KPOPCON University of California, Berkeley 2:00-3:30 p.m. Hello Hallyu!: Kpop Fictions, Facts and Fans in the Global Academy KPK Presenters: Crystal S. Anderson, PhD, Kaetrena Davis Kendrick, M.S.L.S., Mark Jaehoon Byon, Kuylain Howard All Kpop fans are tweenage Asian girls. Idols are manufactured and have no talent. Male Kpop idols aren’t “real” men. Kpop music is unoriginal. It doesn’t…
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Beyond K-pop as Industry
K-pop has garnered attention in recent months over developments in major companies as well as opinions on the future of the industry. However, K-pop’s impact goes beyond the economic. In the last few months, K-pop company SM Entertainment generated headlines in media beyond Korea about the shakeup in its leadership. Major U.S. outlets that rarely…