You know that you have become an obsessed fan when you start to stalk celebrities everywhere. There are stalking that takes place online and offline for fans. It is a common thing for normal fans to follow celebrities on social networking sites. On the other contrary, sasaeng fans are the ones that take place offline. They will follow a celebrity all the way to their salon, shows, and house. In other words, they will follow them 24/7 if they can. In South Korea, an obsessed fan of a celebrity is referred to as a sasaeng fan. Sasaeng fans are specifically fans of K-pop (Korean-pop) celebrities. Sasaeng fans are located all over the world, but there are more noticeable in countries surrounding South Korea because they are able to travel back and forth within couple hours via airplane. There is not an established definition for ‘sasaeng fans’. However, according to many different sources compiled together, sasaeng fans are defined as fans that are extremely obsessive that interfere with the privacy of celebrities. Even worse they could physically harm celebrities just to get their attention or reactions. In Korean, ‘sa’ means private and ‘saeng’ means life. Altogether sasaeng means private life. The coined term ‘Hallyu’ in English means ‘Korean wave’ and it literally means the ‘flow of Korea’. Hallyu wave started in the late nineties with the boom of Korean dramas. People in different countries began to idolize actors and actresses in these popular dramas. K-pop has also become a sensation for music fans. The wave has affected people all over the world, and it still is. It hit the world hard, particularly in Asia over the past decade. It is still new to ... ... middle of paper ... ...ns. Sweetandtasty. “Sasaeng Fans & How They Follow K-pop Stars (KWOW #69).” Youtube, 12 Dec. 2012, Web. 8 Mar. 2014. Claim of value: With K-Pop getting bigger and bigger internationally so has the sasaeng culture and it is an important topic that the average K-popper should be aware of. Sponsor’s name: No sponsor;not reliable Usefulness: Defines sasaeng fans and gives a brief summary of what sasaeng fans have done in the past. Yim, Seung-hye. "When an Autograph Isn't Enough." Korea JoongAng Daily. JoongAng Media Network, 13 Apr. 2012. Web. 25 Feb. 2014. Claim of value: Sasaeng fans have no feelings of remorse when it comes to violating the stars’ privacy. Sponsor’s name: JoongAng Media Network; reliability based on corroboration Usefulness: Shows how the life of sasaeng fans have been affected and reveals the dark organization they work in.
Celebrity worship is a term given to those who obsess over one or more celebrity. Jake Halpern's "The Popular Crowd," discusses how loneliness increases the likelihood of someone worshiping celebrities. Worshiping of celebrities is not necessarily bad, it can be helpful for those who have a social need that they need satisfied. However, this worshiping can sometimes lead to stalking and violence towards celebrities. Once this happens celebrities are put in danger. Some celebrities receive phone calls, letters, emails, and more from stalkers. They might not feel like this is a sign of danger, but it is. In order for celebrities to remain safe, they need to be educated about dangers that come with having fans.
The celebrity gossips are indeed the most important news in the modern day society since it benefits the younger generation. For instance, some gossip stories motivate the young to explore the singing or acting talents so as to earn what their favorite celebrities earn. Additionally, popular celebrity gossip blogs provide the best opportunity for marketers to reach out for their target market segments. The senses of humor, as well as the criticisms associated with the readers’ comments often ruin the public image of the concerned celebrities, especially if they are abusive.
In September 2015, the Kardashian/ Jenner sisters launched personalized mobile phone applications and websites. This essay will analyse the authenticity of the Kardashian/ Jenner sister’s intentions, strategy and beliefs behind their apps and websites, but also the genuineness of their fame and fans. Furthermore, reference will be made to Gilmore and Pine’s summations of ‘authenticity’.
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The opening scene of Chungking Express shows us glimpse of Pan-Asian culture by introducing the concept of Kawaii, meaning cute in Japanese, it is closely linked to aesthetic expressions of kitsch which develop remarkably distinct features in all modernist East Asian countries. Kawaii culture bears traits of a social crisis that is most obvious in Japan, described and characterized as being all style and no substance. “An imminent disillusionment with society as well as a psychological helplessness and scrutinized perceptions of the self.” (Bornstein 2008). A critique of Kawaii culture and its focus on consumers’ values and obsessive fashion consciousness is not unlike Douglas Keller’s critique of consumerism and antique cultural signifiers
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...ll has numerous groups of fans and continuous to grow non-stop, affecting millions of people.
