The Affective Politics of Citizenship in Reality Television Programs Featuring North Korean Resettlers

Cultura ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-163
Author(s):  
Soochul KIM ◽  
Kyung Han YOU
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Cultural Politics ◽  
Reality Television ◽  
Civic Identity ◽  
Media Representation ◽  
Media Industry ◽  
Television Programs ◽  
Global Media ◽  
Television Shows

This study examines the dynamics of cultural politics in reality television shows featuring North Korean resettlers (NKR2) in South Korea. As existing studies focus on the role of media representation reproducing a dominant ideology for the resettlers, this paper focuses on the specific media rituals of NKR2 programs, which can be seen as a product of the neoliberalist localization process of the global media industry. In doing so, this paper demonstrates how NKR2 programs interrupt the current dynamics of emotions in regard to North Korean resettlers in South Korea. We argue that in shaping civic identity as an effect of the NKR2 show, cultural politics of citizenship in South Korea on North Korean resettlers serve the formation of relatively conservative and sexist civic identity.

scholarly journals Mediamorfosis Industri Media Televisi: Studi Lembaga Bisnis EMTEK pada Platform Digital vidio.com

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Achmad Budiman Sudarsono ◽  
Helen Olivia
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Free Market ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Digital Television ◽  
Media Industry ◽  
Television Programs ◽  
Mobile Media ◽  
Television Shows ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
The Media

Changes in communication technology are currently changing the behavior of society in general, this is indicated by the use of mobile media, which has been used as a communication medium, is now used as a medium for watching television programs. This mediamorphosis phenomenon is used by MNC Group and Emtek Group to transform conventional media into digital media. This change encourages media owners to make digital changes in the broadcasting sector in Indonesia. The MNC group has digital television broadcasting under the name MeTube, while the Emtek group has the name Vidio.com. Not many televisions in Indonesia have changed conventional media broadcasting to digital media, benefiting the MNC group and the Emtek group. The perspective of this study is referred to as a channel for the process of exchanging commodities in the free market in order to compete and provide benefits and satisfaction to the public. As for this study using a qualitative method with a constructivist paradigm, while the aim of the researcher is to try to explore the problem of changes made by the media industry from conventional to online streaming broadcasts that change people to watch television shows anywhere. While the results of this study are changes in technological developments, especially communication and information technology, giving impetus to the media to change their business strategies. With the development of convergence technology, media are required to adapt by distributing content through many platforms at the same time as the current media industry terminology changes.

The Globalisation of the Media

2015 ◽  
pp. 66-82
Author(s):  
Shefali Virkar
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Media Industry ◽  
Global Media ◽  
Global Culture ◽  
Cultural Convergence ◽  
Cultural Effects ◽  
The World ◽  
The Media ◽  
Share Information

This chapter explores the claim that the continuous globalisation of the media industry is leading unrelentingly towards a hegemony of global cultural homogeneity. Through a discussion of the phenomenon that is globalisation, and the theoretical background against which the cultural effects of the global media might be studied, the chapter critically examines the role of global commercial broadcasting in the creation of a so-called global culture and in the engendering of global cultural convergence. The past three decades have witnessed an explosion in the size and number of Transnational Corporations (TNCs), while advances in science and technology have revolutionised the way in which people around the world think, work, collaborate, and share information. The expansive growth in the size and number of TNCs and the rapid proliferation of the Internet and its associated technologies has led in recent times to profound changes in the global mass media industry.

scholarly journals What Not To Wear Policing The Body Through Fashion Criticism

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate Rothschild
Keyword(s):  
Reality Television ◽  
Critical Distance ◽  
The Body ◽  
Popular Media ◽  
Television Programs ◽  
Disciplinary Power ◽  
Television Shows ◽  
Model Project ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Clothing Choices

Earlier studies investigating reality fashion television revealed that while participants and audiences are aware of mechanisms of surveillance and shame; scholarship also documented that critical distance from the program’s methods are not necessarily ideologically liberating for participants or audience. Indeed, as I argue and document in this current study, participants in reality fashion television shows remain caught in a pernicious power dynamic that is part and parcel of these shows. Specifically, by exploring examples from three popular fashion reality television programs—America’s Next Top Model, Project Runway, and Fashion Police—and by considering theories of fashion, gender, and power, I question the problematic ways in which popular media talk about fashion and clothing choices. Further, by drawing on Michel Foucault’s concepts of disciplinary power, I critically examine the judgments and assumptions that fashion critics impose on participants whose sartorial appearance they may find wanting. More generally, my study investigates the limitations of the widely accepted belief that fashion is a form of self- expression while I end with some more positive examples of fashion advocacy.

scholarly journals What Not To Wear Policing The Body Through Fashion Criticism

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate Rothschild
Keyword(s):  
Reality Television ◽  
Critical Distance ◽  
The Body ◽  
Popular Media ◽  
Television Programs ◽  
Disciplinary Power ◽  
Television Shows ◽  
Model Project ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Clothing Choices

Earlier studies investigating reality fashion television revealed that while participants and audiences are aware of mechanisms of surveillance and shame; scholarship also documented that critical distance from the program’s methods are not necessarily ideologically liberating for participants or audience. Indeed, as I argue and document in this current study, participants in reality fashion television shows remain caught in a pernicious power dynamic that is part and parcel of these shows. Specifically, by exploring examples from three popular fashion reality television programs—America’s Next Top Model, Project Runway, and Fashion Police—and by considering theories of fashion, gender, and power, I question the problematic ways in which popular media talk about fashion and clothing choices. Further, by drawing on Michel Foucault’s concepts of disciplinary power, I critically examine the judgments and assumptions that fashion critics impose on participants whose sartorial appearance they may find wanting. More generally, my study investigates the limitations of the widely accepted belief that fashion is a form of self- expression while I end with some more positive examples of fashion advocacy.

scholarly journals Talent Promotion Programs and Management of Formal Education in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-35
Author(s):  
Nimota Jibola Kadir Abdullahi ◽  
Seun Muyiwa Sotayo
Keyword(s):  
Formal Education ◽  
Reality Television ◽  
Personality Development ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
High Achievers ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Television Programs ◽  
Television Shows ◽  
Academic Scholarship ◽  
The Government

This study examined talent promotion programs and management of formal education among youth in Nigeria. This quantitative study determined the perception of administrators and lecturers on the importance of personality development, sports, music and reality television shows towards effective management of formal education. A purposive sampling technique was used to select 45 participants in three departments at the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. Data was collected using a Talent Promotion Programs and Management of Formal Education Questionnaire (TPPMFEQ), and analyzed using descriptive statistics. The findings revealed that personality development, sports, music and reality television shows are important towards effective management of formal education. The findings indicate that the government should promote personality development of youth by upgrading the monetary value given to high achievers in school after completion of their programs or degree in order to spur more interest in appreciating education and shaping the behaviour of individuals. Also, the government should provide sports-academic scholarship schemes that would serve as criteria and support for talented youth in order to assist them in pursuing their dreams and ensuring that all citizens are catered for educationally. In addition, the government should also place more emphasis on music as a way of bringing about a better life for youth. As well, the government should ensure the effective regulation of television programs so that they are educative, meaningful and relevant to the progress of youth in order to empower and reduce the problem of unemployment and poverty among youth.

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