Young Turks Club: A Boy’s Legacy

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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The Saturday Mini Survey: Collaborations

The  Saturday Mini Survey (SMS) is a two-question survey based on current events in K-pop. It allows fans to see research results on K-pop a little bit faster.   Today’s SMS is on collaborations in K-pop. Click on the link to take the survey!  

Why Is This Taking So Long?: Behind the Scenes of K-pop Fan Research

Crystal S. Anderson, PhD Elon University Anybody can ask some questions about your favorite K-pop group but scholarship involves a lot more.  Enter the glamorous(?) world of K-pop fan research! What is research? That’s a good question. Most K-pop fans have taken polls asking for their opinion, but these are usually for market research or…

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How to Make It in America: K-Pop’s Bid for the West – VICE (blog)

See on Scoop.it – Hallyu How to Make It in America: K-Pop’s Bid for the West VICE (blog) G-Dragon falls into a folding chair, looking calm and nearly bored. Kpop Kollective‘s insight: Overall, this is a very thorough account of G-Dragon’s presence at KCON, althought he was not the only K-pop artist there.  However, Tyler…

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iFans Case Studies Status Update

If you keep with research on K-pop, you may be aware of the iFans: Mapping Kpop’s International Fandom project.  The surveys that make up the qualitative studies seek to understand how the fandoms differ from one another and their relationship to the groups they support. K-pop fans know that the fandoms are unique. Because they…

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K-Pop’s Antic Emissary Raids the Cupboard

See on Scoop.it – Hallyu “Coup D’Etat,” the new album from the K-Pop star G-Dragon, has America heavily on its mind and in its credits. Kpop Kollective‘s insight: This overview of G-Dragon focuses on the surface: what he looks like, the kinds of images in which he appears. Is Caramanica suggesting that surface is all…

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JOURNAL ARTICLE: Journal of Creative Library Practice

Keeping the ‘L’ in digital: Applying LIS Core Competencies to Digital Humanities Work Kaetrena Davis Kendrick, M.S.L.S. • University of South Carolina Lancaster ABSTRACT: Digital Humanities (DH) has struggled with an identity since its contemporary emergence in the early 2000s; however, a succinct definition exists, placing many core activities of the field squarely in the domain of modern…

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