• Asia Marketing Journal
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.79-101
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• 2021

With the steady rise in global popularity of the Korean music group BTS, the South Korean government and surrounding industries have swiftly begun utilizing their image and international recognition for specific nation branding purposes. While K-pop soft power strategies are not novel to the South Korean state, what is new is the rapid speed at which BTS have become a beacon for South Korean culture, language, and symbolism in the international arena. However, few scholarly works have sought to investigate the role fans have played in this heightened position for the group as state representatives, with minimal research conducted into the work fans do within the framework of ARMY fan culture. This paper will thus aim to fill the gap in scholarship on ARMY as an organized labour network, focusing on the role fans play as labourers in online spaces that work to promote, disseminate, and cultivate wider recognition for BTS as artists. Through the conjunct engagement of a political economy framework and theories of participatory culture, this paper will explore the manner through which the free labour of ARMY, premised on affect, has constructed the fandom as active agents of soft power alongside BTS themselves.

• 한국산업정보학회논문지
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• 제17권7호
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• pp.127-138
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• 2012

드라마 위주의 방송을 매체로 한 이전의 한류와 달리, 케이팝을 중심으로 한 신한류의 확산은 소셜미디어를 통해 이루어졌다. 본 논문은 이러한 확산 방식의 차이가 사회자본 관점에서 한류의 수용층과 수용방식에 어떻게 영향을 미쳤는지 고찰하고, 이를 토대로 콘텐츠 산업에 대한 시사점을 도출하고자 한다. 소셜미디어를 통한 신한류의 수용자들은 자발적으로 케이팝을 찾아 공유하고 자신들의 의사를 표출하는 젊은 열성 팬들로 구성된다. 유튜브나 페이스북과 같은 소셜 네트워크 서비스를 제공하는 웹 기업들은 이들을 결속형에서 교량형 사회자본으로 변화시켜, 음원제공 사이트에서 케이팝의 판매를 촉진하는 정보제공자의 역할을 한다. 통신사와 광고주는 이러한 시장에 제3자로 참여하여 미디어가 소비자들 사이에서 유통될 수 있도록 자금을 지원한다. 이처럼 서로가 서로를 지원하는 다면시장에서 생태계의 변화를 유도하는 플랫폼의 확보 없이는 신한류의 파급효과를 극대화하는 연계형 사회자본 형성은 어려울 것이다.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.377-388
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• 2016

본 연구의 목적은 첫째, 한국 이미지에 대한 중국 소비자의 자기 일치성이 한류콘텐츠 제품 평가와 태도에 미치는 영향을 규명함으로써 소비자 개인의 심리적 변수에 따른 중국 시장 세분화에 유용한 시사점을 제공한다. 둘째, 현실적 자기 일치와 이상적 자기 일치의 상대적 중요성을 파악한다. 이는 한류 콘텐츠 제품에 대한 소구에 있어, 적합한 심리적 근접성 전략을 사용하게 하는 근거를 제시한다. 마지막으로, 대중문화 관여도에 따른 속성에 선호에 차이가 있는지 밝힌다. 이를 바탕으로 한류 콘텐츠의 다양한 속성을 구분가능하게 하고 중심속성과 지엽적 속성을 구분하는 단서를 제시한다. 분석 결과, 현실적 자기 일치는 한류콘텐츠 속성 중 콘텐츠 요인 평가에 긍정적 영향을 주는 반면, 이상적 자기 일치는 한류콘텐츠 속성 중 인적 요인과 문화적 요인 평가에 긍정적인 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 인적 요인과 문화적 요인 평가는 구매의도에 긍정적 영향을 미치며, 콘텐츠 요인과 문화적 요인이 구전의도에 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 대중문화에 대한 관여도가 높은 집단은 낮은 집단에 비해 인적 요인과 콘텐츠 요인에 대한 평가가 유의하게 높았다.

• 한국IT서비스학회지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.31-47
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• 2011

With the saturation of the local market, the domestic media industry is searching for new growth drivers by crossing over to other industries, but due to the limited size of the market, results fail to meet expectations. Despite its strengths in cultural contents, as verified by the Korean Wave Hallyu, and advanced platform services, the industry feels threatened by the entry of global foreign media businesses in the domestic arena. This and the stagnated growth in the local media market are challenges we are facing today. On the other hand, it could prove to be a timely opportunity to transform the existing media industry structure where exporting hardware and terminals is at the heart of a globalized business into a structure based on software and contents exports. Based on such critical thinking, this study examines the current status of media markets, home and abroad, and aims to come up with strategic measures through a discussion on the issues and methods proposed for the globalization of local media businesses from a holistic viewpoint based on ecosystem, M&A and contents.

• East Asian Economic Review
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.381-407
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• 2019

The Korean wave has become a global phenomenon whose effect has been widely studied in Asia, Europe and the US. However the presumption of cultural distance makes it appear unlikely that the Korean wave could gain traction among African consumers of cultural products. As such, a dearth of evidence exists on the effects of the wave in Africa. This paper examines the effect of the wave in East African countries employing both descriptive and Probit model analyses. The results show that, contrary to conventional beliefs, most Africans surveyed perceive value proximity with Korea through the values conveyed in Korean dramas, movies and music. Confucius values, such as filial piety, family love and respect for the elderly are the most appealing to the East African audience. Importantly, contact with Korean wave contents contributes to the respondents' disposition to form favorable attitude towards Korea. The African consumers of Korea's cultural products are equally likely to purchase other Korean commercial products. These results remotely suggest that Hallyu may be a tool for advancing Korea's soft power towards Africa and could generate positive economic externalities.

