KOR 3610 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Korean Wave, Information Society, Media Imperialism
Document Summary
Lecture 8: korean wave ii - korea as the wave of a future; High/unique quality: highly entertaining nature, admirable production quality. Reassertion of asian identity (not western) happens as new technologies make new behaviours, values, and lifestyles. Icon of the information age = bill gates. Medium of the dream society: the picture (not better) Icon of the dream society: steven spielberg (close to the icon) Importance of aesthetics and creativity: goods are physically beautiful and emotionally compelling. Korea as a dream society of icons and aesthetic experience to form official policy and take action towards becoming a dream society. Korea"s leaders recognized the dream society as the wave of a future. In 2003, the size of the korean cultural industry market = 6. 6% of gdp. Koreans are emotionally expressive people (creative risk takers) 70% of korean homes have a broadband connection (5% in england) in 2004.
