One of the most important distinguish aspects of South Korea is their popular culture. It is what shows who they really are and how the country is socioeconomic and technological advance. With the pass of the years, it has been influenced by a lot of internal and external factors until it shaped into the way it is now. South Korean popular cultural is a key component in the process of acculturation between the East and the West, that started to occur thanks to the Korean media development and the success of media companies.
The media of South Korea is very advanced nowadays and is based in the freedom of expression right. However, it has not always been this way. Korea has been influenced in many different ways since its foundation and among the most representative factors we can find globalization, its television programming exporting figure and the media liberalization. All of these helped the country become what it is, an instrument to export the Korean popular culture throughout Asian countries and the whole world.
Korean media liberalization and development was able to trigger what is nowadays known as the “Korean Wave”. The most important period for the Korean media was from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s, when liberalization was introduced to the sector. Before this period, only domestic film companies were allowed to import and sell foreign movies in the national market, until in 1988 the Korean government allowed Hollywood Studios to distribute the movies directly,
When I participated to interview House of Representatives Mike Honda in June 2015, he offered a powerful message in terms of tensions between U.S., Korea, and Japan, and I asked him what advice he would give to students in order to better approach my audiences, which was Korean and American students. I soon appreciated powerful impact of media on general perception, and began to awe at the prevalent impact media would have had in history and pursue further study its impacts. Honda’s initiative and well-rounded perspectives about the same topics influenced my own desire to be able to embrace and think from a wide variety of views. Through this experience, I learned I could influence others to open up and understand each other through media, and instigate diverse perceptions and views from
In current day North Korea controls its populations media almost as much as the government in Oceania does. North Korean people have no access to the internet and media is amongst the most controlled in the world. In 1984 there is a whole branch of the government devoted to it media. "
(U) North Korea (NK), although isolated, have developed their own cultural aspects over the decades. The civilian considerations, such as PMESII/ASCOPE, in NK comes in many shapes and forms. The cultural aspects of NK are dependent on and significantly affected by these considerations. The culture of NK varies from the political to the information considerations in PMESII/ASCOPE. The government control these aspects in NK giving little to no civilian involvement.
I was born and raised up in South Korea for twenty years, and thus I know Korean culture very well. I also understand American culture as well, because I lived and worked with Americans for four years. I decided to choose this topic, because in my experience, I have noticed a lots of differences between Korean culture and American culture; for example how Korean or American treat older people, how Korean or American act in the gym, and about the differences in foods. I picked those subjects because I have experienced the Koreans and Americans side well enough to understand both and I’m currently in South Korea with military men and women. I have Korean friends and American friends spending time together sometimes, and then I can observes differences and similarities.
Popular culture is a culture based on what society deems to be sought-after, trendy or popular. This extends to everything, including; fashion, food, music, sport and entertainment. World War 2 allowed close affiliation between America and ourselves to take place. Originally, Australia’s culture was completely influenced by Britain. For the first time Australia experienced foreign leverage from a different country.
After the Seoul Olympics in 1988 and the increasingly presence of western and globalization influence, Korea embraced the era of “technological reproducibility” and sheer industrialization (Kim 26). This fact is evident in
Japan and Korea were able to advance their way of life due to the broad acceptance of the Chinese culture. The cultural exchange resulted from immigration and trade within the region of East Asia. Japan and Korea were very assertive in maintaining the relationship among countries within the continent which assisted in maintaining strong and consistent trading. Trade originated in East Asia as early as the first century. Trade in China began in the regions of Han; the downfall of the Han dynasty resulted in regional division within East Asia.
Hollywood and the Movie Industry The 1920’s was an era of great transformation in the realm of the film industry. Hollywood created the merriment that entertainment brought. With that, it introduced a way of contentment to the entire world. The film industry truly began to flourish in the 1920’s. Thus, Hollywood is considered the birthplace for movie studios.
Why did Hollywood become the dominant film industry with audiences inside and outside America by the end of the 1930s? Hollywood became the dominant film industry with audiences inside and outside America by the end of the 1930’s due to the implications of World War II Hollywood rose to become the dominant film industry with audiences inside and outside America by the end of the 1930’s due to the implications caused by World War II. The Hollywood era of the 1930’s, which is also known as the Golden Age, was filled with great benefits for the film studios of Hollywood. The main factors that, enabled Hollywood to become the dominant film industry by the end of the 1930’s included a combination of factors including: the rise of the five major studios, the Great Depression, and technological developments.
Movie industry consist of different types of firms throughout the product value chain. This market includes: famous movie studios such as Walt Disney and Colombia pictures, independent production companies like Sony pictures entertainment and Warner Bros pictures, independent distributions such as 20th Century Fox, and major national exhibitions such as Cinemark and AMC. In the United States each part of value chain in the movie industry is separate and integration between distributor and exhibition is not allowed. “Vertical integration between distributors and exhibitors is prohibited under the 1948 United States v. Paramount Pictures decree.”
The media system in China is a combination of different media philosophies and the result of the long history of Chinese civilization. In this system, the Chinese Communist Party, government, private enterprises, media professionals, public individuals and Chinese culture play different roles and provide different forces from
While they do incorporate Western culture they don’t loose sight of their own Korean culture. This type of music is also widely known as, Kpop, and it has a strong influence on those of all different backgrounds of Asian youth and it also has a strong influence of those from Western Culture, like America and even the U.K. This article mentions the importance the role the Internet has on society today. The article says, “The internet has great potential for spreading awareness and exposure to the countless varieties of music around the world and for promoting the sale of music CDs and downloads” (Sutton 2009).
Over the last few decades, the world has witnessed the evolution of many different aspects of popular cultures, such as movies, technology, music, and fashion. Although the medium of Pop Culture has a lot to do with whether or not it actually causes change or if it just reflects on what has taken place. The general trend is that Pop Culture is utilized to reflect changes in people’s attitudes and beliefs, and only in rare instances does it actually cause significant changes. Movies in the 1970s and 80s are prime examples of how popular culture reflects on what is going on in society at the time, however, technological advancements in the 1990s is an anomalous example of when popular culture has caused changes in society.
Because of its commonality, popular culture both reflects and influences the people’s way of life; because it is linked to a specific time and place, popular culture is transitory, subject to change, and often and initiator of change. Since it affects every people’s life, it is a hard task for us, aspiring teachers to be the artisan of the Filipino youth for we are the one who will mould their character and through this powerful tool, we can be able to manage smoothly if we have enough knowledge about this. Popular culture and fictional entertainment media have an enormous influence on society. Whether in the genre of television sitcom or drama, or fictional stories in popular film, the entertainment media teach us something about ourselves as we map new meaning onto our own experience based on what we see and relate to; for good or for ill, it also teaches us a lot about others through fictional means (Tisdell, 2004). This statement tells us there are too many influences that contribute rearing a child’s mind.
The economic factors can influence the cinemas because the customers don’t have the money to watch the movie and buy the ticket. In this place in might be the cinemas in down and dangerous situations. Politics also Cinema’s risk factors, because governments can rapidly transform a business rules that negatively disturb Cinema’s business such as in Indonesia that the government don’t make the cinemas in that state.