTS’s identity as a K-Pop artist in relation to Hallyu. Intermediality is further stretched to the extent that the nature, to be relevant, the identity of one medium is questioned and its figuration is transformed into another medium. This article examines ways in which intermediality as manifested and performed in the music video ‘Idol’ contributes to this goal by analysing various arts and media demonstrated in a combination of architecture, writings, photographs, drawings, paintings, music and dance.

Hegemonic Mimicry

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyung Hyun Kim
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
National Identity ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Cultural Influence ◽  
Pop Music ◽  
Korean Cinema ◽  
The Past ◽  
Cultural Phenomenon ◽  
Korean Wave ◽  
Cultural Subjectivity

In Hegemonic Mimicry, Kyung Hyun Kim considers the recent global success of Korean popular culture—the Korean wave of pop music, cinema, and television, which is also known as hallyu—from a transnational and transcultural perspective. Using the concept of mimicry to think through hallyu's adaptation of American sensibilities and genres, he shows how the commercialization of Korean popular culture has upended the familiar dynamic of major-to-minor cultural influence, enabling hallyu to become a dominant global cultural phenomenon. At the same time, its worldwide popularity has rendered its Koreanness opaque. Kim argues that Korean cultural subjectivity over the past two decades is one steeped in ethnic rather than national identity. Explaining how South Korea leaped over the linguistic and cultural walls surrounding a supposedly “minor” culture to achieve global ascendance, Kim positions K-pop, Korean cinema and television serials, and even electronics as transformative acts of reappropriation that have created a hegemonic global ethnic identity.

scholarly journals Obraz współczesnego społeczeństwa w utworach muzycznych Doroty Masłowskiej – Mister D.

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 254-273
Author(s):  
Justyna Wrzochul-Stawinoga
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Rap Music ◽  
World View ◽  
Music Videos ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Music Video ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World

Changes resulting from the development of the Internet have a significant impact on the shape of popular culture. Music, particularly the message that it conveys, constitutes an important element of culture. Music, which is a part of a wider cultural context, has a significant influence on the shaping of the world view of contemporary people and serves as an important element of its description. According to Jacek Bernasiewicz, music often becomes the building block of the young generation. “It is primarily about music, and particularly its content, that always served as a generational bond and carried ideology – rock music for flower children, punk rock for neglected children, rap music for hip hoppers…” (Bernasiewicz, 2009: 4). Music always carries a message and combined with a music video, it becomes a story. This paper and deliberations contained herein are devoted to the works of Mr D, also known as Dorota Masłowska, which is a mirage – on the one hand of pop culture, entertainment and fun, and on the other, a depiction of the contemporary Polish society, in which the Generation Y plays a major role. The aim of the paper is to show how the Internet, being a place where narratives about the world play out, using the convergence of media, contributes to the construction of a certain reality, the elements of which, emphasised by Dorota Masłowska and elevated above the everyday life of the global teenager “Made in Poland,” make up the determinants of contemporary youth culture. Music videos by Mr D. and the content of songs from the album Społeczeństwo jest niemiłe will serve as the subject of this analysis. The narrative appearing in these songs will be examined, and the broader context of the meanings contained in the songs in relation to the entirety of popular culture and the way of functioning of society in it will be pointed out. Dorota Masłowska’s songs are not narratives of the author herself, but of protagonists presented in her music videos: the girl presented in the music video undergoes a kind of metamorphosis, and the viewer looks at the world through the eyes of her imagination. The protagonists in her music videos and songs are representatives of certain social groups with specific, clear characteristics that allow them to be individually identified. I assume that lyrics of songs listened to and music videos watched by youth and young adults are among the most important ways of learning and participating in culture by giving meaning to oneself, one’s life and the world. A musical work that is an “immature form” of culture, making use of the wide range of possibilities available to it for conveying messages, full of symbols and metaphors, demands its recipients to read and discover the meaning.

scholarly journals The Relationships among Self-Worth Contingency on Others’ Approval, Appearance Comparisons on Facebook, and Adolescent Girls’ Body Esteem: A Cross-Cultural Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 901 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Prieler ◽  
Jounghwa Choi ◽  
Hye Eun Lee
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Body Esteem ◽  
Asian Country ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Self Worth ◽  
Appearance Comparison

The present study examined the relationship between appearance-related social comparison on social networking services (SNSs) and body esteem in a cross-cultural context (three European countries, i.e., Austria, Belgium, and Spain, versus one Asian country, i.e., South Korea). The role of self-worth contingency on others’ approval was considered to be a psychological and cultural factor. Utilizing a large-scale cross-national survey of early and middle adolescents in 2017, the responses of female adolescents (N = 981) were analyzed. The results generally support the findings from previous studies but also reveal cultural differences. Appearance comparison on Facebook negatively influenced girls’ body esteem in all European countries, but not in South Korea. Self-worth contingency on others’ approval negatively influenced girls’ body esteem across all four countries. Finally, a positive relationship between self-worth contingency on others’ approval and appearance comparison on Facebook was found in all European countries, but not among Korean girls. These findings suggest the importance of self-worth contingency on others’ approval and cultural contexts can be used to study the effects of body image-related SNS use.

