Pop Culture: What does Policy have to do with it?
Pop culture waves crash across East Asia reflecting and informing underlying social changes. Korean Wave (Hallyu) flows are a good example. But what, if anything, do trends in pop culture mean for policy makers?
Reading examples:
- Shim, Doobo. 2006. “Hybridity and the Rise of Korean Popular Culture in Asia.” Media, Culture & Society 28 (1): 25-44. UBC library [link]
- Yue, Audrey. 2006. “Cultural Governance and Creative Industries in Singapore.” International Journal of Cultural Policy 12 (1) (March): 17-33. UBC library [link]
- Heng, Yee-Kuang. 2010. “Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who Is the Softest of Them All? Evaluating Japanese and Chinese Strategies in the ‘Soft’ Power Competition Era.” International Relations of the Asia-Pacific 10 (2) (May 1): 275 -304. UBC library [link]
- Kim, Youna, ed. 2008. Media Consumption and Everyday Life in Asia. Taylor & Francis.
- Berry, Chris, Fran Martin, and Audrey Yue, eds. 2003. Mobile Cultures: New Media in Queer Asia. Duke University Press.
- Lau, Jenny Kwok Wah, ed. 2003. Multiple Modernities: Cinemas and Popular Media in Transcultural East Asia. Temple University Press. (obtain)
- Iwabuchi, Kōichi, and Chua Beng Huat, eds. 2008. East Asian Pop Culture: Analysing the Korean Wave. Hong Kong University Press.
- Book Series: Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia. Routledge.
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