Korea as the Wave of a Future: The Emerging Dream Society of Icons and Aesthetic Experience

Asian Brands and the Shaping of a Transnational Imagined Community

“…Korean films (Dator and Seo 2004), Japanese television dramas (MacLachlan and Chua 2004), and Cantonese pop music have become increasingly popular in neighboring Asian countries, partly because they reflect lifestyles that Asian viewers can emulate, in contrast to the exotic and inaccessible ways of life shown in Western media forms. In fact, one of the striking features of these exchanges is that they all seem to reflect and talk about an Asian experience of globalization.…”

Individual and Family Factors That Decrease Depression in Japanese, Chinese, and Korean Youth

“…Youth are taught to be true to these traditions and responsive to the standards of proper behavior, particularly behaviors which benefits the group (Fisk et al, 1998;Markus & Kitayama, 1994). East Asian youth are changing and becoming more independent (Bai, 1998;Dator & Seo, 2004;Jin, 2003;Kinsella, 1998;Yu, 1997). As a result, youth are struggling with this shifting culture they are participating and their traditional values because it leaves them outside of the larger society.…”

City futures in transformation: Emerging issues and case studies

“…Public policy is not a political process but a representational process-essentially this means that the city itself is a global brand, not simply a place where people live. Economic policy is now moving to the notion of a dream economy [26]. At the very least, creative policy is becoming a crucial dimension in being a global economic player.…”