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Webinar Series: The Impact of Korean Popular Culture on North America Television as we know it has transformed in the last two decades, away from network television mainly produced in the form of sitcoms, police procedurals, and medical or courtroom dramas, towards serial narratives, with clear storylines developed across episodes. Alongside this shift towards serial narrative, the notion of “quality television” has changed the way we evaluate TV content, from intentionally mindless entertainment to innovative cultural works. These shifts have been helpful for the rise in popularity of Korean television shows in the US, since Korean narrative television has long been formatted as stand-alone, complete series, with clearly defined beginnings and endings. This talk will introduce you to the characteristics of Korean television serials (K-dramas) that account for their intense binge-ability, and contextualize the place of Korean television content in our increasingly global media landscape. Michelle Cho is Assistant Professor of East Asian Popular Culture at the University of Toronto. The series is sponsored by the Institute for Korean Studies at IU's Hamilton Lugar School of Global & International Studies and the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the United States of America.
