A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
Gil Soo Han traces the transformation of South Korean nationalism and its relationship with specific sectors of Korean Protestantism. A framework of “calculated nationalism” is used as an analytical tool to examine the grassroots agency of the religious far-right in the country.
Read moreThis column highlights the sacrifice and contribution of South Korean miners and nurses in the mid-20th century that greatly impacted the country’s industrialization. Now, the roles have reversed, as the country “depends on foreign workers to staff industries that native Koreans avoid.” Gil-Soo Han elaborates on this difficult idea with his term “nouveau-riche nationalism;” Han gives examples of discrimination against migrant laborers, human rights violations in the Korean workforce, and public attitudes surrounding these issues. How can South Korea shape its national identity into one that carves a path to a truly inclusive future?
Read moreMeme featuring an “Anti-COVID-19 Smoothie” On April 24, 2020, social media responded to a comment made by US President Donald Trump during a press conference to address the COVID-19 pandemic. In that press conference, the president suggested that injecting disinfectants might be a potential cure for the illness. The White House issued transcript quotes the President as saying, “And then […]
Read moreSushant Kishore explores digital media, the performance of communitas and political partisanship, and posthuman social media communities through a comparative discussion of India’s 2014 General Election and the U.S. 2016 Presidential Election.
Read moreRichard Van Heertum considers the applicability of Marshall McLuhan’s global village, Guy Debord’s society of the spectacle, and Jean Baudrillard’s simulacra/simulacrum to the 2016 American presidential election.
Read moreEric Hahn explores how user-generated digital databases complicate our understanding of the nature of reportage, history, and news coverage.
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