Життєтворчість Іллі Саца у вітчизняному культурному просторі початку ХХ століття

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (36) ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Badalov
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Creative Activity ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Music Criticism ◽  
Comprehensive Understanding ◽  
Musical Life ◽  
Humanitarian Space ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Creative Life

The subject of the study is comprehensive understanding of the life and creativity by I. Sats – a significant figure in the national musical life of the early twentieth century.The purpose of the article is exploring the circumstances of I. Sats’ activity in the socio-cultural context of the era.The methodology of the article includes: historical and chronological method – for studying the events of the artist’s biography; source method – for research of archival materials, correspondence, reconstruction of composer’s creative life; hermeneutical analysis method – for interpretation of literary inheritance (libretto, music criticism) by I. Sats in the context of the early twentieth century; logic-generalization method – to summarize the results of the study.As a result of the research, a complex view on the multivectoral creative activity by I. Sats was formed, his significant role in the formation of new genres of musical and theatrical creativity, development of the humanitarian space of Chernihiv, Irkutsk, and Moscow was proved. The application of the results of the research in scientific, music-pedagogical and educational activities will significantly expand the established ideas about the development of the national musical culture.Key words: music for theater, Moscow Art Theater, satirical opera, I. Sats, Chernihiv region, Irkutsk music classes.

Hallyu tourism: The effects of broadcast and music

2021 ◽  
pp. 135481662110482
Author(s):  
Chew Ging Lee ◽  
Shi-Min How
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Popular Music ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Research Note ◽  
Destination Image ◽  
Inbound Tourism

Limited studies have empirically shown that the inbound tourism of South Korea (hereafter Korea) is positively influenced by Hallyu, a Korean popular culture. Conceptually, some studies have suggested that in recent years, the popularity of Korean popular music is greater than Korean dramas, which spread Hallyu beyond the boundary of Korea since the late 1990s. This research note is the first attempt to analyse the effects of the two main aspects of Hallyu: broadcast, inclusive of Korean dramas and variety shows, and Korean popular music, on Korea’s inbound tourism. The findings suggest that broadcast has a stronger positive impact than Korean popular music on Korea’s inbound tourism because broadcast improves the destination image by featuring locations.

The Impact of the Korean Wave on South Korea–Taiwan Relations

Asian Survey ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-240
Author(s):  
Sung Deuk Hahm ◽  
Sooho Song
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Soft Power ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Great Success ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
Cultural Products ◽  
Korean Wave ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Ever since the concept of soft power was introduced, there has been debate about what it is and how it works. We join the debate by studying how the success of Korean cultural products in Taiwan has improved the relationship between South Korea and Taiwan. The two countries normalized their relationship in 1948 and maintained cooperation until the severance of formal ties in 1992 because of South Korea’s rapprochement with China. Beginning in early 2000, however, South Korea’s cultural products have enjoyed great success in Taiwan. Since that time, the relationship between the two countries has significantly improved, including trade and tourism expansion, increased Taiwanese direct investment in South Korea, and policy changes by Taiwan’s government. These changes provide empirical evidence of soft power.

scholarly journals ARABIC ETHNIC HOUSES IN KAMPUNG ARAB PASAR KLIWON AS THE PRODUCT OF ACCULTURATION

Arsitektura ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Najmi Muhamad Bazher
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Vernacular Architecture ◽  
Local Condition ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Cultural Dynamics ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Native Culture ◽  
Original Culture ◽  
Design Program ◽  
Dutch Colonial

<em>The wave of migration to Indonesia cause multiculturalism in their communities. Acculturation happened when the imigrant’s culture meet and blend with the native’s culture. Hadhrami immigrants came and stayed in Indonesia, bringing their original culture from Yaman.  Islam as their religion became the important part of their life and effecting the culture, wherever they live. Adapting to the native culture and local condition was needed when they chose to settle in Indonesia. Dutch colonization at that time effected Indonesian society’s way of life, so are the immigrants. Socio-cultural dynamics will influence and expressed by architecture form. The objective of this study was to identify acculturation between Arab, Islam, Indonesia, and Dutch culture on architecture of Arab’s ancient houses in Kampung Arab Pasar Kliwon.  Research method used in this study is qualitative-explorative and using descriptive as analysis method. Acculturation between Arab, Islam, Indonesia, and Dutch cultures on the Arab’s ancient houses in Kampung Arab Pasar Kliwon, found through the existence of Arab vernacular architecture, islamic concept architecture, tropical-humid architecture, and Dutch colonial architecture on the design program, interior elements, and exterior elements.</em>

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