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Social Media + SocietyWebtoons optimize interactivity and participation of media users in the world of digital media by consolidating a unique digital culture. This article examines the role of users in interactive media by exploring the case of webtoons in the context of a ...
Sunny Yoon
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Webtoon as a New Korean Wave in the Process of Glocalization [PDF]
With the development of Web 2.0, the online publication of Korean cartoons has increased substantially. The webtoon is a new genre of publishing Korean comics (manhwa) online, and is considered a unique case in the global cartoon market.
Jang, Wonho, Song, Jung Eun
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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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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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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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Application of Actor-Network Theory to Network Neutrality in Korea [PDF]
, 2015 This research analyzes the debate surrounding the network neutrality in Korea through the lens of Actor-Network Theory (ANT), trying to map the socio-technical network formed around the network neutrality controversy.
Kim, Guri +5 more
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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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International Journal of Communication, 2019 The sociocultural reasons for the growth of webtoons as snack culture and snack culture’s influence in big-screen culture have received little scholarly attention.
Dal Yong Jin
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The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics ScholarshipThe current international influence of female creators in the webtoon industry of South Korea challenges gender barriers within the traditionally male-dominated comic and film sector.
Alfonso Ruiz Rallo, Dácil Roca Vera
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Del cómic analógico al digital: Webtoons en Corea. [PDF]
, 2023 Este capítulo examina la evolución y el crecimiento explosivo de los webtoons en Corea del Sur. Traza la historia de los cómics coreanos, desde el manhwa impreso hasta el auge de los webtoons digitales, destacando factores clave como los avances ...
Doménech-del-Río, Antonio José +1 more
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