For our project, K-POP, we have decided to compare how the digital realm influenced the boom of cosmetic surgery in Korea compared to American plastic surgery, where digital means are a less common tool utilized to increase, accentuate, and bring publicity to this industry. We want to take a deeper look into how Korean pop culture and its technology may be influencing the process one takes to get plastic surgery, such as the advertising it provides for each individual plastic surgery. This is opposite of America, where plastic surgery is more taboo, therefore absent in these spaces. Through this research we are ultimately focusing, emphasizing, and analyzing how the digital realm of each country has recently influenced the plastic surgery industry,
Fandoms are considered to have a positive ideology. However, there is some discretion over the intensity of devotion from fans with some fandoms being critiqued as having a more worshipful audience, than what is considered the ‘norm’. These texts that have a more worshipful audience are often “defined as ‘cult media’ through the fact that such media texts attract passionate, enduring, and socially organized fan audiences.” (Hills, 2000) This explains the main difference between Cult fandom and more mainstream fandom, which is down to the intensity of fan activity. Fans are dedicated to their cult interest and often create strong emotional bonds with characters, actors, directors and producers, which goes beyond the
Starting from 1980s, South Korea underwent economic development, which not only improved the quality of life among Koreans, but facilitated cultural exchange as well. After the end of Cold war, the “cultural protectionism” was alleviated throughout East Asia and other parts of the world (353). This allowed influx and outflow of cultural contents from one country to another. A suitable example to explain this phenomenon of cultural flow is the “Korean Wave”, also known as Hallyu (351). With Korean dramas and celebrities entering the global market, entire South Korean popular culture was introduced to the world, especially East Asia. K-pop soon emerged as “successful South Korean export product”
South Korean women are addicted to the luxury goods. According to (Chadha and Husband, 2006) South Korea in a luxury consumption glass defined as “most of the women in the metropolitan areas ranging as Seoul and Pusan posses LV goods, Ferragamo shoes, Gucci bags, Burberry dominance, Cartier watches, Hermes Kelly bags and beauty is the stepstone of the women in South Korea” (Chadha and Husband 2006:178). Moreover, South Korean women loves to consume Louis Vuitton prodcuts so that according to (Chadha and Husband 2006) “%50 of them purchase LV bags (Chadha and Husband 2006:17). “There are consumer segments in South Korea luxury market ranging as, “gold miss” , “gold moms” , “VVIP” ” (Luxe brand advisors 2012:16). Furthermore, “a love of luxury and peer pressure” are the two factor which shapes the South Korean luxury consumption (Salsberg and Shin 2010-online). Gold Misses segment of females in South Korea are the latest popular group who are permanently dedicated their lives to quality living. “ The income of the gold miss is approximately over $93.000” (Luxurydaily 2012b). According to (Chang and Sproule 2013) these women surrounded every aspects of their lives with “culture, beauty, fashion” (Chang snd Sproule 2013:3).On the otherhand, a group called “doenjang girls” are the other younger luxury lovers in South Korea....
Hollywood is known to be the home of many celebrities, ranging from musicians, actors to models. The celebrity life is something everyone wishes to live. Driving big cars, living in mansions and having attendants to attend to various needs all seem to be something to make life easy and comfortable. Despite all the love that is shown to the celebrities, the celebrities live a life of intense scrutiny. The common people, who are their fans, keep track of every single detail of their life. Each short coming is noticed and put on the limelight with the help of the media who are the main information givers on every move celebrities make. “The paparazzi, in turn, have become watch dogs who never let them out of our sight, staking out their gyms,
There are two types of Korean music fans: Kpopers or K-pop fans and Sasaeng Fans. These two separate groups share many similarities; however, their differences are what separate them completely on the sane to psychotic meter. Kpopers, or K-pop fans for short, is a person who likes and listens to Korean Music. The “pop” in those words does not mean that said person limits themselves to only pop style music; it is just a term used to group all of them together. A Sasaeng fan (사생팬) are overly obsessed K-pop fans. The word sasaeng is a shortened form of the word sasaenghal (사생활) which means “privacy”. So sasaeng fan literal means “privacy fan”. Though Sasaeng’s are technically not considered “fans” at all, they are still called as such.
Celebrities can greatly influence people, and Twitter is a great way for famous people to interact with their fans and followers. “If you are like I am, heart palpitations commence. You take a series of fra...
This SWOT analysis will look at K-pop at four sides to discuss how it become an international hit. 1. Strengths 1.1 A comprehensive and strict training system In order to become a K-pop singer in Korea, it is not an easy thing. The company had been looking for trainees long time before they actually decided to introduce a boy group or girl group.