The Kpop Pop Culture

Ethnoscape
The K-pop fandom community is an area in the virtual sphere where there exist a collective of K-pop fans with different cultures. These cultures are not limited to the fans’ nationality. The culture of each member of the K-pop fandom community is carried in the virtual sphere, and is manifested in their fan posts. Every fan post found in the K-pop fandom community reflects its member’s cultural identity.
The K-pop fandom community enables the displacement of its member’s cultural identity. The process of displacement of the K-pop fan’s culture is not limited to the physical sphere of the K-pop fandom. The actual displacement of cultural identity happens because the members of the K-pop fandom community transcend the physical
It is exercised through the active participation of a K-pop fan in terms of projecting a range of practices. The active participations of the K-pop fans manifests in their cultural behavior, cultural knowledge, and cultural artifacts transmitted to the virtual sphere. The range of practices constitutes to a new social formation within the K-pop fandom community. The performative nature of the displacement of one’s cultural identity contributes to the experience of each member of the K-pop fandom community while forming the K-pop fans’ new social
The new members would introduce their selves through fan posts intending to ask who their biases (favorite idol/s) are, or explicitly stating that they are new to the community so the older members should take care of them. The introduction leads to the formation of social relations. The sense of belongingness is established during the introduction phase and resembles both the physical and virtual sphere of the K-pop fandom. The similarities causes the new members to assimilate their selves easier in the K-pop fandom community once confirmed to be accepted by the others. The assimilation then leads to the cultural acquisition and appropriation of K-pop