• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.90-102
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• 2013

K-POP has become a part of killer contents attracting worldwide attention beyond Asia. The purpose of this study aims to identify some critical factors for recent success of K-POP. In order to do that, the influence of the change in media on the globalization of popular culture was explored and its required conditions were analyzed. And the international and domestic contents production cases were investigated and the possibility of expansion of Korean Wave through reproduction of diverse contents was discussed. The potential markets for further development of Korean Wave were also analyzed and gave some suggestions for building new businesses model and effective infrastructure of among producer of contents, platform subscriber, network provider, terminal enterprise and retailers.

• Asia Marketing Journal
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.63-88
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• 2016

K-Pop is hugely promoted offline/online in East Asia, while efforts to promote it elsewhere are kept to a minimum. Whilst addressing the role of digital marketing in the promotion of K-Pop in the Brazilian music industry this study aims to demonstrate that K-pop will provide its audience with a unique and engaging experience if it thinks globally and acts locally in its marketing and communication strategies. A survey of K-Pop's world fan base was carried out online with 1,074 fans to determine the validity of the hypothesis. The results have demonstrated the need to adapt global and intercultural strategies to local markets with increasing brand awareness through utilizing digital marketing. For example, to increase K-Pop's popularity and market share in Brazil, it is not required to sing in Brazilian Portuguese, contrary to what might be perceived but fully singing in English would help breaking into the market dominated by domestic music as songs would have a higher probability to be included in the international soundtrack of a Brazilian telenovela and promote the K-Pop artist not only across Brazil but also give the artist exposure in all the markets the Brazilian telenovela is exported to, opening an entry door to those markets. K-Pop audience segmentation and psychographic profiling is crucial to the understanding of each market's consumer's preferences, likes, dislikes and their buying habits as it was proven through Brazil's digital media, social media, digital music market and K-Pop market analysis within the global context of the study. It should be also considered that brand extensions are not standard everywhere and that there are cultures where different product categories are not directly associated with its main corporate owner which requires extensive local market knowledge to succeed. The primary and secondary data research that we conducted for this study intended to demonstrate that K-Pop can be successful in Brazil and in Latin America and increase their local and regional market share if digital marketing and communication strategies are tailored to each individual market.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2014.06a
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• pp.42-45
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• 2014

본 논문은 K-Pop 디지털 음원 서비스에 활용 가능한 음악 정보 (Music Information)를 기술하기 위한 Music Description 중 K-Pop Genre Description에 대한 연구이다. 본 연구는 K-Pop 상용화 서비스에 활용하기 위한 음악 장르 분류를 제안하였다. 기존에 서비스되고 있는 K-Pop 디지털 음원 포털의 음원 분류를 체계적으로 분석한 결과를 통하여, 상용화에 가장 적합한 K-Pop 음악 분류 서비스를 위한 장르 체계를 제안하고 있다. 또한, TV-anytime 등 국제적 상용화 및 표준화에 적용된 기존의 장르 분류들과의 매핑을 통하여 확장 및 공유가 가능한 형태의 새로운 장르 분류체계 관리를 위한 메타데이터 규격을 제안하고 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2019.05a
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• pp.255-256
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• 2019

가장 큰 예술 대중매체인 k-pop은 다양한 안무 퍼포먼스를 필두로 대중에게 새로운 경험과 색다른 소통을 하게 도와줄 책임이 있다. 현대무용과의 결합을 통해 k-pop은 예술적 형태의 'Art 퍼포먼스'라고 불리 우며, 무용은 k-pop의 대중적 성질을 가지고 거리의 장벽이 낮아졌다. 이것을 변화되는 안무 디자인의 새로운 '문화 트렌드', '대중화 코드'로 인식하여야한다.

