Dal Yong Jin and Nojin Kwak’s edited volume of Communication, Digital Media, and Popular Culture in Korea is an ambitious, timely, and resourceful reference that covers a wide variety of ever-expanding scholarship on South Korean (hereafter, Korean) communication, journalism, media, and popular culture, conducted by ethnic Koreans or Korean nationals.

International Journal of Communication

There is no doubt that this volume is a valuable toolbox for further research as well as a helpful map to provide an overview of present studies . . . it is useful guidebook for the undergraduate level audience who wants to know the influence of Korean cultural products in this globalizing world and the genealogy of research on communication and media in Korea written in English. Readers who try to understand the current media situation such as digitalization and politico-economy systematization also can gain a clue from concrete cases.

Asiascape: Digital Asia

Jin and Kwak have assembled a set of essays that are brimming with hard facts and sapid data, and true to their goals, this volume showcases the many important contributions scholars have made that, when taken

together, convey a vivid story of Korea’s emergence as a global leader in entertainment and engineering. . . this volume will serve as a rare English language reference for Korea-related communication scholarship, ensuring this publication’s role as a building block for future studies.

Pacific Affairs

This collection of essays provides multidisciplinary yet accessible insights into the ways in which popular culture intersects with communications in South Korea. The various contributors explain how popular culture in the country shapes and is shaped by communications laws, policies, strategies, markets, technologies, and infrastructures. This edited volume should be a useful reference for students and researchers of South Korean communications, media, and popular culture for years to come.

Hyung-Gu Lynn, University of British Columbia

While Korean popular culture and digital media products have global prominence, less is known internationally about the evolution of Korean media and communications scholarship. This book plays a vitally important role in bringing together Korean academic work on media law, journalism, game studies, political economy, and cinema studies. It will feature prominently in any discussions about the relationship of Korean media and communication studies to the field globally.

Terry Flew, Professor of Media and Communication, Queensland University of Technology, Australia