An Analysis of Subculture in Fan-made Products in China, Japan and Korea

Wenyi Zhou

doi:10.54254/2753-7048/2/2022358

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An Analysis of Subculture in Fan-made Products in China, Japan and Korea

Wenyi Zhou *^,1,

¹ Department of Media and Communication, Sungkyunkwan University,25-2 Sungkyunkwan-Ro, Jongno-Gu, Seoul, Korea

* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

https://doi.org/10.54254/2753-7048/2/2022358

Abstract

With the development of idol culture in recent years, the fandom culture is getting more and more attention in the society. We found that the fan-made goods of the fandom culture have distinct design differences in China, Japan and South Korea. In order to find out the causes of these differences, we summarized relevant literatures, and compared several design cases in three aspects: background design, main character photo selection and color. The results of our study point to three reasons for the differences in design among the three countries: the different degree of development of the idol industry, the difference in the understanding of beauty and inherent concepts in traditional culture, and the different mainstream aesthetics of contemporary society

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subculture, fan-made goods, design, fandom culture

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Zhou,W. (2023). An Analysis of Subculture in Fan-made Products in China, Japan and Korea. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,2,119-129.

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Volume title: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Educational Innovation and Philosophical Inquiries (ICEIPI 2022), Part I

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ISBN：978-1-915371-07-2(Print) / 978-1-915371-08-9(Online)

Conference date: 4 August 2022

Editor：Abdullah Laghari, Nasir Mahmood

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