• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2019.05a
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• pp.49-50
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• 2019

2018년 11월 '리그 오브 레전드' S8 파이널 폐막식장에서 Riot Games회사는 홀로그래픽 기술을 이용하여 디지털 K/DA 걸 그룹과 리얼 걸 그룹 멤버들과 함께 K/DA의 데뷔 앨범 타이틀곡 'POP/STARS'를 제작하였다. 디지털 캐릭터는 VOCALOID 기술 및 창작자의 디자인에 기반을 두지만, 디지털콘텐츠로써의 가치는 UCC 컨버전스를 통해 기존 콘텐츠의 영역을 확장하여 디지털 캐릭터의 생명력과 활용성을 확대하였다. UCC에 기반을 둔 디지털 캐릭터는 주요한 정보 기여자와 소비자가 콘텐츠를 제작함으로써 그 영역이 확대되고 있다. 이에 본 연구에는 디지털 캐릭터 콘셉트를 이용한 K/DA 걸 그룹의 캐릭터의 특성을 살펴보고, UCC를 바탕으로 K/DA 걸 그룹 데뷔 이래 뉴스, OSMU의 특성, 디지털 캐릭터의 가용성을 중심으로 사용자의 캐릭터에 대한 역할을 분석하고자 한다.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.74-84
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• 2020

In November 2018, virtual pop band K/DA, with the use of holograms and actual K-pop girl group members, performed its debut album titled "POP/STARS" at the opening ceremony of the League of Legends S8 final, hosted by Riot Games. The fan culture that exists for real singers adapts itself to virtual bands, and K/DA, consisting of virtual characters, encouraging the production of user created content (UCC). However, this form of UCC is different from the most common one, meaning that this type of band generates another way of consuming content. Therefore, this study examines how K/DA's digital characters are transformed and reproduced by UCC and how the original producers' content differs from them. Firstly, the development of this study considers the open characteristics of UCC, such as user type, created motivation, created process, content type and sharing method. In the second part, the virtual idol Hatsune Miku and virtual band Pentakill will be analysed to understand UCC. Thirdly, K/DA will be analyzed as a case study based on three factors: created motivation, content type and sharing method. In this manner, this study aims to explain how UCC for virtual bands reproduce and consume original content and expand their commercial value.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.117-132
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• 2021

This paper investigates how information game users needs to play game is offered to game user by applying the notion of explicitation toward translated game texts. By using League of Legends' Character lines, Character Abilities and Equipment Description texts as a case, this paper focused on how 'Insertion(addition)' and 'Replacement' method are applied toward game translation and which information is being explicitated. As a result, this paper found out that translation on Player vs. Player genre game, explicitation occurs by adding or replacing words containing information needed, and information about game control was prioritized among other information related with game universe and culture.