%0 Journal Article
%T Transnational fandom in the making: K
%A Kyong Yoon
%J International Communication Gazette
%@ 1748-0493
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1748048518802964
%X This study examines how young people become, and feel about being, K-pop fans in a Western context, which is geographically and culturally distant from K-pop's place of origin. Drawing on qualitative interviews with K-pop fans in Vancouver, Canada, the study explores (1) how young fans encounter K-pop and negotiate its cultural distance, (2) how K-pop and its fandom are stereotyped by non-fans, (3) how the stereotypes are negotiated by the fans, and (4) how the fans engage in a particular sense of belonging through K-pop
%K Transnational
%K fandom
%K K-pop
%K Korean pop culture in Canada
%K transnational media
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1748048518802964