New Publication! I explore the cultural politics of the band survival show "Great Seoul Invasion" by introducing the concept of "K-wavification" (Korean Wave + Commodification). Out now in Television & New Media. doi.org/10.1177/1527...

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Song updates Hall’s encoding/decoding framework for digital platforms, introducing four new concepts—de/encoding, lincoding, affordecoding, and en/decoding—to show how ideology is reproduced and contested in the age of platform capitalism.
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South Korean court approves new arrest of former President Yoon Suk Yeol A South Korean court approved the new arrest of former President Yoon on charges related to his imposition of martial law in December. Yoon's lawyers had described the arrest request as excessive.

A South Korean court approved the new arrest of former President Yoon on charges related to his imposition of martial law in December. Yoon's lawyers had described the arrest request as excessive.

Hall’s encoding/decoding model revisited in the digital platform age: de/encoding, lincoding, affordecoding, and en/decoding This paper updates Stuart Hall’s encoding/decoding model to examine the reproduction and contestation of dominant-hegemonic ideologies in the digital platform era. While Hall’s model analyzed telev...

Freshly published: "Hall's Encoding/Decoding Model Revisited in the Digital Platform Age: De/Encoding, Lincoding, Affordecoding, and En/Decoding," published in Information, Communication & Society. Updating Stuart Hall's model for digital media with newly proposed concepts.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...

The Vacillating Imagination of ‘Us' in Black Panther (2018) - Dongwook Song, 2024 This article analyzes the cultural politics of the vacillating imagination of “us” represented in Black Panther, released in 2018. This popular cultural text ce...

Throwback to my 2024 article: “The vacillating imagination of ‘us’ in Black Panther (2018),” published in the International Journal of Cultural Studies. Critically examines how “us” is imagined in the superhero genre through ideological critique.
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