Cultural Policies in the Era of the Korean Wave: The South Korean Government's Instrumentalisation of...

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Taeyoung Kim (Loughborough University, UK)

Cultural Policies in the Era of the Korean Wave

The South Korean Government's Instrumentalisation of Popular Culture

Taeyoung Kim (Loughborough University, UK)

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Routledge
30 June 2025

Regional studies; Asian history; Popular culture; Media, information & communication industries; Music industry

Series: Routledge Research in Digital Media and Culture in Asia

Cultural Policies in the Era of the Korean Wave explores how the state instrumentalises cultural industries, despite the bulk of their production and delivery mechanisms becoming subject to the market logic and foreign stakeholders, through an in-depth study of the South Korean government’s cultural industry policies.

Drawing on interviews with policymakers and producers in the Korean film, music, and television industries, it investigates how the government’s policy schemes—ranging from funding programmes and public agencies established to promote cultural industries to the blacklisting of those opposing the administration’s political agendas—demonstrate the government’s strong desire to influence cultural production. The findings highlight how the state retains political power to instrumentalise cultural products, even as market forces shape production mechanisms and genre characteristics that have become increasingly transnational.

This book sheds new light on how the state approves and reappropriates the doctrines of neoliberal globalisation to serve its interests in instrumentalising culture, making it relevant for scholars and students in the areas of media and cultural policy, media and cultural industries, global media, and Asian studies.

By: Taeyoung Kim (Loughborough University UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 530g
ISBN: 9781032909943
ISBN 10: 1032909943
Series: Routledge Research in Digital Media and Culture in Asia
Pages: 188
Publication Date: 30 June 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Taeyoung Kim is Lecturer in Communication and Media at Loughborough University, UK.