Transnational Korean Television: Cultural Storytelling and Digital Audiences

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Transnational Korean Television
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Transnational Korean Television: Cultural Storytelling and Digital Audiences
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Contents
List of Figures and Tables
Introduction
Part I: Transnational Korean Television with East Asia
	Chapter 1
	Transforming the Korean Television Industry
		East Asian Media Landscapes during the 1990s
		The Korean Wave and Korean TV Drama
		Korean Television Program Exports
		The Korean Television System and Broadcasting Corporations
		Notes
	Chapter 2
	Korean TV Drama Narratives
		Universal Theme: Romance in K-dramas
		Korean Romance Narratives: The Prototype and Cultural Sentiment
		Transcultural Storytelling: Gender, Class, and Racial/Ethnic Images
		K-drama Viewers’ Rituals
		Notes
	Chapter 3
	Korean TV Shows with East Asian Partnership
		A Regional Drama, Meteor Garden
		Partnerships between Korean and Chinese Television
		Partnerships between Korean and Japanese Television
Part II: Transnational Korean Television in America
	Chapter 4
	Digital Audiences, Fans, and Fandom
		Netflix and Korean Drama Viewers in America
		Viewers, Fans, and Fan Studies on Transnational Television
		Notes
	Chapter 5
	The Power of Streaming TV
		Divergent Transnational TV Consumption in the Age of Media Convergence
		Streaming Korean Television and the Meaning of Streaming Viewership
		Netflix: K-dramas’ Global Streaming Channel
		DramaFever.com: The First Legal Streaming of Korean TV Shows in America
		Notes
	Chapter 6
	Korean Television Formats
		Television Format: How Does It Work Internationally?
		Korean Television Formats in the United States: Dramas and Variety Shows
	Conclusion
	Bibliography
	Index
	About the Author