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First published 2025

‘Simulating fan discourse shifts: A thematic coding and regression model of K-pop communities under China’s Korean Wave Ban (2016–2017)’

Ronald Yi Xiu Wu, Tianguang Meng

Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies

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First published 2022

Between universes: Fan positionalities in the transnational circulation of K-pop

Kyong Yoon

Communication and the Public

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First published 2021-9

“They were having so much fun,so genuinely . . .”: K-pop fan online affect and corroborated authenticity

Rebecca Chiyoko King-O’Riain

New Media & Society

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First published 2025-4

Affective Participation From the In-Between: The Platformization of K-Pop Fandom

Samantha James

Social Media + Society

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First published 2026

Paradoxical intimacy between virtual idols and fans in South Korea: A case study of PLAVE and PLLI

Hanha Park, Eunhye Chung, Jane Seo

Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies

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First published 2025-6

‘You’re not invited’: Negotiating feminism within digital public sphere surrounding Lisa’s exotic dance

Trang-Nhung Pham, Phuong Anh Tran-Mai

Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies

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First published 2022-1

Fans as transcultural gatekeepers: The hierarchy of BTS’ Anglophone Reddit fandom and the digital East-West media flow

Kimery S Lynch

New Media & Society

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First published 2026-3

Precarious utopia: The affective politics of transcultural entertainment in K-pop Random Play Dance

Kedi Zhou, Yuqi Yang, Xinyue Zhang

International Journal of Cultural Studies

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First published 2021-7

English language learning and social media: Schematic learning on Kpop Stan twitter

Zunera Malik, Sham Haidar

E-Learning and Digital Media

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First published 2025-4

Platform Fandom: Weverse and the Technological Domestication of Fan Community

Grant Bollmer, Bethany Tillerson

Social Media + Society

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