@article{ART002835601},
author={Eun-Ju Chung},
title={BTS’ global advancement and the formation of public criticism discourse on the Western racialization of Asians: Focusing on the communication in the reaction videos on YouTube},
journal={탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities},
issn={2092-6081},
year={2022},
volume={15},
number={1},
pages={167-204},
doi={10.22901/trans.2022.15.1.167}

TY - JOUR
AU - Eun-Ju Chung
TI - BTS’ global advancement and the formation of public criticism discourse on the Western racialization of Asians: Focusing on the communication in the reaction videos on YouTube
JO - 탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities
PY - 2022
VL - 15
IS - 1
PB - Ewha Institute for the Humanities: EIH
SP - 167
EP - 204
SN - 2092-6081
AB - This article examines Western racialization of Asians reflected in popular culture through BTS’ case, and analyzes how racist representations poured on them are refracted and criticized in the YouTube reaction video space. I conducted a qualitative analysis of the communication in the reaction space, noting that in YouTube conventional audiences can become producers and play a role in forming participatory discourses. Western prejudice against Asians, especially Asian men, was projected on BTS who advanced beyond Western strongholds in the global popular music industry, where audiences in the reaction space talked and discussed that it was unfair to disparage their masculinity or the the values and artistry of their music. While reactors and viewers forming a critical discourse, BTS was also accepted as a model for dismantling the prejudiced representation of “Asians who lack creativity and are passive in civic activities as well as cooperation solidarity with people of other races”. Communications in the YouTube reaction space revealed that BTS’ advancement has cracked the Western hegemony over even the beauty and attraction, and contributed to break the framework of racialization in which various historical and cultural heritages within Asia are crushed into a single category of “Asia”.
KW - BTS;YouTube reaction;racism;racialization of Asians;critical discourse formed among the public
DO - 10.22901/trans.2022.15.1.167
ER -

Eun-Ju Chung. (2022). BTS’ global advancement and the formation of public criticism discourse on the Western racialization of Asians: Focusing on the communication in the reaction videos on YouTube. 탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities, 15(1), 167-204.

Eun-Ju Chung. 2022, "BTS’ global advancement and the formation of public criticism discourse on the Western racialization of Asians: Focusing on the communication in the reaction videos on YouTube", 탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities, vol.15, no.1 pp.167-204. Available from: doi:10.22901/trans.2022.15.1.167

Eun-Ju Chung "BTS’ global advancement and the formation of public criticism discourse on the Western racialization of Asians: Focusing on the communication in the reaction videos on YouTube" 탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities 15.1 pp.167-204 (2022) : 167.

Eun-Ju Chung. BTS’ global advancement and the formation of public criticism discourse on the Western racialization of Asians: Focusing on the communication in the reaction videos on YouTube. 2022; 15(1), 167-204. Available from: doi:10.22901/trans.2022.15.1.167

Eun-Ju Chung. "BTS’ global advancement and the formation of public criticism discourse on the Western racialization of Asians: Focusing on the communication in the reaction videos on YouTube" 탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities 15, no.1 (2022) : 167-204.doi: 10.22901/trans.2022.15.1.167

Eun-Ju Chung. BTS’ global advancement and the formation of public criticism discourse on the Western racialization of Asians: Focusing on the communication in the reaction videos on YouTube. 탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities, 15(1), 167-204. doi: 10.22901/trans.2022.15.1.167

Eun-Ju Chung. BTS’ global advancement and the formation of public criticism discourse on the Western racialization of Asians: Focusing on the communication in the reaction videos on YouTube. 탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities. 2022; 15(1) 167-204. doi: 10.22901/trans.2022.15.1.167

Eun-Ju Chung. BTS’ global advancement and the formation of public criticism discourse on the Western racialization of Asians: Focusing on the communication in the reaction videos on YouTube. 2022; 15(1), 167-204. Available from: doi:10.22901/trans.2022.15.1.167

Eun-Ju Chung. "BTS’ global advancement and the formation of public criticism discourse on the Western racialization of Asians: Focusing on the communication in the reaction videos on YouTube" 탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities 15, no.1 (2022) : 167-204.doi: 10.22901/trans.2022.15.1.167