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Resources
The library is regularly updated with the latest resources. Some entries have been sourced from the BTS Syllabus project.
How BTS sings of Healing the Mind
Official Content
This article examines the album BE and Jin's solo song "Abyss" in terms of how they intersect with mental health and healing.
Minji Oh
2021
How K-Pop broke the West: An analysis of Western Media Coverage from 2009-2019
K-Pop
This article analyzes mainstream media coverage of the Korean Wave from 2009 to 2019, including an examination of overall trends in K-pop framing over time.
Jenna Gibson
2019
How Music Fans Shape Commercial Music Services: a Case Study of BTS and ARMY
Journal Articles
They investigate the music group BTS and its fan community, ARMY, as a case study to better understand how music fans interact with commercial music services. This work aims to fill the gap in prior MIR user research by: 1) Investigating the contextual factors that influence users’ engagement with music services 2) Attending more closely to music fans as an important subset of users.
Jin Ha Lee & Anh Thu Nguyen
2020
How South Korean Pop Culture Can Be a Source of Soft Power
K-Pop
With Korean pop culture continuing to sweep the world, the South Korean government must now decide how it wants to leverage its world-famous idols to generate soft power.
Gibson, J.
2020
How the Fandom Negotiates and Competes with the Mass Medias, Part 1
Videos
A three-part lecture on how ARMY negotiates and competes with mass media.
Jeeheng Lee
2019