KACA-KOFICE Conference
K-culture and Media Strategy
7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 4 (Central Time)
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Thursday, August 5 (S. Korea)
Registration: https://forms.gle/s39jPUGEVUrx95eG7
Zoom ID: 820 0365 9112, Password: KACA
Opening
7:00 p.m. – 7:10 p.m. (Central Time)
9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m. (Korea)
Moderator: Hanna Park, Sun Moon University (KACA-AEJMC Vice President)
Opening Remarks:
• Kil-Hwa Jung (KOFICE President)
• Moon J. Lee, Syracuse University (KACA President)
Panel Discussion Session
7:10 p.m. – 8:10 p.m. (Central Time)
9:10 a.m. – 10:10 a.m. (Korea)
Moderator: Hye Seung Chung, Colorado State University
Panelists:
Yi Seung-jun, Film Director
• Shadow Flowers (2019): DMZ International Documentary Film Festival Best Korean Documentary Award
• In the Absence (2018): Grand Jury Prize in the DOC NYC shorts Competition; nominated for Best Documentary at the Academy Awards
• Wind on the Moon (2014): EIDF UNICEF Award
• Planet of Snail (2011): IDFA Award for Best Feature- Length Documentary, EIDF UNICEF and Audience Awards
• https://blog.naver.com/i_sfac/221894055119
Bernie Cho, President of DFSB Kollective
• Seoul-based Artist & Label Services agency that specializes in providing digital media, marketing, and distribution solutions to 600+ Korean Pop music artists
• Consultant/Commentator for the YouTube Originals documentary series ‘K-Pop Evolution’
• http://www.sparklabs.co.kr/sp/modal/mentors/Bernie-Cho.php
Break
8:10 p.m. – 8:20 p.m. (Central Time)
10:10 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. (Korea)
Research Session
8:20 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. (Central Time)
10:20 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. (Korea)
Moderator: Dal Yong Jin, Simon Fraser University
Presentations:
• Critical Reflections on BTS’s Commercial Success: Alternative Masculinity, Its Visuality, and Their Discontent
Gooyong Kim, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
• Nation Branding and South Korea’s Pandemic Public Diplomacy
Hun Shik Kim & Seow Ting Lee, University of Colorado at Boulder
• Finding Global Audiences for Korean Comics: Historical Factors for Mainstreaming a Contraflow
Nakho Kim,Pennsylvania State University Harrisburg
• The Moderating Effect of Entrepreneurship Orientation on the Relationship between Conventional Quality Signals and Media Crowdfunding Success (Top Paper)
Jiyoung Cha, San Francisco State University
Grant Recipient Presentation
9:30 p.m. – 9:50 p.m. (Central Time)
11:30 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. (Korea)
• How Does News Consumption on Social Media Hinder Our Learning About Politics and Current Affairs? Providing a Theoretical Framework and Testing Underlying Mechanisms
Sangwon Lee, New Mexico State University
• Explicating the Layers of Media Diversity: Partisan vs. Platform Diversity and Issue Attitudes
Soo Young Bae, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Award & Closing
9:50 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. (Central Time)
11:50 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Korea)
Top Paper Award: Jiyoung Cha, San Francisco State University
KACA-KOFICE Committee (AEJMC Subcommittee)
KACA-KOFICE Grant 2021 Announcement
Contact:
Hanna Park, Ph.D.
KACA-AEJMC Vice President 2019-2021
Sun Moon University