• International Journal of Human Ecology
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.75-85
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• 2011

This study aims to understand the experiences as consumers of Thai students studying in Korea. "Study Korea Project" which is a drive to globalize local universities by attracting more oversea students as a pull factor, and economic growth, values on education and Hallyu as push factors contribute to the increase the number of Thai students in Korea. In order to understand the experiences of Thai students as consumers studying in Korea, individual interviews were conducted. A total of 5 participants were asked about meaning of consumption in everyday life in Korea or any changes in consumption behavior compared to living in Thai. Three themes were identified through wholistic and selective approaches. First, all participants in the study said that they were surprised because of high living expense in Korea. Consequently, survival itself is too much for them and they have become more conscious of prices of goods. Secondly, since most participants in this study can control their own budget, they feel some degree of freedom and power of control of their own lives. This experience may help them to accomplish their developmental tasks during the transition to adulthood. Thirdly, they are easily imbued with Korean consumer culture. It causes various conflicts between buying and not-buying or friends gathering and saving money. Sometimes it makes them in stuck excessive consumption and financial problems. For a deeper understanding of oversea students' lives in Korea as consumers, further studies should take into consideration of not only their culture of origins, but also misconceptions that have accumulated around these students.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제14권9호
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• pp.65-72
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• 2016

Purpose - This study is to examine the effect of Korean Wave (Hallyu) towards consumer purchase intention of Korean Product in Indonesia. In addition, this study also investigates the image of Korea whether it can give an impact on Indonesian consumers' intention to purchase Korean Products. Research design, data, and methodology - A total of 227 respondents from Indonesian consumers were collected using online surveys. The results from this survey were analyzed using principal component analysis (PCA) to identify each of the factors. Multiple regression and process analysis (designed by Andrew F. Hayes) were conducted to test the hypotheses. Results - This research found that 'Korean Wave', 'Ethnocentrism', and 'Country-of-Origin Image' significantly affected consumer purchase intention towards Korean Products in Indonesia, while 'Country Image' on the purchase intention was not significant affected the purchase intention. Conclusions - Study findings provide useful information for business practitioners and government to develop and maintain the use of Korean Wave in the business and marketing fields. By only referring to the image of country, it will be difficult for the consumers to decide whether they want to purchase the products or not. In other words, the favorable image of Korea, usually represented by high level of industrialization and economy, is more likely to be enhanced by favorable image of product and Korean cultural wave.

• 한국식생활문화학회지
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.184-200
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• 2019

This study aims to establish a strategy for selling kimchi to satisfy the needs and wants of European consumers through survey, FGI, and IDI. All survey participants were Europeans and were selected on the basis of their kimchi awareness. For the quantitative survey, 246 participants 15 years or older were selected; for FGI, 33 participants aged between 20 and 49 were selected; and for IDI, eight chefs were selected. The survey included four steps of 'Awareness-First try-Needs-Future consumption'. The participants got to know kimchi through the Internet; for example, by visiting Korea and Hallyu, and suggested positive comments, including 'fancy' and 'exotic.' While satisfaction with kimchi sharply decreased due to taste and appearance in the first try of kimchi, it is important to provide the best first-try experience. It also showed that important needs for kimchi are 'hot sensation', 'crunchiness' and 'presentation'. They gave a negative answer to combination with traditional cuisines of their own country, but provided positive comments for benchmarking the use of traditional pickled foods. This study suggests that it may be necessary to implement a two-track strategy by the traditional kimchi as a 'strategic product' and localized kimchi as a 'key product'.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.201-206
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• 2019

본 연구는 한국 드라마, 음악, 영화 등 한류콘텐츠를 중심으로 인도네시아 시장 진출을 위한 방안을 살펴보고자 한다. 이를 위해 인도네시아 현지인들이 한류콘텐츠를 좋아하는 이유, 소비 경로, 한류콘텐츠에 대한 호감도와 그 효과에 대해서 실증적으로 알아보았다. 연구결과, 한류콘텐츠의 인기 이유는 콘텐츠 자체의 품질과 해당 콘텐츠의 인적 매력도 등으로 확인되었다. 그리고 소비경로는 주로 TV를 통해 이루어졌으며, 한류콘텐츠의 호감도는 한국에 대한 호감도 및 한국에 대한 방문의도에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다.

• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.72-78
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• 2021

Currently, the Korean wave is not limited to popular culture, but has a significant impact not only on Korea's national image but also on the improvement of Korean companies' products and image of Korea. In this study, using Textom to confirm the change in foreign tourists' image of Korea, the data collection period was 1 year of 2020, when COVID 19 occurred, as a collection period for "Korea and foreigner" and related key words, each Hallyu content, and ranked in the top 80 keywords were derived. Centrality analysis for semantic network visualization was performed using UCINET6, and through CONCOR analysis, 7 groups 'K-Quarantine ', 'K-Drama', 'K-Movie', 'K-Beauty', 'K-Shopping', It was clustered into 'K-Tech' and 'K-Pop'. As a result of the analysis, the image of Korea abroad generally recognized the Korean Wave as cultural content, but after the outbreak of COVID 19, it is judged that it has been recognized as a country with a successful case of K-Quarantine.