Hanryu sweeps East Asia: How Winter Sonata is gripping Japan

International Communication Gazette

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 281-294

  Hanaki, Toru ^a   Singhal, Arvind ^b   Han, Min Wha ^b   Kim, Do Kyun ^b   Chitnis, Ketan ^c  

^a NANZAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hanryu (Korean wave); Interpretive analysis; Japanese audience; Social influence; South Korea; Television drama; Winter Sonata

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247893723     PISSN: 17480485     EISSN: 17480493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1748048507076581     Document Type: Review

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