THE IMPACT OF KOREAN DRAMA NOW A DAYS

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 INTRODUCTION

The Problem and Its Background

Korean Dramas refers to Korean teledramas created in South Korea. It is widely popular
and known worldwide. It is usually in episodic type wherein the storylines are presented with
specific episodes.

Over the years, the Korean wave has swept throughout the Philippine media industry.
Every day we can see a lot of Korean dramas aired on television. Even in social media, its rapid
spread made it even more popular. Most common Korean dramas that we often see are all about
romantic dramas, sometimes with a twist of action and comedy. Moreover, Korean dramas are
no different from other teledramas. But what gives Korean dramas more interesting to watch is
that it only contains 16 to 20 episodes. Airing on television, many of the viewer’s got entertained
on how the story of each Korean drama gives them of what we so called “Kilig factor”.

When Korean entertainment was introduced in the Philippines starting from the 21st
century, most of the media such as ABS-CBN and GMA aired Korean dramas on television. The
popularity of Korean dramas in the country brought with it a new form of trends that made an
impact and influenced to a lot Filipino people especially the teenagers of the present generation.

Korean dramas over the Philippines became such phenomenon. Lot of different mediums
such as online site offering K-dramas,DVD’s, from television and sometimes often ask a friends
who has for a copy of such series and etc. had been used by the people to watch K-dramas. Many
slowly become addicted and get crazy over watching it. It seemed to hypnotize them. Since then,
when Korean dramas made a hit,many of the Filipino viewer’s especially the teenagers of today’s
prefer to watch Korean dramas than any other teledramas. As of today’s generation, Filipino
teenagers are more engaged in watching Korean dramas.
 It caught the teen’s attention by its theme, story, the characters and even the soundtrack
in which by these could have a great impact/effects on the Filipino teenager’s lifestyle and
behavior. Lot of teenagers are being addicted to it and with the continuous practice; they began
to absorb the culture of korea. As a result, many among the filipino teenagers nowadays tends
to sacrifice their time for sleep, foods, communication, family bonding and school stuff
conducted, Korean dramas have been touching the teenagers’ personality through physical,
emotional and mental state. Some of the teens tend to sacrifice their food and time just to watch
Korean dramas they like.
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*https://www.academia.edu/36105193/THE_IMPACTS_OF_KOREAN_DRAMAS_AMONG_SENIOR_HIGH
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