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Brand webtoon as sustainable advertising in Korean consumers: A focus on hierarchical relationships

open access: yes, 2019
This study explores the impacts of webtoons as branded entertainment on consumer responses in competitive advertising markets. A webtoon is a digital cartoon format developed in South Korea for Korean audience that do not read comic books often, but are ...
Jun, Jong Woo   +5 more
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Trans-Boundaries of Culture: Webtoons and Films in Korea [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This article aims to analyze the characteristics of new media called ‘webtoon’ and the convergence and trans-boundary phenomenon between webtoon and film in South Korea.
Hong, Sogu
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The Influence of AI on Webtoons: What About the Future? An Ontological and Macroeconomic Perspective.

open access: yesمجلة العلوم و آفاق المعارف
The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Webtoon industry has fundamentally altered the lifecycle of digital comics, from initial ideation to global distribution.
Yasmina LABED, Alain VUILLEMIN
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Joy of Ugly Feelings: Korean “Bad Taste” Webtoons as a Case Study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Cognitive narratology has contributed significantly to our understanding of reading fiction, namely, what happens when we read and why we read at all. According to scholars such as Lisa Zunshine, Alan Palmer, and George Butte, we have an evolved craving ...
Park, Hyesu, Hyesu Park
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Pandemic-Incited Intermediated Communication| Communicating Through Chaos in the Webtoon Parasocial Intimacy Chamber

open access: yesInternational Journal of Communication
This study investigates some of the communicative practices displayed by readers of vertically scrolling digital comics known as webtoons. A big-data emotion detection technique is used to identify, categorize, and analyze the contents of more than 14 ...
Brian Yecies   +4 more
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Korean Wave Fandom in Romania: From Consumers to Cultural Agents

open access: yesПроблеми на постмодерността
The paper explores how the Korean Wave (or Hallyu) is received, practiced, and localized among Romanian fans of South Korean culture. Moving beyond an understanding of Hallyu as imported entertainment, the study approaches K-pop, K-dramas, and similar ...
Valentina Marinescu   +2 more
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Webtoons and Masculinity: Melodrama and Sympathetic Imagination in Contemporary South Korean Digital Media

open access: yes, 2020
306 pagesIn my dissertation, I refine scholarly views on a new mode of reception that has emerged with the media consumption of web-based cartoons, known as webtoons.
Park, Jahyon
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East Asian Perspective in Transmedia Storytelling | Dynamics Between Agents in the New Webtoon Ecosystem in Korea: Responses to Waves of Transmedia and Transnationalism

open access: yesInternational Journal of Communication, 2019
Many forces have shaped the webtoon ecosystem into what it is today. The structure constantly evolves as webtoons gain popularity in and outside Korea and the number of agents entering the production field grows. Transmedia and transnationalism are also
Jane Yeahin Pyo   +2 more
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Fan identification and narrative transportation as determinants of perceived value of webtoon-based merchandise

open access: yesHumanities & Social Sciences Communications
Licensed merchandise is a key strategy for managing and leveraging one’s intellectual property (IP) assets. However, existing research offers a limited understanding of licensed merchandise in narrative entertainment, where consumer perceptions are ...
Seungyeon Ha, Seongcheol Kim
doaj   +1 more source

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