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Dal Yong Jin

1964-·3,683 citations

Dal Yong Jin is a Distinguished Professor in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University, specializing in the political economy of communication, digital platforms, and the Korean Wave (Hallyu). He is widely recognized for theorizing 'platform imperialism' and has authored influential works such as 'Digital Platforms, Imperialism and Political Culture' and 'Korea's Online Gaming Empire'.

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Works

53 works
TitleYearLanguageCitations▼
New Korean Wave : Transnational cultural power in the age of social media2016en570
Digital platforms, imperialism and political culture2015en454
Korea's online gaming empire2010en438
The social mediascape of transnational Korean pop culture: Hallyu 2.0 as spreadable media practice2016en294
Transcultural fandom of the Korean Wave in Latin America: through the lens of cultural intimacy and affinity space2019en180
Cultural politics in Korea's contemporary films under neoliberal globalization2006en177
Critical interpretation of hybrid K-pop: The global-local paradigm of English mixing in lyrics2014en162
Globalization and media in the digital platform age2019en96
The Korean wave : Evolution, fandom, and transnationality2017en92
De-convergence of global media industries2013en90
The power of the nation-state amid neo-liberal reform: Shifting cultural politics in the new Korean Wave2014en82
Digital convergence of Korea's webtoons: Transmedia storytelling2015en81
Smartland Korea: Mobile communication, culture, and society2017en73
Commodity and community in social networking: Marx and the monetization of user-generated content2015en72
Transformative mobile game culture: A sociocultural analysis of Korean mobile gaming in the era of smartphones2015en58
Transnationalism, cultural flows, and the rise of the Korean Wave around the globe2019en54
A critical analysis of US cultural policy in the global film market: Nation-states and FTAs2011en50
Consuming the Contra-Flow of K-pop in Spain2020en50
Rise of platform imperialism in the networked Korean society: A critical analysis of the corporate sphere2017en47
The Korean wave phenomenon in Asian diasporas in Canada2016en46
Reimagining smartphones in a local mediascape: A cultural analysis of young KakaoTalk users in Korea2016en45
The BTS sphere: Adorable Representative MC for Youth's transnational cyber-nationalism on social media2021en43
Transnational Korean cinema: Cultural politics, film genres, and digital technologies2020en43
The rise of digital platforms as a soft power apparatus in the New Korean Wave era2024en40
Habit formation in social media consumption: a case of political engagement2019en38
Netflix's effects on the Korean Wave : power relations between local cultural industries and global OTT platforms2023en37
Encounters with Western media theory: Asian perspectives2021en36
The new wave of de- convergence : a new business model of the communication industry in the 21st century2012en35
Introduction: East Asian cultural industries: Policies, strategies and trajectories2014en31
Global media convergence and cultural transformation: emerging social patterns and characteristics: Emerging social patterns and characteristics2010en30
Disruption in Chinese e-commerce during COVID-192021en30
Construction of digital Korea: the evolution of new communication technologies in the 21st century2017en30
Critical interpretation of the Pokémon GO phenomenon: The intensification of new capitalism and free labor2017en28
The digital Korean wave : local online gaming goes global2011en27
Critical analysis of user commodities as free labour in social networking sites: A case study of Cyworld2015en23
Humanizing Metaverse: Psychological involvement and masstige value in retail versus tourism platforms2024en22
The emergence of Asian mobile games: Definitions, industries, and trajectories2016en19
Transnational Proximity and Universality in Korean Culture: Analysis of Squid Game and BTS.2022en19
Platformization of the Korean Wave : a critical perspective2023en19
The Mediatization of Buddhism in Digital Media: The Contemporary Reflection of Uisang's Hwaom Thought2015en17
The Korean government's new cultural policy in the age of social media2018en16
Evolution of Korea's mobile technologies: A historical approach2018en15
Korean journalism2018en13
The Construction of Platform Imperialism in the Globalization Era. tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique 11 (1): 145-1722013en9
Platform imperialism theory from the Asian perspectives2025en7
Cultural production of hallyu in the digital platform era2025en7
The deconverging convergence of the global communication industries in the twenty-first century2017en6
Media governance as a utopian concept in a local mediascape: Challenges for conceptual development in South Korea2022en3
Historiography of the Korean Wave : Cultural shifts in genres and themes in the screen industry2024en2
Academic Convergences in Korean Communication Studies.2024en1