Young Turks Club (YTC) is the brainchild of former Seo Taiji and the Boys’ member Lee Juno, who began his own entertainment company after his group’s disbandment in 1996. Young Turks Club members included Lim Sung Eun, Song Jin Ah,Han Hyun Nam, Ji Joon Goo, and Choi Seung Min. . . . To see the…
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CFP: K-POP AND K-DRAMA FANDOMS
CFP: K-POP AND K-DRAMA FANDOMS Special issue of Journal of Fandom Studies Guest Editors: Crystal S. Anderson and Doobo Shim This special issue responds to the well-established and global subculture of fans of Korean popular music (K-pop) and Korean television drama (K-drama). K-pop and K-drama are the products of Hallyu, a cultural movement from Korea…
CONFERENCE ABSTRACT: Hallyu America! The Global Flow of K-pop @ Binghamton University
Manse in the USA!: What K-pop Means in the United States April 12, 2013 ♦ Binghamton University Crystal S. Anderson, PhD ♦ Elon University Despite its status as a subculture, Korean popular music of the Hallyu era (K-pop) has a significant cultural impact in the United States. Combining elements of Korean and other cultures, it appeals to…
Using Screencasting for Research and Teaching
While the world has been familiar with online video for a while now, “screencasting” is a relatively new term in our technological vocabulary. Screencasting is similar to a screenshot, but instead of having static images, it’s a video of what is happening on your computer screen. This can be a powerful tool to teach people…
CONFERENCE ABSTRACT: 2013 Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA)
Hybrid Hallyu: The American Soul Tradition In K-pop 2013 Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA) Washington, DC • March 27-30, 2012 Crystal S. Anderson, Ph.D. • Elon University Hallyu (Korean wave), a Korean cultural movement directed towards global audiences, represents hybrid and transnational sensibilities. Ever since the debut of Seo Taiji and the Boys in 1992, Korean popular…
KPK Presents at KPOPCON13!
KPK: Kpop Kollective will once again bring the knowledge at KPOPCON’13 February 16-17 at UC Berkeley! BEYOND THE BIAS: WHAT K-POP FANS REALLY THINK AND DO Crystal S. Anderson, Ph.D., KPK: Kpop Kollective Kaetrena Davis Kendrick, M.S.L.S., KPK: Kpop Kollective Bianca Flowers, KPK: Kpop Kollective Do you troll the Internet for pictures of your bias?…
2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: About 55,000 tourists visit Liechtenstein every year. This blog was viewed about 290,000 times in 2012. If it were Liechtenstein, it would take about 5 years for that many people to see it. Your blog had more visits than…
Crystal Anderson Writes for the Popular Romance Project
Crystal Anderson writes on romance gone awry in “Where Is The Love?” for the Popular Romance Project: “Korean television dramas (K-dramas) rarely present a straightforward romance. They are often driven by convoluted courtships where likeable couples spend the series overcoming obstacles in order to eventually embark on an uplifting relationship. . . . Not every K-drama…
New Enhanced Profile: IU
Go check out KPK’s new enhanced profile of IU!
KPK 2.0: The Next Generation of K-pop Profiles
As you know, KPK is dedicated to collecting information about Hallyu-era K-pop. To that end, we are in the process of creating enhanced profiles of Kpop artists and groups, with even more information! KPOPIANA is a collaborative digital humanities project that aims to collect and organize information about Korean popular music of the Hallyu era (1992-present)….
KPK: Kpop Kollective 