• Review of Korea Contents Association
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.26-31
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• 2016

• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.37-43
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• 2022

This study is a sustainability study of K-Music beyond K-Pop through New Media. New media literally means 'new media'. When TV, classified as legacy media, first appeared in the world, it was an innovative new media platform. Of course, it is considered the most traditional legacy media. However, the definition of new media inevitably changes with the times. Most of the media called new media today are based on online and mobile. This thesis focuses on popular music including crossover traditional music genre. And we define popular music exported abroad as K-pop, and propose the possibility of globalization of Korean music using K-pop users and new media, a metaverse based K-pop audition platform, as consumers and suppliers in the global market. Hallyu, the studying of K-Pop through the study of attitudes and economic effects of K-pop, such as reactions to the spread of K-pop and the reactions of fans who like K-pop, are constantly being discussed in various ways. But there has been no case of cultural technology research that linked the sustainability of Gugak as the Korean music through new media to the K-pop business platform. As the overflowing data pours out in the virtual space as an act that gives the meaning of existence, the online is able to become an open market that provides reliable information all over the world. Therefore we would like to propose on the sustainability of Korean music through the 'Korean Traditional Music Broadcasting Metaverse Audition' beyond the K-pop business model as the K-Music content in the cultural technology era.

• Asia-pacific Journal of Multimedia Services Convergent with Art, Humanities, and Sociology
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• v.6 no.10
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• pp.499-508
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• 2016

According to spreading K-pop globally, the market size related to K-pop stars is increasingly growing at home and abroad. Recently, services and products having direct interaction with the star are emerging. This research aims to propose a new service using a smart, connected social robotic figure that can support interaction between fans and K-pop stars. For this study, we begin by exploring literature about K-pop culture. Also, we investigate cases that connect between fans and stars and then build the development directions for a new service. Based on these development directions, we extract feasible technology and its interaction elements through analysing the cases of social robots. Finally, we propose the social robotic figure service in this research. This service proposed in this study can create and enhance diverse bidirectional communication between fans and stars through employing a user-customized, smart, connected figure based on a IoT platform. This research contributes to approaches for sustainable advance of K-pop through applying IoT technology.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.55-65
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• 2015

This study suggests the direction of policy making which contributes the visiting intention improvement of satisfaction by evaluation of cultural product between K-Pop and J-Ani. This study of research model are typically estimated within the framework of AMOS and related methods such as EQS and LISREL. The results show that statistically positive relationship among a evaluation of cultural product, a satisfaction and the visiting intention. This study reveals that Korea and Japan need to investigate the improvement of the K-Pop and J-ani. Finally, Korea and Japan should strive attract foreigner.

• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.253-258
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• 2021

This study aims to expose the potential dangers of K-pop through the past and present of K-pop choreography copyrights and to suggest the need to secure digital choreography copyrights for the sustainability of K-pop considering national responsibility. As the content industry quickly sought countermeasures to digital transformation, such as the launch of K-pop platforms and the evolution of OMO (Online Merges with Offline) media commerce in response to changes in the industrial environment due to COVID-19, the annual export of the domestic content industry increased by 6.3% compared to the previous year. Accordingly, our copyright does not require that works be fixed in tangibles, as in Japan and Germany, on the basis of entrusting each country's legislation to determine whether to require fixation on choreographed works. On the other hand, the United States, France and the United Kingdom are demanding that it be fixed. Although choreography is at the center of K-pop and the value and influence of K-pop videos including cover dance through new media are discussed from various perspectives, copyright on choreography that needs to be resolved in business platforms for K-pop scalability The fact that there is such a big difference in problem perception is an area where we must not lose our vigilance. As the development of today's technology, the method of fixing a choreography looks very easy as an image, but at the same time can be stolen very quickly. Therefore, compared to overseas cases, it is urgent to improve the difference in perception of copyright registration for K-pop choreography and to supplement the system include the NFT.

• (The) Research of the performance art and culture
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• no.32
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• pp.269-305
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• 2016

in the conclusion, appealing ways of expression regarding a wider and more variated range are to be tested and it is stressed the necessity of this to be shown to the general public through an ongoing constructive research on the originality of contents arising from the diversity of music genres And, concerning dance music, it is also pointed out the necessity of in-depth research on the rhythms that take into account the universal emotions of the general public to create diverse music that harmonizes with the dance and can be enjoyed by all. In the world of music, just a simplest attempt can bring about many changes. Depending on the identity of those who lead it, that change's appearance or shape may also be different. Moreover, changes arisen from testing simplified rhythms will let experts to create new music. K-Pop is to test, more than anything, diverse strategies and new changes to be selected by such a wide public. However, such changes ought not to degenerate into mere imitations and can neither become obsolete. The reason lies in the fact that the current efforts for the sake of diversification and creativity of K-Pop genre might well remain as the traditional elements of the K-pop of the future.