in Building Its Soft Power and Cultural Diplomacy Through Its Culture and Technology: Case Study of K-Pop Music Industry I. Abstract In these recent years, South Korea has becoming one of the influential soft power by attracting others by its culture, especially on it entertainment aspects. South Korea nowadays in this globalized world also in its attempt to build and strengthen its diplomacy through the cultures they have. The cultures of South Korea are now becoming trends not only for Asian people
in Building Its Soft Power and Cultural Diplomacy Through Its Culture and Technology: Case Study of K-Pop Music Industry I. Abstract In these recent years, South Korea has becoming one of the influential soft powers by attracting others by its cultures, especially on it entertainment aspects. South Korea nowadays in this globalized world also in its attempt to build and strengthen its diplomacy through the cultures they have. The cultures of South Korea are now becoming trends not only for Asian people
Pop Culture China is a book written by Kevin Latham. It gives readers a comprehensive and accessible introduction in various aspects of Chinese popular culture, for example, cinema and newspaper, also discusses the changing of consumption in cultural production. The purpose of this book is to reveal how the policy and technology play an important role in shaping cultural practice of contemporary China and will continue to do so in coming years. The topic will be discussed in this book review is
“A nations’ culture resides in the hearts and the soul of its people.” This is a quote stated by Mahatma Gandhi. Through this phrase, he explained how culture is formed through collection of ideas and phenomena individuals face within everyday lives inside the society. Throughout time, technology has rapidly evolved and now it has made it possible for people to share attitudes, images, ideas, belief systems and perspectives regardless of its location or nationality. In this fast-changing world
Amaru Shakur’s “Changes” Popular culture, also known as pop-culture, has grown in influence to claim a stake among the most popular infotainment outlets in the modern society. The word infotainment is a compound word that has since been considered as a word on its own. It is based on “information” and “entertainment”. Infotainment is an approach to entertainment that involves both education for informational purposes and entertainment for enjoyment purposes. Popular culture thus provides a platform
When talking about American artists it’s hard to find someone more unique, more controversial, or someone who had more impact on popular culture than Andy Warhol. This creator, although being of Slovakian descent has irretrievably changed American culture, as well as world art, and the way people perceive art and artists. He is the archetype for a little crazy, eccentric painter, and his white wig and designer glasses will be always associated with creativity, bizarreness, and most importantly with
Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008) was a multidisciplinary artist considered by many as a key figure in the history of modern art. He has been considered as precursor to practically all post-war American art movements from Abstract Expressionism to Pop Art, yet he remained fiercely independent of any particular affiliation throughout his life, with an experimental approach that extended the boundaries of art opening possibilities for future artists. Despite his deep admiration for the artists of Abstract
In the article After Twilight where do Vampires in Pop Culture go from here? By Scott Meslow, it talks about how the culture of vampires has changed drastically over the decades. He speaks of how vampires used to be perceived as vicious monsters, and were seen as the enemies, he uses examples of Dracula; how he rapes Lucy, while romancing Mina and that he had white fangs. Whereas, in today’s society with the uprising of Twilight, vampires still have white fangs but are looked at as human beings that
appreciative; all speculation aside, the great amount of references to the movie in popular culture (Internet Movie Data Base, 2014) only confirms its popularity. As a matter of fact, Hermes points out the importance of popular culture and its impact on audiences: according to him, citizen have a facilitated relation with pop culture and a rather problematic one with politics of the real world. In other words: a popular movie generates excessive discussion; and participation in these discussions creates
body and violated her privacy. Rape culture is the normalization of sexual assault within a culture because of social beliefs about sexuality, and even gender. Rape culture is prevalent in Bahamian society and many people do not even