Mapping K-Pop Past and Present: Shifting the Modes of Exchange

• 발행기관: 한국학술연구원
• 저자명: Keith Howard
• 간행물 정보: 『Korea Observer』Vol 45, No 3, 389~414쪽, 전체 26쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 정치외교학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2014.09.30

영문 초록

The global music industry has typically been theorized as a recording industry which embraces and controls the creativity of artists while simultaneously seeking to influence the tastes of consumers in order to generate profits. This article critiques conventional accounts by exploring modes of exchange within the Korean music industry. It discusses censorship, control, and policing as the industry emerged in the early 20th century, how it reacted to changing government and media pressures in post-liberation Korea and, with the coming of satellite and cable television, how visual imaging became as important as audio soundtracks. The article shows how the recent rise of transregional entertainment companies has allowed the Korean music industry to leap-frog international “majors,” so that in today’s neo-liberal environment, the music industry’s profits accrue from everything except direct sales of its primary products - recordings.

목차

Abstact

I. Challenging Convention: What Exactly is the Recorded Music Industry?

II. The Colonial Period to 1945: The Korean Music Industry, and Its Censorship Mechanisms, Emerges

III. Post-Liberation, 1945-1992: The Korean Music Industry Re-Formed

IV. 1992: Exploding Ballads

V. Packaging Korean Pop, 1996 onwards

VI. Conclusion

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키워드

Audio Recordings Censorship K-Pop Media Modes of Exchange Music Industry Video Recordings