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Global Production, Circulation, And Consumption Of Gangnam Style, Sookeung Jung, Hongmei Li Jan 2014

Global Production, Circulation, And Consumption Of Gangnam Style, Sookeung Jung, Hongmei Li

Hongmei Li

This essay examines the cultural production, circulation, and consumption of the Korean music video Gangnam Style in the broader context of globalization. We conduct a chronological analysis of its distribution, production, and reproduction on YouTube, focusing on the interactions between traditional and new players in reinforcing and creating new meanings. We argue that the phenomenal success of Gangnam Style is due to the dynamic interplay of traditional and new media outlets, the active participation of global audiences, the video’s spreadable hooks, a laissez-faire copyright policy, and the musician PSY’s marketing strategies.


Indexing The Local, Barbara Johnstone Dec 2009

Indexing The Local, Barbara Johnstone

Barbara Johnstone

No abstract provided.


Food Fight: From Haiti To Laos, People Are Starving – But They Refuse To Do It Quietly, Michael I. Niman Ph.D. May 2008

Food Fight: From Haiti To Laos, People Are Starving – But They Refuse To Do It Quietly, Michael I. Niman Ph.D.

Michael I Niman Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


China- Tibet Conflict, Allen Gnanam Jan 2008

China- Tibet Conflict, Allen Gnanam

Allen Gnanam

China- Tibet tensions are continually growing, as Tibetans are protesting for total independence from China, despite condemnation from their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, who is only seeking a sense of autonomy for Tibet (Sinder, 2008). As Tibetan protests are becoming violent and aggressive, the Dalai Lama has also threatened to resign as Tibet’s government in exile (Sinder, 2008), however, his rhetoric is not being exposed to the Tibetan people, due to government censorship in China. Therefore the Dalai Lama, an exiled institutional entrepreneur, has to find new methods that will enable his influential message, to be received by the …


Malthusian World(S): Globalization, Race And The American Imaginary In The Immigration Debates Of The Twentieth Century, Ronald Walter Greene Dec 1994

Malthusian World(S): Globalization, Race And The American Imaginary In The Immigration Debates Of The Twentieth Century, Ronald Walter Greene

Ronald Walter Greene

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