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Comics as Heritage: Theorizing Digital Futures of Vernacular Expression
HeritageThis paper investigates digital comics—particularly webcomics and webtoons—as emerging forms of cultural heritage, analyzing their exponential global influence alongside the limitations of traditional heritage frameworks in systematically preserving them.
Ilan Manouach, Anna Foka
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Alcohol, Clinical and Experimental Research, Volume 50, Issue 6, June 2026.Media alcohol‐related content (ARC) is prevalent and associated with adolescent drinking. This study collected real‐time data about ARC exposure across multiple digital media sources. Many of the 8792 ARC exposures originated from influencers or the alcohol industry. Most content was believed to promote alcohol use, although engagement with content was
Kristina M. Jackson +9 more
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Webtoon-Based Global Transmedia Storytelling: Bloodhounds
Global StorytellingThis article examines webtoon-based transnational transmedia by mapping out the ways in which webtoons become big-screen culture as a new trend in the Korean Wave phenomenon. With a case study of Bloodhounds (2023), which is one of the successful webtoon-
Dal Yong Jin
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, Volume 36, Issue 2, Page 1771-1781, May 2026.ABSTRACT Freewriting is a writing technique where individuals write continuously for a set time without editing or revising. This study examines its effects on English as a foreign language (EFL) writing fluency, emotions, and learner perceptions among 149 Korean 8th‐grade students. Over ten weeks, students participated in eight five‐minute freewriting
Yi Seul Choi, Minkyung Kim
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A Bibliometric Analysis of Current Research Trends in Korean Webtoons from 2018 to 2025 [PDF]
In the digital era, Webtoons have gained remarkable popularity, especially among young people accustomed to online media. This growth supports their global expansion as digital consumption rises.
Cahyo, Eko Nur +3 more
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Comic narrative expression and aesthetics: From print to webtoons [PDF]
, 2021 Comics are a unique way for artists to tell stories. The production and distribution of comics are affected by technological development. In this process, comics formed their special narrative language and aesthetic system.
Shao, Kai
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The Dynamics of Reading Genre Fiction: Researching and Teaching Interpretive Practices
Reading Research Quarterly, Volume 61, Issue 2, April/May/June 2026.Conceptual model positioning genre fiction as a site for studying how narrative form organizes reader interpretation, identifying four dynamics—iterability, narrative interest, serialization, and spectacle—to guide empirical research on reading processes.
Robert Jean LeBlanc, Amy Stornaiuolo
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Examining fan participation in the digital media: Fans’ transcreation of webtoons
, 2021 The rising popularity of webtoons, a popular type of digital content, led to emergence of an interesting phenomenon known as transcreation. Transcreation indicates fans' twofold activity of translating and recreating webtoons into a new language, while ...
Nam, Jinyoung, Jung, Yoonhyuk
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Literacy, Volume 60, Issue 1, January 2026.Abstract This study explores how literary content is sponsored, shaped and evaluated within two popular literary and reader‐centric digital platforms: #BookTok and Webtoon. Grounded in a literacy sponsorship framework, we trace how material and immaterial sponsors, including platform algorithms, user commentary and engagement metrics, mediate access to
Sarah Jerasa, Karis Jones
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The Matter of Consent in “Book of Chastity” of The Faerie Queene After #MeToo
Literature Compass, Volume 22, Issue 4, December 2025.ABSTRACT This essay examines the pedagogical challenges and opportunities of teaching Edmund Spenser's “Book of Chastity” from The Faerie Queene (1590/1596) to South Korean undergraduate women in the post‐#MeToo era. Set against the backdrop of student protests against campus sexual misconduct, the study explores how an early modern English poem ...
Youngjin Chung
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