“Annyeong, Saranghae!!!”: A Phenomenological Study on the Effects of Parasocial Relationships between Adult Filipino K-pop Fans and their Idols

• Main Authors: Ascue, Andrei Gabrielle S., Balmeo, Devlin Keefe C., Unay, Reyzandro B., Yap, Carol Gayle So, Cortez, Romina Gracia C
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2023
• Subjects: K-pop; parasocial relationships; behavior; phenomenological study; Filipino K-pop fans
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/conf_shsrescon/2023/paper_lcs/1; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/conf_shsrescon/article/1788/viewcontent/PP_LCS_Ascue_Balmeo_Unay_Yap___Carol_Gayle_Yap.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

As a global sensation, K-pop, or Korean Popular Music, has cultivated fans from across the world. Fans exhibit their fanship diversely, which often culminates in parasocial relationships—a highly pervasive phenomenon involving one-sided relationships between a fan (the media consumer) and their idol...