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http://dx.doi.org/10.5392/JKCA.2017.17.05.357

A Study on the Relationship between the Evaluation of Morality on the Korean Drama Characters and the Drama Enjoyment and Quality Evaluation by Foreign Audience  

Lee, Hye Eun (이화여자대학교 커뮤니케이션.미디어 학부)
Yu, Sae-Kyung (이화여자대학교 커뮤니케이션.미디어 학부)
Chung, Yoonkyung (순천향대학교 신문방송학과)
Lee, Eugene (이화여자대학교 커뮤니케이션.미디어 학부)
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Abstract
In this study, we examined how the United States, Chinese, and Japanese viewers perceive the morality of the main characters in the family drama 'Take Care of Mom' and the influence of the perceived morality has on drama enjoyment and quality evaluation. Results show that the viewers from all three countries evaluated 'Hoonjae' favorably and evaluated selfish older brother, 'Hyung Kyu', unfavorably. This means there are common norms that exist in all three countries for judging the good and evil in a drama. However, the main female characters that played opposing characteristics were evaluated differently from all three countries. This is because the relationship between parents and children, and the role of mother and woman were perceived differently from each country. These results support the argument that consumption of drama may differ by viewer's cultural background. Additionally, the research hypothesis that 'moral evaluation of major characters will influence the drama enjoyment and evaluation of the drama quality' was not supported in China and Japan, and was only supported by the U.S. viewers.
Keywords
Cultural Proximity; Disposition Theory; Morality of Main Character; Drama Enjoyment; Drama Quality;
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