Vassar College Digital Window @ Vassar Senior Capstone Projects 2012 Catching the K-Pop Wave: Globality in the Production, Distribution, and Consumption of South Korean Popular Music Sarah Leung Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalwindow.vassar.edu/senior_capstone Part of the Film and Media Studies Commons Recommended Citation Leung, Sarah, "Catching the K-Pop Wave: Globality in the Production, Distribution, and Consumption of South Korean Popular Music" (2012). Senior Capstone Projects. 149. http://digitalwindow.vassar.edu/senior_capstone/149 This Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by Digital Window @ Vassar. It has been accepted for inclusion in Senior Capstone Projects by an authorized administrator of Digital Window @ Vassar. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Catching the K-Pop Wave: Globality in the Production, Distribution, and Consumption of South Korean Popular Music Sarah Leung Media Studies Senior Thesis Thesis Adviser: Tarik Elseewi April 20, 2012 Chapter List: I. Going with the Flow: K-Pop and the Hallyu Wave…….…………………………………2 1. Introduction…………………………………………………..……………………2 2. So What is K-Pop? Local vs. Global Identities……………...…………….…….10 II. Making the Band: K-Pop Production………………….…….…….….….………………25 1. The Importance of Image……………………………………………..………….25 2. Idol Recruitment, Training, and Maintenance………………………….…..……28 III. Around the World: Patterns of K-Pop Consumption…………….….….…….………….34 1. Where is K-Pop being Consumed? …………………….….…………………….34 2. Interculture, Transnational Identity, and Resistance……...……………….……..42 IV. Crazed! The “Pop” in K-Pop………………………………………………………….…48 1. H.O.T.? Issues of Gender and Sexuality in K-Pop’s Appeal……..…..………….48 2. Fan Culture and Media Convergence………………...……………………….…69 V. Conclusions……………………………………………..………………………….…….77 Bibliography…………………………………………………………………………………85 Leung 1 I.