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한류 속 중국인 가수 한경(韓庚)의 역할과 의의 《Chinese Singer Hankyung of 'the Korean Wave' in the Cultural Industry Perspective》

  • The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China
  • Abbr : JSLCKC
  • 2009, (19), pp.304-325
  • DOI : 10.16874/jslckc.2009..19.021
  • Publisher : Korean Society of Study on Chinese Languge and Culture
  • Research Area : Humanities > Chinese Language and Literature
  • Published : February 28, 2009

Heungsoo Park 1 장은화 1

1한국외국어대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

This work was conducted to look into the significance of the first Chinese singer in Korea, Hankyung, from the perspective of the cultural industry, how much influence Hankyung has in the cultural interchange between Korea and China and whether there are any critical points to be reviewed.  The first chapter presented the objectives of the research. The second chapter reviewed previous studies of the Korean Wave and provided the backgrounds of the theories regarding cultural industry and Korean Wave. The third chapter was written about Hankyung’s importance, roles and limits he had in the cultural industry, in which he has been helping to spread the Korean Wave. Lastly, the fourth chapter speaks of the expectations and future possible roles Hankyung can play in the area of cultural exchange between Korea and China.   The research chose the ‘quality research method’ for more realistic and passionate report. For this, this paper analyzed Hankyung’s online fan community, webpage, news articles and various kinds of reports. Also, interviews with fans through e-mail were conducted. According the results, Hankyung was found to play an important role as a part of ‘(1)securing a bigger market of cultural industry, (2)creating lots of fans in both Korea and China, (3)being an ambassador of culture exchange between Korean and China and (4)promoting the image of both countries. However, there were also things to overcome for him to expand the stage, such as language and visa problems.   Hankyung, who has been playing an important role to raise the Korean Wave as a Chinese, has already made a great step to narrow the cultural gap from each country and advance the globalization. Just like the saying ‘Despite the different language, we see the same things’ written on his online fan community, we hope his passion and efforts for becoming an Asian top star to be delivered to all nations.   

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