K-pop TikTok: TikTok's expansion into South Korea, TikTok Stage, and platformed glocalization

We examine how TikTok expanded into the South Korean landscape by utilizing K-pop as a vehicle, thus demonstrating the theory of ‘platformed glocalization’. After several failed attempts to enter the Korean market – having been stigmatized as a ‘vulgar Chinese app’ – TikTok Korea eventually launched...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Abidin, Crystal, Lee, Jin
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2023
Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DE190100789
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/94709